Comments on: TC50: GoodGuide Shines Light On The “Goodness” Of Consumer Products

By: Jennifer

Jennifer — Sun, 07 Dec 2008 20:38:15 +0000

This site is a joke. Dive deeper and check out products you know are hazardous to our health and you’ll be surprised the products get a “GOOD” rating???!!!

The site is a great idea but lacks true health concerns for consumers. Do you research, there are others offering better info to keep us healthy.

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JonathanMelhuish.com » Interview 8: GoodGuide — Sun, 07 Dec 2008 16:31:22 +0000

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Wed, 12 Nov 2008 00:00:03 +0000

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Web2Logs - GoodGuide Takes Top Prize At Web 2.0 Summit Launchpad — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 03:42:45 +0000

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Fri, 07 Nov 2008 02:32:03 +0000

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Web2Logs - GoodGuide’s Database Of Consumer Product “Goodness” Goes Mobile — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 10:17:38 +0000

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Thu, 06 Nov 2008 03:18:24 +0000

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Thu, 18 Sep 2008 19:06:27 +0000

[...] now, GoodGuide has collected 60.000 personal care products, a database that will be enriched over time. The site currently doesn’t offer any social [...]

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TC50: TrueCar May Keep Car Dealers More Honest — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 06:32:32 +0000

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By: ChrisV

ChrisV — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 18:34:49 +0000

anyone know their revenue model? Sounds like an expensive endeavor when they start talking about RFID integration.

By: Kiran

Kiran — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 18:28:14 +0000

great idea. expert recommendations with environmental, health and social aspects. I definitely can use some help in, lets say, choosing the right (safe and eco friendly) sun-screen for my son.

By: Simon Warrick

Simon Warrick — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 18:12:33 +0000

A particular problem with these sorts of information sites is that at best they can only provide generalised information.

For many products the supply chains behind them evolve as prices and availability of constituent components/ingredients change, thus from batch to batch and lot to lot the environmental and social footprint of a product could be radically different…

I do love to see the rise of things like this, and hope that is another step towards a better informed consumer.

By: klub

klub — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 15:13:34 +0000

Really you guys find this useful? You are going to only buy “good” products? When I buy something like that its usually very impulsive and I just go with the generic brand or whatever is the most bang for the buck. I’m like “O I forgot to get some cleaner”, I don’t shop around for that stuff. Guess its just me though. But I do hope they do well.

By: børge

børge — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 09:38:52 +0000

In my course in entrepreneurship at the university (which started just a couple of weeks ago) I (me?) and two others are working on an idea almost exactly like this! Except that we are mainly focused on environmental information (but with health info as a part of it too) and the mobile experience to make it as easy as possible to check out the products while you’re in the store. Also we want to gather info about all the most common products you’ll find in any grocery store, not just personal care products.

It is very cool to see that others have the same idea, and that it’s actually launching as a functional service soon! The very best of luck to GoodGuide!

By: Zach Weisman

Zach Weisman — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 07:01:19 +0000

This was THE MOST well spoken, confident and eloquent speaker of TC50. He has a well thought out product that clearly fills a void that can help everyone!

I predict that large companies (ie Johnson and Johnson) with deep pockets may label their research as libel and cripple them with lawsuits over lost profits due to the bad publicity generated. They need to raise enough backing to protect against this and I have no doubt that they will.

This company should have won TC50 hands down! Congrats and good luck!

By: PulpTechie

PulpTechie — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 04:15:39 +0000

I have been looking for a site like this for ages. Glad it’s finally here. Don’t know why you were beat by a business model that is only an incremental improvement over an existing business.

By: Hypochondriac

Hypochondriac — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 02:35:49 +0000

PERFECT for me!

By: GoodLocator.com

GoodLocator.com — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 02:22:05 +0000

unless what you have is proprietary you will be competing with a hundred copy cats. you do have an edge on Yelp. worst startup name on the planet. I love your common sense direct navigation domain name. Truly the best domain name of the show.

Best of Skill my Friends.

By: GoodGuy

GoodGuy — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 02:02:09 +0000

Just incredible. This company should win the Best in Show. Are they funded?

By: Jason Kincaid

Jason Kincaid — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 01:54:32 +0000

A great idea, but they’ll need to be careful if they want to become credible. There’s a fine line between real danger and FUD. I worry that they will label things as “carcinogens” or “toxic” when they appear in concentrations that would have no effect.

By: Dealyzer

Dealyzer — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 01:46:47 +0000

This is one of the sites that I actually find useful. Nicely done!