Comments on: HourTown raises $1M for small business scheduling

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By: Alexjr

Alexjr — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 17:25:44 +0000

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Really funny quick jokes — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 11:02:36 +0000

Completely agree with Dean, software such as this has such a variety of uses. However, I'm sure that soon we will see a desktop software that could do the same thing without the monthly fee.

By: Racing School

Racing School — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 18:13:01 +0000

HourTown will be good for Small Businesses but thank God they got their funding before the marketing crashed.

By: Dean Kosage

Dean Kosage — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 07:12:29 +0000

I could see this working for so many kinds of business where clients need to schedule time – hair salons, chiropractors – the list goes on.

By: Scott

Scott — Sun, 21 Sep 2008 03:19:43 +0000

I think that the previous comment doesn't understand HourTown's business model. They are not trying to compete with Gmail, Yahoo, and Hosted Exchange to provide personal or internal to the business calendars. What they do provide is an ability to extend their calendar to customers who want to make an appointment in the same way that OpenTable exposes “calendaring” for reservations at restaurants. It's the same idea.

What the blog above misses is that their real business proposition is driving new leads to these businesses as new business is their lifeblood. Online booking makes it easy to drive new leads to the business in the same way that OpenTable does for restaurants.

By: HourTown recibe 1M de varios inversores

HourTown recibe 1M de varios inversores — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 08:37:54 +0000

[...] una startup dedicada a los sitios web de planificación, ha recibido una ronda de inversión de 1 millón de dólares por parte de Baseline Ventures, Hatch Ventures, NBC Universal y varios business [...]

By: Zarate

Zarate — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 00:30:05 +0000

So, for the Small Business market- how will these guys differentiate themselves from an existing online email provider like Gmail, Yahoo, etc who already provide online calendaring. Add Microsoft Hosted Exchange,Webex to the mix…and you have a crowded market.

Add to the mix that most cell phones offer calendar services…

I understand the deep focus on calendaring and drop dead easy to use interface..Not sure if that by itself is enough to differentiate and sustain as a standalone entity. Also, Go To market approach is not clear…Small Business actually buy more from Resellers /Retail than direct.