Povo Overview
City life can seem like a giant puzzle in need of solving. Which neighborhood pharmacy delivers? Is that hot new restaurant overpriced? Which farmers market has the freshest produce? Where did you get those shoes? Good questions. We happen to know people with the answers. You. The collective you, that is. Each of you holds answers to pieces of the puzzle. Collectively, you’ve got it solved....More»
City life can seem like a giant puzzle in need of solving. Which neighborhood pharmacy delivers? Is that hot new restaurant overpriced? Which farmers market has the freshest produce? Where did you get those shoes? Good questions. We happen to know people with the answers. You. The collective you, that is. Each of you holds answers to pieces of the puzzle. Collectively, you’ve got it solved.
Here’s where Povo comes in. Povo provides the means to tap into that collective pool of local information, map it, and make it available to everyone. Povo's wiki platform lets you share your insider’s knowledge in an organized, easy-to-use framework. It’s a collaborative tool that lets everyone in the community create, evolve, and maintain local neighborhood knowledge. It’s the ultimate urban guide – demystifying your city, block by block, street by street.«Less
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| Date | Type | Capital Amount | Post-Money Valuation | Investors |
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| 06/2007 | Seed | Unknown | Unknown |
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| Name: | Povo Boston |
| Product URL: | http://boston.povo.com/ |
| Description: | Povo is a wiki-based city guide for Boston, Massachisetts. |
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Bulls vs. Bears (9)
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add new services, i.e access by cellphone and you are good to go! |
bloggersmosaic 11/10/2008 |
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Pove has the benefit of reviews/info re: neighborhoods, events, and seasonal topics. Love it! |
barrye 11/07/2008 |
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The Povo guides are great resources and really easy to navigate. |
s.hine 11/05/2008 |
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Great site, proved invaluable when visiting Boston! |
saddlewood 11/05/2008 |
100% 2 votes 2 0% 0 |
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Povo’s Wiki is great! You get the collective knowledge from real people. Hope more cities are next. |
leble 11/05/2008 |
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the mapping feature is super cool and very helpful. |
marisa 11/05/2008 |
100% 3 votes 3 0% 0 |
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Povo is helpful, fast, functional, easy to use, organized. It 's great! |
elenafou 11/05/2008 |
100% 3 votes 3 0% 0 |
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too similar to WikiTravel |
william 11/05/2008 |
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niche market, too many people already using Yelp |
pinksplash 11/05/2008 |
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