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by aashaykumar92 4507 days ago
Good luck, hope it takes off there! I go to Michigan and this space has become annoyingly saturated...there are 3 or 4 student-startups focused on building a 'Craigslist for Michigan students' and none of them have had an edge. My only advice would be to make your loyal users a priority and hopefully more will come...I'm willing to bet there will be at least one more service like yours that already exists at Penn or will exist shortly.
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As an upper class student in CS, I've become completely soured on all the students who want to make the "X for UD" and "Y for VT". I feel like I've seen it all: textbook buyback, craigslist, even some students who want to make it so that you can get change back on your credit card (I don't know why that's cropped up twice). Nowadays, I have to roll my eyes internally when a bushy-tailed, bright-eyed youngster describes their plan for dominating the market where so many others have failed (but I have to sign an NDA first!).