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Hike With Me

Meet like-minded people. Everywhere. Anytime.

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Ryan Hoover
@rrhoover · Founder, Product Hunt
I've seen a few location-based, social activity/sports discovery apps try to enter the market but few have taken off (afaik -- tell me if I'm wrong). It's hard to build network effects to make them valuable enough. (cc @allnick) That said, I like their direction of narrowly focusing on one specific activity: hiking. Although it limits the audience, it's e… See more
Nick O'Neill
@allnick · CEO, Holler Inc.
@rrhoover Check out http://www.spots-app.com/. They went after outdoors activities. Bottom line is that it's incredibly hard to make these systems work without leaders who are responsible for organizing people. Most people still don't feel comfortable meeting up with strangers quickly.
Michael Xander
@michaxndr · Product Designer, mymorningroutine.com
Happy to answer questions about hikewith.me :-) --- @rrhoover & @allnick thanks for your feedback. Without doubt, gaining the necessary user base is a key challenge, but so it is for every startup. And given the fact that nobody else had a real breakthrough in this market, opens also a new world of possibilities. There are always two sides of the tabl… See more
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Ryan Hoover
@rrhoover · Founder, Product Hunt
Good thoughts, @michael_xander! I'm also a fan of walking meetings, especially around the Yerba Buena loop in SF (cc @andrewchen). Props for building something to bring people together IRL. It's a a hard space to operate in but as you eluded to, offline connections are often the most meaningful.
Nick O'Neill
@allnick · CEO, Holler Inc.
@michael_xander ... still like the idea as I did when I built the first version of Holler years ago. Your implementation also looks beautiful. However I hope you have another job on the side because this space is incredibly challenging to crack :)