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Hey doordash here is your marketing opportunity. Bring them food, water, handwarmers, etc on a bunch of snow mobiles. Some people get helped and you get a super

Hey doordash here is your marketing opportunity. Bring them food, water, handwarmers, etc on a bunch of snow mobiles. Some people get helped and you get a super bowl ad

cortesoft 5y ago
Umm if a doordash driver could get to them, then the cars could just leave themselves.
- kbutler 5y ago
  "...on snowmobiles..." So the drivers could leave, but the cars would remain stranded.
  - seanmcdirmid 5y ago
    Are there that many snow mobiles in VA?
    - kbutler 5y ago
      :-D Great question. Probably? https://www.yellowpages.com/search?search_terms=snowmobile+rentals&geo_location_terms=virginia https://www.yellowpages.com/search?search_terms=snowmobile+r...
      - daveevad 5y ago
        > 1.3 million registered snowmobiles in the US [0] For fun, let's just say those are evenly distributed amongst the states and there are 26,000 snowmobiles available in Virginia at DoorDash's disposal. I'd wager snowmobiles wouldn't be the limiting factor in this operation. [0](https://www.snowmobile.org/snowmobiling-statistics-and-facts.html https://www.snowmobile.org/snowmobiling-statistics-and-facts...)
        mannerheim 5y ago
        There are probably not very many snowmobiles in Florida.
        daveevad 5y ago
        That is a good point that I had anticipated, but severely under appreciated. I had presumed a somewhat more normal distribution of snowmobiles. https://www.statista.com/statistics/420693/us-snowmobile-registrations-by-state/ https://www.statista.com/statistics/420693/us-snowmobile-reg... I'm adjusting my mental model to the reality that Virginia likely has less than 1000 registered snowmobiles.
        bagacrap 5y ago
        something tells me Florida Man likes snowmobiling across the swamp a la https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NySgXKgfICM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NySgXKgfICM
        daveevad 5y ago
        This is a remarkable video (there's a helicopter and a snowmobile) but is that really in Florida?
    - dotancohen 5y ago
      That's a Fermi question if I've ever heard one. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fermi_problem https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fermi_problem
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Larrikin 5y ago
Being profitable and showing their value during a time period where most of the world was locked in their homes and restaurants couldn't seat anyone would have been a better marketing opportunity. But they couldn't even do that and had to race to an IPO.
chasd00 5y ago
road's closed. maybe airdrop with drones?

Hey doordash here is your marketing opportunity. Bring them food, water, handwarmers, etc on a bunch of snow mobiles. Some people get helped and you get a super bowl ad

cortesoft 5y ago

Umm if a doordash driver could get to them, then the cars could just leave themselves.

kbutler 5y ago
"...on snowmobiles..." So the drivers could leave, but the cars would remain stranded.
- seanmcdirmid 5y ago
  Are there that many snow mobiles in VA?
  - kbutler 5y ago
    :-D Great question. Probably? https://www.yellowpages.com/search?search_terms=snowmobile+rentals&geo_location_terms=virginia https://www.yellowpages.com/search?search_terms=snowmobile+r...
    - daveevad 5y ago
      > 1.3 million registered snowmobiles in the US [0] For fun, let's just say those are evenly distributed amongst the states and there are 26,000 snowmobiles available in Virginia at DoorDash's disposal. I'd wager snowmobiles wouldn't be the limiting factor in this operation. [0](https://www.snowmobile.org/snowmobiling-statistics-and-facts.html https://www.snowmobile.org/snowmobiling-statistics-and-facts...)
      - mannerheim 5y ago
        There are probably not very many snowmobiles in Florida.
        daveevad 5y ago
        That is a good point that I had anticipated, but severely under appreciated. I had presumed a somewhat more normal distribution of snowmobiles. https://www.statista.com/statistics/420693/us-snowmobile-registrations-by-state/ https://www.statista.com/statistics/420693/us-snowmobile-reg... I'm adjusting my mental model to the reality that Virginia likely has less than 1000 registered snowmobiles.
        bagacrap 5y ago
        something tells me Florida Man likes snowmobiling across the swamp a la https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NySgXKgfICM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NySgXKgfICM
        daveevad 5y ago
        This is a remarkable video (there's a helicopter and a snowmobile) but is that really in Florida?
  - dotancohen 5y ago
    That's a Fermi question if I've ever heard one. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fermi_problem https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fermi_problem
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Larrikin 5y ago

Being profitable and showing their value during a time period where most of the world was locked in their homes and restaurants couldn't seat anyone would have been a better marketing opportunity. But they couldn't even do that and had to race to an IPO.

chasd00 5y ago

road's closed. maybe airdrop with drones?