Seriously? No problem? I'd love to know the strategy that makes getting 10 million people to pay $10/month, "no problem". I try not to post negative comments, but I just don't see how anyone can say that with a straight face.
a) Make a believable case for there being 10 million people who would be willing to pay for your product.
b) Make a believable plan for how you're going to reach those 10 million people.
Who have you guys talked to other than one of the founders' girlfriends? Do you have real data, qualitative and quantitative, that backs up the claim that you've located a market for Whereoscope? Is anyone paying for the product yet?
Most of statements in the article seem rather speculative.
a) Multiple proxies for demand exist, from the existing carrier-based services to portable GPS units to the use of cards swiped at the school gate in Japan and China.
b) Agreed. And the people we share our go-to-market plan with agree.
I make it a point to speak on the phone to several families a week. We have heard from hundreds of users directly via e-mail.
There is a long road from thousands to tens of millions - we don't pretend otherwise, but we do have that road mapped out.