Foursquare

includes Foursquare City Guide

8 statements across 4 episodes · 4 bullish · 0 bearish · 4 people on the record · first statement Jan 2, 2019 by David Pierce · said 21 times in 11 episodes since 2017 · across every show →

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Jan 2, 2019
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Pierce: Retailers resisted Foursquare's physical store push due to adoption doubts
“I remember Foursquare tried to do this forever ago, where they were like, they tried to put the symbols in every store, and then half the stores were like, well, we don't know if you're going to take off, so they didn't Play along.”
David Pierce Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 5:48 a16z Podcast | Messaging As the Interface to Everything
Jan 2, 2019
Insight
Jeff Jordan: Scaling startups move to Silicon Valley for executive talent
“A lot of them find as they, as they're growing, they scale out of their cities. So, you know, Chicago had Groupon, and, you know Foursquare had, it was in New York, and they can only hire so many engineers, particularly engineers, but also the senior executive…”
Jeff Jordan Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 18:44 a16z Podcast | Hall of Fame Football Meets Venture Capital
Jan 2, 2019 positive
Assertion Supported
Hoover: Foursquare foot traffic data accurately predicted Chipotle sales declines
“Using Foursquare data that can predict that Chipotle sales are going down just due to the foot traffic alone.”
Ryan Hoover Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 26:39 a16z Podcast | We Gotta Talk Pokémon Go
Jan 2, 2019
Disclosure
Glueck: Foursquare reaches 50 million monthly active users
“There's still fifty million people a month used across our apps and our website”
Jeff Glueck Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 9:00 a16z Podcast | Data, Insight, and the Customer Experience
Jan 2, 2019
Disclosure
Glueck: Foursquare profiles 150 million Americans via location data
“We profile hundred fifty million Americans based on the places they go, both through our own apps, but through a network of partners using our technology”
Jeff Glueck Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 10:14 a16z Podcast | Data, Insight, and the Customer Experience
Jan 2, 2019 positive
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Glueck: 125,000 companies use Foursquare's developer platform
“For Foursquare, we have a 125,000 companies using our platform to build better mobile experiences.”
Jeff Glueck Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 3:29 a16z Podcast | Data, Insight, and the Customer Experience
Jan 2, 2019 positive
Assertion Contradicted
Glueck: Hotels are replacing human concierges with Foursquare's recommendation engine
“We enable for hotels, a bunch of hotels have gotten rid of their concierges, and they're just using the Foursquare recommendation engine in the hotels of the future”
Jeff Glueck Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 13:43 a16z Podcast | Data, Insight, and the Customer Experience
Jan 2, 2019 positive
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Glueck: Foursquare SDK drove 400% CTR and 66% revenue bump for TouchTunes
“They had, like, 400% increase in the click-through, and they had a 66% revenue increase, because it's a social message at the right time and the right place to the right person.”
Jeff Glueck Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 5:25 a16z Podcast | Data, Insight, and the Customer Experience
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