[martinshen]

I run an event startup called UpOut (haha get up and go out)

A lot of new startups ask me about their events discovery startup so I thought I'd chime in. Read the Riotvine and Plancast post mortems before you commit any more time.

If your answer to monetization requires more than 2x per month engagement... Then this is not the right space for you. Companies like eventbrite (probably one of the biggest in events) aren't racking stacks on stacks.

People in reality go to 2-3 events per month max and "discover" new events 12-20x per year. This translates to 2 visits per month for the perfect product.

[gogosi]

Thanks for your comments. Are you pulling eventbrite events? Might be a regional thing but don't find many entertainment events on there compared to other sources. Appreciate we might at some point be competing, but might be good to have a chat.

How are you finding using venue IDs, rather than names, in urls in terms of SEO?