Comments on: MetroMela…joins the race for city centric community sites http://www.webyantra.net/2007/11/23/metromelajoins-the-race-for-city-centric-community-sites/ SlideShare, startups, technology, Web 2.0, internet, social media, India, Delhi.. and beyond! Fri, 08 Jul 2011 08:14:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Gautam Kavi http://www.webyantra.net/2007/11/23/metromelajoins-the-race-for-city-centric-community-sites/comment-page-1/#comment-374206 Gautam Kavi Sun, 21 Jun 2009 22:26:04 +0000 http://www.webyantra.net/2007/11/23/metromelajoins-the-race-for-city-centric-community-sites/#comment-374206 Good Job Sateesh: I and a couple of friends sent a business plan called Metrocommerce network in 1996 to DFJ and other VC firms. It had the same concepts of shops, business paying fees for listing, we called it Go Global with local focus. It would also allow user to transact business and similar to credit cards where the business would pay a percentage for the online transaction. Included were a travel sub-site, and using our IP allow users to access the network on TVs in hotels to view local information, with maps and directions....and a lot of other features that are displayed by sites such as Metromela... We did not get any funding and in 1997 to setup a single city server setup with a T1 line would cost almost $500,000 per year. For posterity's sake I have the business plan, the web pages, our mock site all saved under "Could've Would've but Did'nt" category As the old saying goes, it takes money to make money. Since the backing is there from DFJ and other VCs this should take off and the timing is right. Gautam Good Job Sateesh: I and a couple of friends sent a business plan called Metrocommerce network in 1996 to DFJ and other VC firms.

It had the same concepts of shops, business paying fees for listing, we called it Go Global with local focus. It would also allow user to transact business and similar to credit cards where the business would pay a percentage for the online transaction. Included were a travel sub-site, and using our IP allow users to access the network on TVs in hotels to view local information, with maps and directions….and a lot of other features that are displayed by sites such as Metromela…

We did not get any funding and in 1997 to setup a single city server setup with a T1 line would cost almost $500,000 per year. For posterity’s sake I have the business plan, the web pages, our mock site all saved under “Could’ve Would’ve but Did’nt” category

As the old saying goes, it takes money to make money. Since the backing is there from DFJ and other VCs this should take off and the timing is right.

Gautam

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