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How are you going to fund this? If you have a for-profit company that can potentially make billions in profit, you can raise VC. Where is there source code av

How are you going to fund this? If you have a for-profit company that can potentially make billions in profit, you can raise VC. Where is there source code available for a ride sharing app? How much is it going to cost? How many developers will you hire? How many customer service representatives will you hire? How much is insurance to cover the drivers going to cost (standard auto insurance usually doesn't cover them when they act as a Taxi). When Uber/Lyft start in new cities, they tend to give out 10+ free rides to early customers in order to get new people to use it and spread the word. How much will this cost? When Uber/Lyft start in new cities, they need to incentives drivers to drive for their platform even though there aren't many customers yet. They will often pay them an guaranteed hourly rate at the beginning. How much will this cost? As a customer, why would I take your service instead of Uber/Lyft? With Uber usually I can find a car within a few blocks of me. It won't be the case with your service. Even if you aren't taking a cut of the profit I don't see your service being at a competitive price.

anon4this1 11y ago
> How are you going to fund this? I have about 2 million in the bank > Where is there source code available for a ride sharing app? How much is it going to cost? http://www.taximobility.com/ http://www.taximobility.com/ - i was quoted $15k > How many developers will you hire? Planning to do the work myself. Once the app I'm buying is tweaked and running smoothly there shouldn't be too much to do. > How many customer service representatives will you hire? None - the app will just link riders to drivers, and they will take care of customer service. Bad drivers will get banned from the service. > How much is insurance to cover the drivers going to cost I've seen quotes for about 2x normal car insurance rates. drivers will pay this on their own. > why would I take your service instead of Uber/Lyft? Drivers will have multiple apps installed, mine will give the biggest payout due to having the smallest margin. Drivers may even encourage customers to download my app, in order to maximise their pay. riders do it because of a sense of social justice, and wanting to pay their drivers rather than paying a san fran corporation.
- Nilef 11y ago
  If you do decide you need customer service, drop me a line: nile@dynamicrelations.co.uk
- sanswork 11y ago
  >How many developers will you hire? Planning to do the work myself. Once the app I'm buying is tweaked and running smoothly there shouldn't be too much to do. The real world unfortunately doesn't work this smoothly, servers crash, weird bugs appear in the software, networking issues happen, traffic increases(hopefully) requiring you to scale out. I'd suggest you invest in finding a consultant who can help you on short notice if things go bad and keep them on a retainer. > How many customer service representatives will you hire? None - the app will just link riders to drivers, and they will take care of customer service. Bad drivers will get banned from the service. Who does the banning? How is it decided they are banned? What if there is a dispute between a driver and passenger who will handle that?
  - petervandijck 11y ago
    Once the app I'm buying is tweaked and running smoothly there shouldn't be too much to do. -> sorry, but that's a terrible, terrible misunderstanding of how these things really work.
- stephenbez 11y ago
  If one person can successfully run a competitive taxi company using $15k of the shelf software, why did Uber raise $5.9 billion (!) and have over a thousand employees? This might be possible if you have a big breakthrough, but you are cloning a company.
  - carrotleads 11y ago
    That doesn't signal that it cost $5.9B to runa taxi app company... Just a signal that Uber has $5.9b to indulge in a fight with you... A few 10's of million of which may be spent trying to buy you out.. Nothing wrong in cloning a company.. happens daily..
freddealmeida 11y ago
billions in profit? there are not many firms that have that.

anon4this1 11y ago

> How are you going to fund this? I have about 2 million in the bank > Where is there source code available for a ride sharing app? How much is it going to cost? http://www.taximobility.com/ http://www.taximobility.com/ - i was quoted $15k > How many developers will you hire? Planning to do the work myself. Once the app I'm buying is tweaked and running smoothly there shouldn't be too much to do. > How many customer service representatives will you hire? None - the app will just link riders to drivers, and they will take care of customer service. Bad drivers will get banned from the service. > How much is insurance to cover the drivers going to cost I've seen quotes for about 2x normal car insurance rates. drivers will pay this on their own. > why would I take your service instead of Uber/Lyft? Drivers will have multiple apps installed, mine will give the biggest payout due to having the smallest margin. Drivers may even encourage customers to download my app, in order to maximise their pay. riders do it because of a sense of social justice, and wanting to pay their drivers rather than paying a san fran corporation.

Nilef 11y ago
If you do decide you need customer service, drop me a line: nile@dynamicrelations.co.uk
sanswork 11y ago
>How many developers will you hire? Planning to do the work myself. Once the app I'm buying is tweaked and running smoothly there shouldn't be too much to do. The real world unfortunately doesn't work this smoothly, servers crash, weird bugs appear in the software, networking issues happen, traffic increases(hopefully) requiring you to scale out. I'd suggest you invest in finding a consultant who can help you on short notice if things go bad and keep them on a retainer. > How many customer service representatives will you hire? None - the app will just link riders to drivers, and they will take care of customer service. Bad drivers will get banned from the service. Who does the banning? How is it decided they are banned? What if there is a dispute between a driver and passenger who will handle that?
- petervandijck 11y ago
  Once the app I'm buying is tweaked and running smoothly there shouldn't be too much to do. -> sorry, but that's a terrible, terrible misunderstanding of how these things really work.
stephenbez 11y ago
If one person can successfully run a competitive taxi company using $15k of the shelf software, why did Uber raise $5.9 billion (!) and have over a thousand employees? This might be possible if you have a big breakthrough, but you are cloning a company.
- carrotleads 11y ago
  That doesn't signal that it cost $5.9B to runa taxi app company... Just a signal that Uber has $5.9b to indulge in a fight with you... A few 10's of million of which may be spent trying to buy you out.. Nothing wrong in cloning a company.. happens daily..

freddealmeida 11y ago

billions in profit? there are not many firms that have that.