2. “Where do we go eat tonight?”“What’s open?”“I’m new here, but everything looks closed”“Yelp said this restaurant was open but they lied!”We take the frustration out of late night cravings.
3. …We’ve All Been ThereAbout 75% of those surveyed across the US have experienced that problem
4. Easily find what’s open late near youEnhanced accuracy of listingsSimple one-click functionality
5. Existing Solutions What did you do when you had trouble locating a place? “Either gave up or tried calling a bunch of places” “Using Yelp with their pathetic filtering feature which never gives me the right result on the basis of time” “Driving around aimlessly”
8. Simplicity and Accuracy Active Verification Passive Verification User Participation rewarded with “Badges” based on behavioral patterns Leveraging existing data from Foursquare, Yelp, and Google Places for baseline data and ongoing automatic check-in and check-outs SuperGeek Vampire Insomniac
12. Appendix Gaming / Rewards System (Slide 13) Strong Initial User / Vendor Feedback (Slide 14) Distribution and Business Model Detail (Slide 17) Back-End Data Population (Slide 22)
13. Reward System AfterPM’s Reward System and Active User Verification create a sustainable ecosystem by achieving greater accuracy and rewarding beneficial behavior vE Discounts and reward badges Deals* and ad revenue for sponsor position Vendors Users Active verification of hours of operation Incremental foot traffic and intelligent customer data *Note: Deals engine achieved through strategic partnerships (OpenTable, Groupon, Yipit, etc.)
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15. “Sounds like a great idea, customers tell us we’re one of the only places open late night” – Hana Sushi
19. Distribution Plan App Store Distribution Techniques Viral / Social Outreach to Target Market Initial focus on niche market (young adults / graduates)
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21. Generate additional margin and vendor awareness with limited sales activity by leveraging partner networks
59. Venue harmonization gives unique ID to venues that are consistent across differ databases and services. It enables collaboration to share information data
60. We don't store partner data except to cache & limit the rates we use their APIs
61. We store harmonized venue IDs with our checkin data and partner real-time checkin counts (where allowed, using real-time counts of checkins from google and 4square) to validate open and closing times. We incorporate checkins and false positives in our own application to continually improve the accurate of our own dataThe Technology