Show HN: What do you think of my bootstrapped startup, www.opennearme.com

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www.opennearme.com shows you whats open when you search.

Should I start marketing now, or is there some obviously missing functionality which will turn users away? (Beyond mobile-location integration, I know, I know)

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Even mobile without location-finding would be useful. I would prolly use this app when I'm in an unfamiliar place and most likely only have a smartphone on me.

Where are you getting your data from? I just searched for "food" in Vancouver and got one hit - a Burger King by the airport.

The data that's the easiest to get is also the data that is least useful. For example, it is easy to get data about Starbucks and McDonalds, but people already know when these are open. I want to know if that hole-in-the-wall Thai place is delivering now, or if the mailbox place on the corner is open. But these places are also less likely to have their hours posted and machine-readable.

Yes, unfortunately right now we're boston-centric. The more we grow the more results we'll have.

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