This is our presentation at the end of LA Startup Weekend 2 held at Blank Spaces on March 1, 2009. Our idea was adding intelligence to Craigslist.

1. Decision-making Tool for Craigslist
March 1, 2009
L.A. Startup Weekend 2
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2. Problems
Craiglist = Economy
Not enough information for public
Difficult to make decisions
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3. Should I wait until next month?
Am I getting a good deal?
Should I negotiate?
Questions
Can I get it cheaper?
Am I getting ripped off?
How much should I sell my cat?
Should I even sell my cat?
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5. Solution
Arm Craigslisters with as much
relevant knowledge as possible
when making decisions.
Patterns Prices Trends Ads
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6. Craigee Focus
Products
Collect Relevant Data
Display Data Usefully
Convenient Tools
Price Comparisons
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7. Demo Time
http://seanturner.cloudapp.net/
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10. Features
• Grabs / Organizes
data from CL
• Alerts / RSS
• Trending / Analytics
• Smart Search
• Product Reviews too!
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11. Tools / Technology
• Microsoft Azure (cloud
computing)
• .Net
• OmniGraffle
• Google Groups
• Photoshop
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12. Azure
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13. Challenges
• Craigslist
• New platform
• Competition
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14. Just “craigee” it!
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15. Goals
• Don’t get shut down
• Be useful
• Have CL buy Craigee
for BILLIONS
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16. Team
Ben Tao Sean Turner Christian Kissner Jinsoo An
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17. Questions?
Contact:
ben@craigee.com
sean@craigee.com
christian@craigee.com
jinsoo@craigee.com
Social:
craigee.wordpress.com
twitter.com/real_craigee
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Craigeecom/22713784970
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18. Business Goals
Generate revenue from:
• Banner Ads
• Relevant Product Referrals or
Recommendations
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20. Competitors
• Focus on search
• Desktop clients
• Do alerts
• No intelligence
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21. Inspiration
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22. HousingMaps.com
• Google / Craigslist mashup for houses /
living quarters
• Grabs RSS data once a day from CL
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23. From Bill @ CL
There are really two issues here:
1) Craigslist is a *local* tool and we discourage any tool that
blurs that distinction
2) The manner in which this tool gets information from our
site is all wrong. The reason that we don't mind
housingmaps.com traffic is that they pull one RSS feed a day to
update their data.
#1 is enough to make us unhappy about this so it doesnt
matter if #2 changes or not.
from Bill in comments
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