Opez
The business, the turning points, and the decisions behind them.
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01 / WHAT IT BUILT
What the company did
Opez was a Y Combinator 2011 (S11) startup, co-founded by Paul Chou and Chris Tam. Dubbed 'Yelp for service professionals', it attacked a real problem for independent service workers such as hairstylists, bartenders and DJs: when they moved between venues, they couldn't take their clientele with them. Opez let users find service professionals, see where they worked, leave reviews, and follow them; professionals got their own branded business cards and could push promotions and coupons to followers.
02 / FAILURE REASONS
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03 / EVENT HISTORY
Events in the structured record
- Founded and launched
Opez was founded in 2011, funded by Y Combinator's S11 batch, and launched its marketplace for following independent service professionals.
- No public outcome
No shutdown announcement, acquisition, or bankruptcy was ever publicly documented; the service quietly faded from view.
04 / CONTEMPORARY REBUILD ASSESSMENT
Difficulty of rebuilding this project today
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Overall assessment: Not completed
05 / CAUSAL CHAIN / AFTERMATH
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