Spot

Spot connects you with the best places on the planet, all according to the friends & experts you trust.

Founded 2014
1-15 employees
Headquarters address
San Francisco, CA, USA

It's 2015. Why is it still so hard to find the best places in the world for you? Looking for a great restaurant near you? Good luck wading through reviews or trying to remember that place your friend mentioned. Planning a trip? Get ready to spend hours on research, only to end up with a list stuck in Evernote or Google Docs.

Spot was started as a project at Expa, the startup studio founded by Garrett Camp (who also started StumbleUpon and Uber). Despite massive, lucrative markets (The Priceline Group alone is worth >$60B), both local discovery and travel planning lack compelling products or clear winners in the mobile age. That's why we're here.

Spot is a mobile network that connects you with the best places in the world according to the friends & experts you trust. It's entertaining & inspirational — much like Instagram & Pinterest — while also a practical tool that drives decision-making for high value transactions. You should be able to get off a plane anywhere on the planet and find not just the best places, but the best places for you.

How do we do it? To start, imagine a PageRank for the real world...

We're a small, awesome team — 3 engineers, design, product, and content/community — backed by some of the most accomplished entrepreneurs & investors in history. Everyone is smart, nice, practical, and pragmatic, and we're all here because this is a product that we think needs to exist.

Come make it happen with us.

Tech stack

Node.js, Postgres, iOS, Cloudsearch, etc.

Benefits

Health and wellness

Insurance (Health)
Insurance (Dental)
Insurance (Vision)
Insurance (Life)
Insurance (Disability)