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Comments on “CrunchBase iOS App”
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Ryan Hoover@rrhoover · Founder, Product Hunt
Congrats on the launch. Crunchbase has been around for ~15 years, a super useful tool for professionals. Why build a mobile app now?
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jager mcconnell@jagermcconnell · ceo of crunchbase
@rrhoover Thanks Ryan! When we spun out into our own company late last year we asked a ton of users what they wanted to see from Crunchbase first and the answer was pretty overwhelming: a fast and easy way to lookup companies in mobile. Over 20% of our users use mobile to access our site so it felt like a no brainer. We started out building the search use ca… See more
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Alessio Zanotto@zac_46
@jagermcconnell @rrhoover I had a look at the app. I like it but honestly I'd have created a FB Messenger bot instead. It'd have been a perfect case since CB is a database of article and info, and it'd have saved time and $ as well.
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David Carpe@passingnotes · Thinker & Layabout
@zac_46 but useless for people not on fb or prohibited from access on corporate networks
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Alessio Zanotto@zac_46
@passingnotes we can discuss this topic forever, but at the end of the day CB should simply look at where its target market is and when they access to it.. I personally doubt people use CB mainly at work AND most of them are not on FB, but this is just my personal opinion not supported by data.. P.s.: mobile apps will die soon and be replaced by bots on diff… See more
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jager mcconnell@jagermcconnell · ceo of crunchbase
@zac_46 @passingnotes Definitely a good suggestion. We have millions of users who use their mobile device to access CrunchBase so the feedback from users was that they wanted a native mobile app. That being said, building a bots on a number of different platforms is on the roadmap. Stay tuned!
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