It's encouraging to see so many Founders and business owners part of this travel community. I often wonder how the overall experience in establishing, managing and growing a tech company on the road is different to if you were stationed in one city.
Do you have access to the same resources?
Can you validate the same way?
What are the differences in raising capital?
How will you find a co-founder?
What if all your customers and partners are in one country?
I was recently invited to be part of a startup accelerator program in my home city of Sydney, Australia. And while the idea of a product I built helped me get into the program (not the only reason), the program itself was more focused on developing new ideas through finding a co-founder, conceptualizing an idea, validating said idea and eventually (potentially) getting a term sheet.
Ultimately, aside from the in-person co-founder matching activities, I found there was no real need to be physically present. However, If you...
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I'm working on a web map builder and looking for some beta users/early partners. In the beginning, I decided to focus on the travel/outdoor industry.
I can offer free maps (hosted on my platform) for nonprofits and discounts for all other early users. If you are interested, you can comment here or you can find my contact information at caspg.com. You can also register straight away yetimaps.net/register
Here is an example map yetimaps.net/embedded/hoSeUD1VuKj3/ (it's not yet fully optimized for mobile). I would also love to hear any feedback or suggestion regarding the above map.
Hi Kacper,
Thanks for sharing your demo, and I like the name "Yeti Maps" !
What are the major features that you're looking to develop for your map maker?
For me, being able to socialise on maps (e.g. post a comment, etc) is a missing feature of most map solutions.
Are you planning to make your maps embeddable, or just hosted on yetimaps?
I'm thinking about adding comments and allowing crowd-sourcing data but I'm not sure if I will focus on the "social" aspect. YetiMaps won't be a platform where you can socialize. It's going to be rather a building block that you can use for (almost) anything. I will target the B2B market.
Yes, all maps can be embedded as an iframe. In the future, I may create JavaScript SDK.
Major features will depend on user feedback really. Right now, I'm focusing on presenting images and videos and embedding other media via iframe. Next, I will work on making maps highly customizable which will allow you to match your own brand.