Joey MacArthur
Austin, TX (USA)
Role(s):
Rareo Inc.
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Location:
Austin
Industry:
Internet
Year Founded:
2007
Number Employees:
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Description:
Our goal is to provide a tool that is useful and has very practical application in an evironment that fosters social interaction and emotional attachment (to products not people.) We want the site to be a hobby, an addiction and for some, a career for others — all within a casual environment. The distinction that makes it “WEB 2.5? is that we will provide a “trading” aspect to the site that will be very serendipitous to both buyers and sellers while at the same time still engaging the buyer in an emotional transaction. In a sense, it will give the same emotional excitement of an online auction (eBay) but without the pressure – auction times, bid amounts, etc. [It has nothing to do with an auction site.]
Our tool is a “product” that will revolutionize how an entire industry conducts busi