Abonnet Connects Companies To Advisors
Abonnet is a new service out of Finland that helps connect companies to virtual advisors through the internet. While there's value in face-to-face meetings, Abonnet opens up companies to a wider range of experienced advisors, which is great for companies who are limited by geography or by the size of their personal network. The service reminds me of a dating service-- a company founder or CEO creates a personal and company profile, and then invites advisors to join the board. Advisors can also apply to open Advisory Board positions via the service. Some advisors may join for free, some have set a price for their expertise.
Eat.fi Shows Strong Traction in Visitors
Eat.fi, the Helsinki based restaurant review site, has shown strong traction in the last months, according to their blog. Although the figures aren't that high compared to international web services, 10k uniques a week is relatively good - especialy if you look at the growth rate, they have doubled the uniques in a matter of 2 months.
Oindex.fi statistics for Eat.fi
The uniques have been increasing fairly steadily after they redesigned their site and made the service a lot more usable with new features. The biggest obstacles to overcome in my opinion is for them to create a truly scalable service that does not require them to manually insert all restaurants in each city. The service itself has also a lot of potential to grow in other terms for example, adding menus on to the site and enabling users to specifically rate individual foods - something not many restaurant review sites do.
Eat.fi has also attracted other kind of traction. Tina Aspiala, the founder of the company has taken Asmo Halinen of Apaja fame on board as an advisor. Asmo has also joined the ranks of Grey Area as an advisor.
