Re: VRM Utopia Re: [projectvrm] good Groupon Math

[Katherine Warman Kern < >]

Would it apply to experimenting with one category this group were interested 
in, e.g., gardening?

Katherine Warman Kern
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On May 9, 2011, at 11:33 AM, Satya Krishnaswamy 
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> Katherine's vision is very similar to an idea I started working on last
> year - I had briefly discussed it with Doc and Iain when they were in
> Mountain View. After a while, I realized that it needed more runway than
> I, as a first time entrepreneur, could afford.
> 
> Interestingly, this idea pivoted into a "personal RFP" like service for
> consumers to interact with local businesses such as restaurants, salons
> etc (some folks who have seen it have called it 'Priceline for local
> businesses' or 'reverse Groupon').
> 
> The solution (called Glasscart) has been fully developed (including an
> iPhone app) and is ready for consumers and businesses to be brought on
> board but for various personal reasons, I am not moving ahead with it.
> 
> If anyone is interested in taking it forward, pls contact me and I would
> be happy to discuss more in detail.
> 
> Satya
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> On 5/9/11 7:30 AM, "Mark Lizar" 
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>> Katherine,
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>> I think you are spot on and your comment below is something I have
>> been thinking about for a very long time.
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>> On 9 May 2011, at 13:58, Katherine Warman Kern wrote:
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>>> To clarify, I'm thinking about an alternative to groupon's
>>> discounting model, what if there were a means for people who are
>>> existing customers of a category and know a lot about it leveraged
>>> the group effect to improve products and grow a market.
>> 
>> Lately, I have been imagining what a VRM community platform might look
>> like and in this regard I have a great idea.
>> 
>> What if the VRM community banded together and put together a platform
>> that combined loyalty card program and paperless receipts upon an
>> infrastructure of personal data control as to create a user driven
>> channel for coupons and groupons.   A reverse or Open Loyalty system
>> if you will.
>> 
>> Enabling people to independently control, benefit, gain access too and
>> make valuable our own personal information in the context of all the
>> vendor relationships we have.
>> 
>> Perhaps this is a bit of a utopian VRM vision, but I do think there is
>> great potential in the combination of these traditional vendor tools
>> to build the business book  that contrasts with the Facebook.
>> 
>> A concept beyond me to execute but a powerful VRM vision just the
>> same.    Perhaps it is time that the VRM community started to think
>> about a call to action and collaborative structure to really make
>> things happen?    Such a structure would surely have my support
>> 
>> Best Regards / Mark
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