StartupRealities

StartupRealities No 150 ViewAssessor  is a restaurant rating service which assesses the view from each restaurant and gives it a star rating, TripAdvisor-style. The company also pre-assesses properties for viability of conversion into restaurants and bars based on the view that the property's windows and terraces afford. CEO QUOTE " Why do people go to a restaurant? Three reasons: the food, the company and the view. However, food is more or less a commodity nowadays, unless you are diving into the culinary arts space. The company - you bring with yourself. So what's left is the view. We are the tripadvisor of the vistas that restaurants and cocktail bars open up for their customers and we are proud to do what we do ," said ViewAssessor founder and CEO  Vierra Assey . View of London from Crystal Palace (July 5, 2020)

StartupRealities No 118 CreatingSeating  is an innovation and design company which helps airlines rebrand and upgrade their economy-class plane seats. The company's key focus is renaming window seats as #CreativeSeats, as these seats allow maximum privacy for the passenger, while gazing out of the window of a flying plane is known to enhance creativity and ideation. For passengers who would use the window blinds as a headrest to help them sleep, the company has designed additional headrests that are fitted at the top of aisle and middle seats. The company recommends that windows blinds should not be pulled down or the windows darkened (depending on the plane model) during flight to allow passengers in window seats to interact with and be inspired by the outside world. CEO QUOTE "Passengers who want to doze off on the plane usually ask for a window seat. But that's such a waste. Windows exist for a reason: to allow us to look out of them, not to prop our sleeping heads...