Metroproper Beta Launch And Party Saturday
David Dalka - Creating Revenue and Retention - Chicago GSB MBA
Mobile Search Marketing, Mobile Content, Customer Experience and Marketing/Sales Leadership Posted on July 14, 2006
I just got a sneak peak of Metroproper from founder Phil Tadros and Jason Pettus, a new Chicago-based web 2.0 interactive and social business network, voter based journalism and classifieds product that is launching this Saturday afternoon. This will roll out to other markets after a brief Chicago beta. There is a launch party with Motorola as event sponsor on Saturday evening at the Motorola Q store downtown.
So what makes Metroproper different?
- It combines elements of Craigslist, Linkedin, Myspace and Digg into a one stop shopping experience
- They have some unique, though as yet unproven, monetization ideas. It’s good to see someone actually thinking about this issue before launching a site. I have a few monetization ideas of my own for their platform actually…
- Though I didn’t get to surf it, the pages look very clean and hopefully it will surf as good as it looks.
The Metroproper login page
A screenshot of a Metroproper.com profile
Classifieds are a feature that figures prominently in the community.
While there is considerable competition in this space, there is certainly room for improvement. If unmet customer needs are satisfied with a world-class customer experience, the world may in fact beat a path to Metroproper’s door.
Speaking of beating a path to their door, you should do just that. Phil runs a coffee shop on the north side of the city called Dollop, it is located at 4181 North Claredon, the venture capital lines are open at 773.755.1955 - the wireless Internet is free, they are open late and Hoosier Mama Pies are quite tasty!