Looking for feedback on the app but happy to discuss strategies for cracking the chicken and egg problem....
You have the following testimonial displayed prominently: "GobiCab is so easy to use. As soon as I get off my flight, I enter in my destination and have a match by the time I arrive at the cab stand." Is that experience a fluke or is that what I'd expect to find if I used Gobicab at an airport in a random city of a million people?
I have been talking to a startup which is targeting such conferences. Send my username email at gmail dot com.
--SCZ
So not only do we want to try and target specific cities, but also specific landmarks within those cities where this will be ultimately useful. We've identified two of these - airports and college campuses. We are working with Boston Logan airport to see if we can do some co-marketing with them and advertise to all the passengers arriving on flights and in the cab stand. As for colleges, there are a lot here in Boston! Its just a matter of reaching out to the right student associations and newspapers who can recommend the service to their students. Any connections here would be greatly appreciated!
I've never thought of the conference idea before, I wonder if cabs a re a primary mode of transportation there or not. I'll contact you offline for more info....
In Vegas it scales up further though. You have lots of people hopping from hotel to hotel to see shows etc. So if I want to get from the MGM to Bellagio to see O (particularly at predictable intervals before shows start), it's a good bet a bunch of other people will too.