Well, it's really just the font on the header that is the same on the homepage. But again, had Francis' blessing and he just raised money from Thiel... so go with what works right?
Fair enough. Though adding a larger dose of originality couldn't hurt.
Interesting business proposition. I may have missed this in the deck, but do you already have preliminary/pilot relationships with celebrities and brands/retailers?
We have IOs with about 10 brands/retailers and about 50 in the pipeline. That side is growing fast as it's a pretty easy sell.
The celebrity relationships are being handled by my partner Jamie, who is Paris Hilton's manager. While she doesn't get as much street cred as Ashton, she's actually a veteran in digital. She has 7 million Twitter followers, an iPhone app, her own SMS short code, they even implemented their own version of Twitpic http://twitter.parishilton.com/how-adorable-are-these-little....
I can't publicly get into the details of who we are launching with, but I can say we do have some strong relationships in this space.
A savvy audience (e.g., Peter Thiel) will remember the Everest deck. In fact, I've heard it discussed in several circles over the past few months. Going with what works is generally a smart approach, but you don't want to look like a carbon copy/an also ran. This is why I bring up the question of originality and suggest you add a bit more of your team's personality to the deck.
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[ 3.3 ms ] story [ 37.1 ms ] threadCoincidence? Are both of these built from the same public template?
http://swagsy.com/ vs. http://evr.st
Interesting business proposition. I may have missed this in the deck, but do you already have preliminary/pilot relationships with celebrities and brands/retailers?
Francis and the Everest team are top notch!
The celebrity relationships are being handled by my partner Jamie, who is Paris Hilton's manager. While she doesn't get as much street cred as Ashton, she's actually a veteran in digital. She has 7 million Twitter followers, an iPhone app, her own SMS short code, they even implemented their own version of Twitpic http://twitter.parishilton.com/how-adorable-are-these-little....
I can't publicly get into the details of who we are launching with, but I can say we do have some strong relationships in this space.
Francis is going to make it big. He has it.
Otherwise, it's a great start. My two cents.
I'll keep working away at it.
Francis, founder of evr.st is a friend of mine actually.