Olio City

Curates the best of what a city has to offer.

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Curates the best of what a city has to offer.

5 followers

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Launch tags:iOS•Travel•Tech

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Horizon

Curated for what type of person specifically? What's the business model? Who produces content, and what's their incentive to do so?

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9yr ago

Olio City

Maker

@drewmeyers Hi Drew- thanks for the interest in our product. Curation for our app means we filter out all restaurants that aren't local, so no national chains or fast food. We go neighborhood by neighborhood identifying these places then we create original content around each listing. We employ local bloggers and food writers who already have this knowledge. We then learn your "likes and dislikes" to recommend things similar through our learning algorithms.

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9yr ago

Horizon

@ellen_prinzi1 and you pay all those locals providing content a salary? How do you make money?

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9yr ago

Olio City

Maker

@drewmeyers the freelance writers we use do get paid. We monetize through sponsored listings and affiliate marketing.

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9yr ago

@drewmeyers This looks like an interesting app to use! I am defintly adding this on my wish list!

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9yr ago

Guesser

Looks good! What do you mean by curated? There's a team behind manually sorting out places and stuff to do based on personal likes? I think a very simple matching algorithm for things like food&drinks wouldn't be bad. Best of luck! :)

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9yr ago

Olio City

Maker

@joselfgaray thanks for the comment! We do use an algorithm and its based off our curated database of the best in only local businesses. So we learn your likes and dislikes and make recommendations when you find yourself in a new neighborhood or a different city- no more searching or reading endless reviews:)

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9yr ago

Guesser

@ellen_prinzi1 sounds good Ellen! Have you thought of including vertical video or some format of that kind to make places more visual? I believe it's a trend that fits very well in Travel & Tourism

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9yr ago

Loop Messenger 2

Started working on something similar to this a while ago so pleased someone has done it. Nice design plus set up process is pretty simple and easy. When are you adding more cities?

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9yr ago

Olio City

Maker

@donnamkennett We are raising $ and are going to San Francisco next!

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9yr ago

The Pitch

Hunter

Olio City has become one of my critical tools for business travel. They offer curated list (not algorithms, not relying on crowdsourcing) for cities like Nashville, St. Louis, and Chicago, where a SF guy like me has no idea where to start. Highly recommend.

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9yr ago

The Groundwork

As a native St. Louisan, turned Chicagoan, I've been loving the content in the app. It's great for when we're heading back to the STL to visit family with our kids or just want to check out something new in Chicago.

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9yr ago

So... it's a... blog?

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9yr ago

Olio City

Maker

@robynchaaang Hi! No, its not a blog, its a mobile app that is a database of the best in only local (i.e. restaurants, bars, attractions and events) and its paired with a learning algorithm to personalize cities to each users taste.

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9yr ago

Greetabl

I love this--very well done.

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9yr ago

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