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This isn't a great question, as the child comments illustrate; effectively its a proven tenet of startup culture that execution and growth are key steps to prof
by tammer 9y ago
This isn't a great question, as the child comments illustrate; effectively its a proven tenet of startup culture that execution and growth are key steps to profitability rather than the uniqueness of an idea or service.
I have a similar but I think more valid question, however, which is how do you plan on staying compatible with the ride-sharing companies themselves, who I assume will eventually attempt to lock you out of their services as they come to see you helping their competitors?
- jsloss 9y agoThey mention this issue on their site. It seems as if they're helping to reduce driver churn (which can be as high as 90% after 1 year) and thus Lyft / Uber let them rock and roll.
- mrajcok 9y agoWe actually are solving a massive driver retention problem for them (96% churn) so we see ourselves as beneficial to the rideshare companies since we increase driver earnings and retention at no cost to them. We have a framework built out that lets us rapidly respond to app updates and a team of testers all over the US. We have also thought about how to best circumvent any active attempts to block us -- since we interface with the driver apps directly rather than any APIs that would be harder to do.
- sharkmerry 9y ago>>We actually are solving a massive driver retention problem for them (96% churn) Forgive me, but how? Is downtime really the issue that makes drivers leave?