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Bulls vs. Bears

Overall, are you bullish or bearish on Geni?

69%

37 votes

31%

17 votes

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Do You Agree? The Bulls Say:

88%

16 votes
14 12% 2

01/10/2008

dave

David Sacks (founder CEO) has a great track record

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85%

20 votes
17 15% 3

01/10/2008

dave

Everyone has a family, so the idea is universally appealing

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83%

6 votes
5 17% 1

04/24/2008

chaostheory

Their family tree feature was revolutionary and extremely viral when it first came out

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83%

12 votes
10 17% 2

04/24/2008

chaostheory

Unlike most of their competitors, their services are free, which is more viral

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02/17/2009

ffunch

They've now downgraded their features, and they're charging for what used to be free.
100%

9 votes
9 0% 0

04/24/2008

chaostheory

Their features do not require anyone to install software

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100%

9 votes
9 0% 0

04/28/2008

startuper

The product has great user interface - very easy to get started

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07/20/2008

georgebounacos

Absolutely agree on interface. Anyone can use this.
100%

3 votes
3 0% 0

05/16/2008

john

They were rumored to be valued at $100 MM

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75%

4 votes
3 25% 1

07/25/2008

dave

New video sharing feature should increase user engagement

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40%

5 votes
2 60% 3

07/29/2008

green33

Quantcast and Compete show steady growth over last few months

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09/06/2008

gameon323

still does not justify current valuation
67%

3 votes
2 33% 1

10/12/2008

johs

In my family it proved addictive to internet illiterates, very userfriendly

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100%

1 vote
1 0% 0

08/28/2009

jowoco

Great start - need to work on a quicker and more integrated AJAX editing UI

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Do You Agree? The Bears Say:

59%

17 votes
10 41% 7

01/10/2008

dave

Do people really want to socialize with their family?

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76%

17 votes
13 24% 4

01/10/2008

dave

There are lots of competitiors in this space

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33%

6 votes
2 67% 4

01/23/2008

mkr2x

Competition offers wider range of features

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10%

10 votes
1 90% 9

01/28/2008

ywong137

Does not automatically inform family members of illegitimate children

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04/22/2009

kjhsm

Sounds like a feature.
100%

5 votes
5 0% 0

04/24/2008

chaostheory

They have no publicly known revenue model

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100%

2 votes
2 0% 0

04/24/2008

chaostheory

Still no public API, then again their competitors don't either

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100%

4 votes
4 0% 0

06/28/2008

maafjes

besides family tree all other functionality (more popularly) available elsewhere

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67%

3 votes
2 33% 1

07/20/2008

georgebounacos

Worried about privacy (the "mother's maiden name") question

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75%

4 votes
3 25% 1

02/14/2009

ffunch

They keep removing core features and they're seriously at odds with their user community.

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75%

4 votes
3 25% 1

02/14/2009

ododod

Geni is going to collapse within the next year

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