THE UBER RUSH BUSINESS MODEL:
The real business for Uber Rush will be in becoming the delivery fleet for small businesses across a city.
If a restaurant is swamped with delivery orders during the lunch hour, it can sign on to the Uber Rush merchant platform and summon a courier to its doorstep to deliver the orders for it. If a small boutique wants to add same-day delivery for its clothing or books, it can add it as a delivery option (against the slower standard choices).
Where Uber becomes most efficient, and most like FedEx or UPS, is in its ability to pick up multiple packages from multiple businesses.
Perhaps the story and the title could be more reconciled if there were any evidence at all that FedEx can, will and/or HAS ever delivered a burrito/taco to any customer in a take/out/delivery mode.
Capitalism is fun to watch.
I don’t see it was a FedEx killer. I have to assume fedex banks most of its money for long distance overnight shipments. There is a place for local overnight in fedex for legal docs etd, so they may need to counter with something new on a local level if this takes a bite out of their profits. It would not be hard to create a city hub to transfer items same day. Sort of a mini fedex model with a central drop location for same day local.
I find logistics very interesting and they are very good at it.
Sounds like the perfect business model for the next Theodore John “Ted” Kaczynski, also known as the “Unabomber”
In a former life, between jobs, I worked as a courier. One day I made a delivery from Harrisburg, PA to Richmond, VA.
A man who was in Harrisburg on business, visited a restaurant/lounge in the evening and had left his blazer in the cloakroon with his passport in the pocket.
I picked up his coat at the restaurant and delivered it to the manage of another restaurant/lounge in Richmond, where the man would be attending another party that evening.
I guess that’s what makes the world go around.
Now that's a Delivery Service you can count on!
I used to be a Courier like you, but then I took two Bullets to the Head.
Before long it will not be automobiles, but un-manned pod drones.
I love Uber. The drivers are very nice and friendly. Glad to see they are making it work.
People want things done and are willing to pay money to GET them done. Sounds fine to me!
Ubers founders are kind of libertarian
But still libtards trust me
They publicly embrace obamacare
And are San Francisco peoples