My Neighbourhoods: get to know your offline community by joining an online one
Written on March 3, 2008 – 11:05 am
Ernst-Jan Pfauth, editor in chief
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Every week we publish an interview with a start-up. We ask five questions, hoping the answers will give you inspiration and new views. Well, actually six questions, since we also ask the start-up to who he or she is passing the mic to.
This week we’re interviewing Danny Bull, founder of My Neighbourhoods. A service that helps you to get to know your neighbours and find out more about your local area. My Neighbourhoods wants you to improve your local community by joining theirs. You can read local news, chat with neighbours and read reviews of restaurants and other facilitations in your area. They’ve already got some coverage in The Times and TechCrunch UK.
I like the idea of bringing people together offline by using an online service. Moreover, entrepreneurs who want to improve other’s people lives will always find a stage on The Next Web.
How did you come up with the idea of My Neigbourhoods?
“Myself and my girlfriend bought a flat for the first time in London almost 5 years ago. We didn’t know anyone in the area at the time and needed to get some renovation work done on the property. We spent 12 unsuccessful months looking for a builder and I started to think there must be a better way. That’s when I had the idea to create My Neighbourhoods as a place to use the collective knowledge of a local area and get to meet new people in the process. Now whenever I need something I ask my neighbours if they have any ideas first. It also turns out there are some very nice people where I live.” (more…)
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