Today I’m excited to tell you a little bit about the startup that Noah, Paul and I are busy building:
What’s it called?
GigPark
What will GigPark do?
GigPark will help you:
> recommend your favorite service providers to friends and family
> instantly get service recommendations from people you trust
> build your service business through word-of-mouth
Who will use GigPark?
You, we hope.
People like you and I will be able to quickly and easily tell all of our friends about our favorite service providers: our wonderful hairdresser, accountant or interior designer. And when we’re looking to hire a new service provider, we’ll be able to see if our friends recommend anyone. Better service recommendations from people we trust will mean we all receive better service.
If you are a service provider, GigPark will help you attract new customers by amplifying all of the great word of mouth already generated by your happy existing customers.
Why are we building GigPark?
Because we love great service and we believe great service providers should be celebrated and rewarded.
Why did we choose the name?
Well, a gig is a fun name for a job or a service you provide, and what better place than a park to share recommendations with your friends about great gigs? Makes perfect sense, doesn’t it?
In the future you can check out the GigPark blog (looking a little sparse at the moment ;)) for more news and, in a few months, invitations to give GigPark a try before we release it to the public.
This is only the first step on a long road for GigPark but I’d like to thank everyone who has helped us so much already. Thanks for the advice, the thoughtful critiques and the encouragement.
6 responses so far ↓
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Roger Chabra // March 16, 2007 at 10:36 am
Sounds like a great idea. This is a prime example of where the social networking paradigm is ideally suited. Everyone relies on people they trust for service provider leads and it is natural extension to take this to the web.
Good luck with the launch.
Pema // March 16, 2007 at 5:25 pm
Thanks very much for the kind words, Roger. It’s going to be an exciting year for us!
Jay // March 28, 2007 at 7:09 pm
Sounds like a great idea!
If i may ask, how are you guys going to be financing this?
Pema // March 28, 2007 at 10:43 pm
Hello Jay. We’re financing GigPark personally.
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