"What price do you put on a once-in-a-lifetime experience? The online platform OpenChime is helping users determine exactly that, providing aggregated customized quotes on services from the unusual to the mundane."
"So, is your home insurance against space-garbage current? Chicago Loop-based OpenChime.com, a service that connects folks with local service providers of any kind, is seizing this as an opportunity for people to potentially cash-in if the unthinkable happens and your house gets flattened."
"We know that consumers want to get in touch with businesses and businesses want to get in touch with consumers," Kiciman said. "We don't want to get in the middle. We want it to be as frictionless as possible."
"Just as Groupon targets local, OpenChime is targeting what it sees as big inefficiencies in local businesses. Namely, the difficulty in quickly receiving quotes on reputable local service providers. Founded by Erdem Kiciman and his former roommate at MIT, Kale McNaney"
"If you have ever made one frustrating phone call after another to plumbers, or house cleaners, or wedding photographers, trying desperately to find someone with reasonable prices, Chicago-based startup OpenChime is just what you need."
