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Cuil had Googlers behind it. The people behind it can make a difference if the other fundamentals (market viability especially) are in place.

Is there a $40m+ market for a group photo album app? This app is free, so they'll need a great monetization model even if the market is there.



For $40M+ investment it should be $1B+ market. I guess they probably pitched something, like: "COLOR - the Facebook for Mobile"


Cuil was trying to solve a problem that was already solved, and they were so arrogant in their media briefs you could just tell that they were on another planet

Color, on the other hand, if they at least solve the problem of figuring out where somebody is I can see someone paying 200M+ for that (fb or google)




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