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I was reading an article about 10 years ago about this ride-sharing in the DC metro area. We discussed how a smartphone app could make all this much easier and
by ansible 9y ago
I was reading an article about 10 years ago about this ride-sharing in the DC metro area. We discussed how a smartphone app could make all this much easier and smoother. We didn't follow up on it back then...
It wasn't (and won't likely to be) the only big missed opportunity in my life.
- gesman 9y agoTo your benefit - it's not as easy as to take a few weekends and to code an ride-sharing app to app store. Lots more business planning and resources are required to pull it off.
- halflings 9y agoSurvivorship bias makes us forget about the other dozens of "taxi/carpooling apps" that did not succeed. "The Upstarts" [0] talks about some of those. [0] https://www.amazon.com/Upstarts-Airbnb-Companies-Silicon-Changing-ebook/dp/B01HZFB3X0 https://www.amazon.com/Upstarts-Airbnb-Companies-Silicon-Cha...