If you are not embarrassed by the first version of your product, you’ve launched too late. - Reid Hoffman, Founder, LinkedIn<p>We're getting ready to work on our version two of the product, with a new more fitting name/brand and domain and we've already got our new design underway. However, I'd like to gauge your feedback so we can implement it in version 2.<p>Version 1, www.fastvenues.com.<p>Idea: you're hungry and you don't know what to eat you visit fastvenues.com and see restaurants around you that offer set-menu, meal deals. By booking and pre-paying through fastvenues.com you get the deal. The main value is that you know you're hungry and these set-menu's are what we recommend, so you won't have to choose from a huge menu we recommend what's best.<p>Feedback, open to any feedback that we can apply to version 2.<p>Thanks!
Sorry to be a naysayer but:<p>1. You're attacking a space where no-one is succeeding. I'm not sure if Yelp or Foursquare are profitable yet. Those are 2 leading companies in the space after years in the business.<p>2. You're attacking a space where scale/density of coverage matters. I'm in San Francisco, you seem to have only Ontario area.<p>What is your plan to get to the scale needed to make some business out of it?<p>3. You're attacking a space without a good business model. You can't charge users so you must charge restaurants but if Yelp can't make this work, how will you?<p>What is your business model? (if you think you can get restaurants to pay you for sending users or for advertising, you're wrong).<p>4. Overall you're not better than Yelp or Foursquare.<p>I use Yelp/Foursquare/Google Maps for exactly the purpose you describe as main selling point and they all have more data (reviews, photos, menus). More importantly, they're already installed on my phone.<p>5. You're not solving a big pain for the user.<p>That's why you can't charge people for use. Sure, I'll occasionally have the need to find a nearby restaurant in an area I don't very well, but it doesn't come up that often and I wouldn't do it if I had to pay.
If I'm hungry, I get food. I don't open up an app or visit a website. This isn't a mortgage level decision, or a 6 month car insurance coverage decision. This is a NOW decision.<p>How are you different from 4square, or google maps (suggestions near you) other than the 'deals'?