GoDaddy Launches App for Would-be Entrepreneurs to Get Feedback

Entrepreneurs and small business operators who want to find out if their business ideas are hot or not can put the question to GoDaddy’s new community-based app Flare, which launched Thursday. Tinder-style swiping gives feedback on ideas, and entrepreneurs can poll their idea’s supporters, who can in turn pledge to be customers once the idea is off the ground.

GoDaddy says its research shows that two-thirds of the company’s customers have had an idea for a new business, product, or service, but only 15 percent pursued it. The biggest barriers to action are not knowing what to do next, and a lack of confidence.

“We created Flare because we recognized the need for a community where people can get impartial feedback on ideas and connect with others to help them turn those ideas into something meaningful,” Rene Reinsberg, vice president of Emerging Products at GoDaddy said in a statement. “Whether you’ve just had a fleeting thought and want to explore where you might be able to take it, or you’ve been dreaming of creating your own business your whole life, Flare is the first place to go for someone that wants to take the next step.”