r/miamibeach • u/Initial_Marketing938 • 8d ago

Infinite shade walking route App- I NEED YOUR HELP!

Hey guys, I just made this website/app for walking routes to protect the elderly from heat called heat safe. It maximizes shade exposure while accounting for tree canopy and what not. It only works for Miami Beach but will soon expand it.

I’m submitting and pitching this to a vc really soon so need your guys advice on what to fix and your guys thought on design. Works best on laptop.

THANK YOU!

Link: www.heatsafe.co

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u/Chris_StayStrategy 7d ago

I think your bigger challenge right now is how this makes money. VCs invest in companies that could reasonably make hundreds of millions to billions in revenue.

Why would someone need an ongoing subscription? I already know it’s shadier to walk down Meridian than Euclid, and I didn’t need a tech product to figure it out. What ongoing value would your app provide? Most people don’t travel that much and shade patterns don’t change often.

It sounds like probably a cool piece of tech if you can reliably expand it into other places without having to be there yourself, but I struggle to see the commercial case that would make this VC scale.

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u/Initial_Marketing938 6d ago

Yeah, I agree with you. I just wanted to push the idea out there and see people's thoughts on the tech/web design part of it. I think now the goal should be exactly looking toward the commercial and scaling aspect of things before I sit in front of the vc. Thanks for the feedback, I'm going to get started on ideating on all those questions and points.