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Well, some of the will be different, some of them will be pretty similar to Google Answers' style.

You'll need to articulate your goals better if you're going to get funding or customers. So far, I know that it is like Google Answers, but not, because it is "Instant" (as in, it takes up to an hour) and has multiple answers (like other answer services).

It sounds like you're offering an answer service with a deadline, which is great, because now all you have to do is figure out what kind of questions people will ask, how to attract the people who can answer them, how to compensate everyone, and how to outcompete much larger rivals who can duplicate your entire product over their lunch break, while taking advantage of their existing network. Sounds pretty surefire!

I already showed an example for questions, which I see to be typical there: which shirt to choose, where to shop, which club to go for, what present for girlfriend to buy. Also, we could be a great match for market research during the product development cycle. I don't see problems how to compensate everyone (the client pays for getting answers), subscribers will get attracted by the challenging style of the process and ability to get paid. However, what I really concerned about is whether this idea sound interesting for potential clients or not. Speaking about competition, it's always good and it speeds up the progress. Besides, the market always has a tendency to change the business model within time.

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