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OK here's my gut reaction:

1. You don't explain what you're doing and why I would want to do it. Even with all their publicity I would wager that 90% of the people you are driving to your home page have never heard of AirBNB. Calling yourself the AirBNB of food might work when you're pitching the idea to a VC but doesn't work on the actual website.

2. Two thirds of your potential customers will be using Internet Explorer. I know it's not fair but that's reality in 2011. In IE you cannot even see the fields to sign up.

If in fact I can buy dinner at different peoples houses every night that's a really cool idea. In my state you couldn't do it legally but you've researched all that right? To succeed you need more than a cool idea, you have to execute.



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