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Motivate

Pledges & social support to build healthy habits

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Erik Torenberg
@eriktorenberg · Former Product Hunt
three years ago at a startup weekend chicago i made the same exact app and called it "motivation". love the idea. reminds me of everest.com http://techcrunch.com/2013/02/14...
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Jenny Fielding
@jefielding · Managing Director at Techstars
peer pressure seems to work. financial incentives help with retention.
Sumukh Sridhara
@sumukhsridhara · UC Berkeley
Interesting - it seems to be combining a variety of mechanisms to motivative people. 1. Social pressure 2. Monetary Pledges 3. Analytics 4. Group challenges. Every fitness tracker in the market has its own approach to social motivation but they are walled gardens. (Fitbit, UP, and FuelBand have their own networks). Motivate seems to bring them together. … See more