http://www.leveragingideas.com/2007/11/01/niche-social-networks-for-buildings-to-outsource-or-not/ Ideation on economics, media, venture capital and startups Thu, 09 Feb 2012 00:31:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.leveragingideas.com/2007/11/01/niche-social-networks-for-buildings-to-outsource-or-not/comment-page-1/#comment-87766 Bob Mon, 05 Nov 2007 07:59:22 +0000 http://www.leveragingideas.com/2007/11/01/niche-social-networks-for-buildings-to-outsource-or-not/#comment-87766 It is nice to see that someone outside of the DC startup weekend group noticed what we were working on as far as holaneighbor! is concerned. I just wanted to point out that the value proposition loged on the wiki that you link to above went out with the guy who suggested the idea (he left after the first couple of hours on the first night and never returned). The concept that we built the site around wasn't so much a "social network" as it was a "social resource". Many of the competing sites, LifeAt, FatDoor, etc. focused on creating a social network and we decided to focus instead on building something useful to people in our local spaces. The name itself signifies more of a handshake and a conversation than it does a friend finder concept. We didn't want to build something that would just replicate what Facebook, MySpace and other social sites were already doing. We also took a radical departure from LifeAt in the at we decided to keep the concept people centric rather than condo centric. The obvious benefit being that neighbors exist outside of condos. With that in mind we developed a product that attempts to transcend the brick and mortar lines that Life At draws, while leaving room for interaction with social networks. It is nice to see that someone outside of the DC startup weekend group noticed what we were working on as far as holaneighbor! is concerned. I just wanted to point out that the value proposition loged on the wiki that you link to above went out with the guy who suggested the idea (he left after the first couple of hours on the first night and never returned). The concept that we built the site around wasn't so much a “social network” as it was a “social resource”. Many of the competing sites, LifeAt, FatDoor, etc. focused on creating a social network and we decided to focus instead on building something useful to people in our local spaces. The name itself signifies more of a handshake and a conversation than it does a friend finder concept. We didn't want to build something that would just replicate what Facebook, MySpace and other social sites were already doing. We also took a radical departure from LifeAt in the at we decided to keep the concept people centric rather than condo centric. The obvious benefit being that neighbors exist outside of condos. With that in mind we developed a product that attempts to transcend the brick and mortar lines that Life At draws, while leaving room for interaction with social networks.

]]> http://www.leveragingideas.com/2007/11/01/niche-social-networks-for-buildings-to-outsource-or-not/comment-page-1/#comment-70823 Bob Mon, 05 Nov 2007 02:59:22 +0000 http://www.leveragingideas.com/2007/11/01/niche-social-networks-for-buildings-to-outsource-or-not/#comment-70823 It is nice to see that someone outside of the DC startup weekend group noticed what we were working on as far as holaneighbor! is concerned. I just wanted to point out that the value proposition loged on the wiki that you link to above went out with the guy who suggested the idea (he left after the first couple of hours on the first night and never returned). The concept that we built the site around wasn't so much a "social network" as it was a "social resource". Many of the competing sites, LifeAt, FatDoor, etc. focused on creating a social network and we decided to focus instead on building something useful to people in our local spaces. The name itself signifies more of a handshake and a conversation than it does a friend finder concept. We didn't want to build something that would just replicate what Facebook, MySpace and other social sites were already doing. We also took a radical departure from LifeAt in the at we decided to keep the concept people centric rather than condo centric. The obvious benefit being that neighbors exist outside of condos. With that in mind we developed a product that attempts to transcend the brick and mortar lines that Life At draws, while leaving room for interaction with social networks. It is nice to see that someone outside of the DC startup weekend group noticed what we were working on as far as holaneighbor! is concerned. I just wanted to point out that the value proposition loged on the wiki that you link to above went out with the guy who suggested the idea (he left after the first couple of hours on the first night and never returned). The concept that we built the site around wasn't so much a “social network” as it was a “social resource”. Many of the competing sites, LifeAt, FatDoor, etc. focused on creating a social network and we decided to focus instead on building something useful to people in our local spaces. The name itself signifies more of a handshake and a conversation than it does a friend finder concept. We didn't want to build something that would just replicate what Facebook, MySpace and other social sites were already doing. We also took a radical departure from LifeAt in the at we decided to keep the concept people centric rather than condo centric. The obvious benefit being that neighbors exist outside of condos. With that in mind we developed a product that attempts to transcend the brick and mortar lines that Life At draws, while leaving room for interaction with social networks.

]]> http://www.leveragingideas.com/2007/11/01/niche-social-networks-for-buildings-to-outsource-or-not/comment-page-1/#comment-70822 Tom Fri, 02 Nov 2007 19:13:24 +0000 http://www.leveragingideas.com/2007/11/01/niche-social-networks-for-buildings-to-outsource-or-not/#comment-70822 There is also a free alternative to <a href="http://lifeat.com" rel="nofollow">lifeat.com</a> that launched recently called Neighborology (<a href="http://neighborology.com" rel="nofollow">http://neighborology.com</a>). They offer similar features that make it possible to connect to your nearest neighbors but also connect to people in a larger community --- your region. There is also a free alternative to lifeat.com that launched recently called Neighborology (http://neighborology.com). They offer similar features that make it possible to connect to your nearest neighbors but also connect to people in a larger community — your region.

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