PareUp

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Key facts

Capabilities: Planned mobile app with alerts and location-based searches for live food listings.
Marketplace where vendors sell excess food inventory at a discount to users.

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Average discount about 50%; vendor discount range 25% to 75% 16:55 Office Hours at Startup School NY 2014
About 2,500 interested users, up from about 350 15:32 Office Hours at Startup School NY 2014
Email proof of concept had about 350 subscribers, six or seven vendors, and approximately 48% open rates. 11:41 Office Hours at Startup School NY 2014

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as of Jun 2014Capability
Planned mobile app with alerts and location-based searches for live food listings.
“The mobile app will hopefully let us take that further with alerts and location-based searches.” 13:32
Unverified1 source· Talk
as of Jun 2014Capability
Marketplace where vendors sell excess food inventory at a discount to users.
“What we're actually building is a marketplace that allows vendors to sell their excess inventory at a discount to users who are willing to buy it.” 10:31
Unverified1 source· Talk

Talks 1

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Office Hours at Startup School NY 2014

Garry Tan

The talk gives three startups focused advice on finding a small group of users who deeply value their product before expanding. Salary Fairy is urged to move beyond curiosity by helping workers act on salary predictions, measure meaningful outcomes, and build growth into the product. PareUp is advised to launch quickly, focus on dense areas and proven food categories, and make sure buyers and vendors have a good local experience. The couples expense app is encouraged to stay focused, get its first users, learn from their behavior, and find a sustainable way to acquire users despite limited virality.

Jun 20, 2014· 26 minDiscussed 9:24