Cheers Ivan, There are a few people onto this market, I'm aware of Tyson and TaskWant (and for that matter also TaskBox). After my experience with YourJobDone in London I have a bit of first-hand experience these guys don't have. There's always the opportunity to get into other incubators as well (like StartMate), all depends on the team. If no-one was working on it/ thought it was a good idea then I'd be in trouble :) -David
On Nov 14, 11:38 am, Ivan Vanderbyl <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi David, > > You might like to get in touch with Tyson Lundbech (@tysonlundbech), he's > working on a similar startup > here in Melbourne and has taken on funding through the AngelCube incubator. > > — Ivan > > On 14/11/2011, at 11:50 AM, David Caldwell (@roodave) wrote: > > > > > > > > > I’m David, I’ve been working on a couple of startups over the last > > couple of years, most recently YourJobDone.com in London, which was a > > mobile peer-to-peer marketplace for getting jobs done. Technically > > speaking it was an SMS targeting and auctioning platform developed in > > ASP.NET We got up to 10,000 users, 300 active. > > > I want to have a good crack at the same market in Australia, using a > > much more socially integrated approach, and one which doesn’t cost $4 > > every time we auction off a job! The technology has changed > > substantially since I started on YourJobDone (smart phone adoption up, > > SMS costs up, HTML5 maturation, expansion of FB social graph etc) and > > I have to return to Australia for a few reasons. > > > I’m currently experimenting with paths to market in Sydney, and it > > looks plausible in a few markets. > > I'm looking to team up with someone who is passionate about both > > Collaborative Consumption (or social mobile peer-to-peer marketplaces) > > and software engineering- a strong generalist in the mobile social web > > (HTML5, FB social graph, anything that can be hosted in a Heroku-style > > platform) > > > Part of the opportunity here is to get a lean hack together and go for > > an incubator in Sydney or Melbourne (like StartMate) > > > I've no doubt the market is hot (similar businesses in the US, Zaarly > > and TaskRabbit, entered later and have experienced v.fast growth + > > have raised USD18m and USD7m). The other aspirants to this market in > > Aus are early days. > > > I know the sector well. Though an engineer by degree, I've been in bus > > dev and product for 3 years (both with former startup and > > consulting). > > If you’re interested, would love to have a chat, drop me a line here > > or otherwise, other feedback also welcome. > > > You can get more of an idea of what I’m working on > > here:http://blog.JobKangaroo.com, > > and can see some info on previous startup YourJobDone here: > >http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w7f551TbJxg > > > Cheers, > > > David Caldwell. > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "Ruby or Rails Oceania" group. > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > [email protected]. > > For more options, visit this group > > athttp://groups.google.com/group/rails-oceania?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby or Rails Oceania" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rails-oceania?hl=en.
