Authenticity sells, based on the quote below from incoming Uber CMO Rebecca Messina, who comes from Coca-Cola and, most recently, distillers Beam-Suntory. Dara Khosrowshahi, the CEO who has expanded Uber’s commitment to drivers and rider safety, is the face of the brand, if you follow this logic. Uber is doing “the right thing” in terms […]
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Rydoo announces a tool for tracking business expenses for Uber for Business rides. This kind of integration of business services, as well as consumer capabilities to help them get the most for their transportation dollar, represents the next stage of the maturing mobility market. It’s hard to imagine this being a stand-alone business when Concur, […]
Lots of jumping and running seems to be the future of gig work. And aliens. Errand Boys by D.J. Kirkbride and Nikos Koutsis takes us to a future world where the gig economy extends to crime and the alternative to a “real” job is running “errands” of questionable legality. Source: Comicsbeat.com
Lots of useful data in this breakdown of the food delivery market, including visualizations of service areas. It is notable that the services are tipped toward higher earners, which suggests that McDonald’s is not the meal of the future. A greater variety of healthy foods will be available to the home in the coming decade. […]
Amazon ordered more Mercedes delivery vans for entrepreneurs who signed up to start businesses moving the retailers’ packages. Currently, with 10,000 applicants, we can guesstimate that the typical entreprenuerial delivery operator will operate an average of two vans. Assuming one of the drivers at each startup is an owner at first, the program will create […]
Anything can be delivered on-demand, even if you can’t pick up and move that thing. Take the parking spot, as a $10M example. SpotHero announced an additional Series C investment this week, bringing its total raised to $67.6M. On Wednesday, SpotHero filed paperwork with the SEC revealing it has raised approximately $10 million in a […]
The on-demand gig workstyle is approaching normality. Legislation introduced by Senators Mark Warren (D – Va.) and Mike Rounds (D – S.D.) would expand the sources of income that can be considered when granting a mortgage. The Self-Employed Mortgage Access Act would allow people with irregular income — wide monthly variation in income — to […]
Justin Winston, CEO of Fleet-on-Demand explains the changing mobility equation: Ease of use is essential to thinking about how to use on-demand solutions in a local or national market. If you are providing transportation, the full consumer motion, from finding and booking the vehicle to getting to the destination and paying the driver (or, sans […]
Rob Taylor, CEO of Convey, explores the entrepreneurial potential of Amazon’s Delivery Service Partners program. He envisions Amazon owning the customer experience, which is more easily said than done. Delivery drivers may be called on to answer questions, respond to order status issues, and myriad other customer-initiated engagements because they wear ann Amazon logo. While […]
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Where The Giggers Like To Work
Noted today, the attractive places to gig. Care.com ranks highest, perhaps because it requires the most skill and cannot be reduced to the cheapest price for caring for an elder? “Yeah, I want care for my Dad, but only the cheapest care,” is not a phrase you hear a lot. THESE ARE THE TOP 10 […]