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The Spawn of Craiglist – A Visualization

January 21, 2010 by Eric Friedman

My colleague and friend Andrew Parker did a great visualization mapping startups over Craigslist categories they competes in. You should click through and read his thoughts.

First, it is incredible that around 30 companies are actively attacking these categories, whether directly or indirectly, on Craigslist – more if you dig deeper and include competitors within each set.

Second, some of these companies have been competing in the space for a long time such as Indeed.com (USV portfolio co.), Elance.com, and LegalZoom.com while others are very new such as Listia.com, TeachStreet.com, and AirBnB.com

I think you will continue to see small niche categories getting full blown solutions and entrants to markets that would otherwise not be possible in the past. This is due in large part to lower cost of capital to get started, lower production and development timelines, and the fragmentation of attention as people are willing to go to the best possible solution vs. a one size fits all portal.

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