Burrp February 15, 2008
Posted by Pallav Sharda in : Local Search , trackbackBurrp! is an Indian local reviews website that came into existence around early 2006. Founded by the now relatively common category of ‘worked-in-SF-then-returned-to-India’ entrepreneurs, Burrp! started getting traction last year (see compete.com data).
These people have good taste- the site has a neat, minimalistic look (with very good, synchronized icons) and I found it easy to navigate. The content is divided per city (they cover 8 major metro areas, with more coming up) and basically consists of reviews and recommendations submitted by users. I did see a nice restaurant list for Delhi there (even the ubiquitous Aggarwal Sweet Corners of various locations are mentioned). The user reviews are few, but not rare. So it’s a good place to get a list of restaurants, bars, lounges and cafe’s at minimum.
The team behind Burrp! seems to be energetic about their mission. Nice additional features are the Blah magazine (online, user-generated lifestyle content), SMS alerts of new reviews in your area. Heck, I even think the tag cloud could be useful. Some good to-do stuff seems to be one their radar too- like the Burrp! TV (online TV guide).
Overall, I’m impressed and excited that such startups are gaining ground in India. I predict that they’ll get a good infusion of VC funding soon (Band of Angels…are you listening? anybody home?). Hope Burrp! team spends it wisely and keeps up the quality work in future.
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Thanks for covering burrp! local. We have worked very hard on the user experience part and it makes us proud when someone appreciates that.
The one thing that inhibits our innovation is the availability of good talent in the market. There might be smart people out there, but so far we’ve only found a few and we’ve hired those
There is a ton of (real) features planned for burrp! local which will go live in a few days and hang on tight for the release of burrp! tv which will happen in a few weeks.
Thanks for the comment, Anand. I agree, finding the right team is a tough job. But you guys are doing a fine job- keep the usability priority high- that is one thing Indian web entrepreneurs tend to forget.
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