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Another smart local web startup

Cory Bergman April 21st, 2008

TeachStreet.com is a free online directory of 25,000 teachers, coaches and other educators in the Seattle area. Want to find a yoga class? There are 984 of ‘em. “We look at it as a little bit of a Yelp, a little bit of a Meetup and a little bit of a Craigslist, essentialy trying to address the needs of individual teachers and trainers and schools,” said founder Dave Schappell (he’s a former Amazon.com and JibJab employee who got the idea when he had trouble finding a motorcycle class.) And with $2.5 million in funding, it plans to expand to other cities soon. Smart idea, and yet another example of a web-forward local content site that’s not owned by a media company.

2 Comments Add your own

1. David Johnson | April 22nd, 2008 at 7:31 am

you know what is great about this? everything.

the simplicity of search and the power of results indicate time again the successful understanding of cutting edge UX and IA by these startups.

this earth day, recycle your yellow pages. they’re practically useless as subject indexes anyway.
2. Dave Schappell | April 23rd, 2008 at 7:13 am

Thanks for the post, Cory — we really appreciate the support, and are really excited about the response to our v1 launch! Really, we’ve been overwhelmed by the initial reaction, and are hard at work on city #2, and lots of stuff that didn’t make it into launch. Let me know if you ever want to talk more about where we’re going with TeachStreet!

Dave
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Founder, CEO and chief learner