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My mate had a university assignment several years back to come up with an online business idea. His idea was to set up an online "home delivery" service for re

My mate had a university assignment several years back to come up with an online business idea. His idea was to set up an online "home delivery" service for restaurants (including those that don't do home delivery but do take-away). He got a shitty mark because the lecturer thought the idea was "stupid".

why-el 11y ago
Since we are talking about genius ideas, where is the idea now? (Apologies if this was supposed to be obvious and I did not get it).
- maxschumacher91 11y ago
  https://www.doordash.com/ https://www.doordash.com/ , heavy funding by KPCB
  - dev-da0 11y ago
    http://waiter.com http://waiter.com has made a few cool megabucks in SV. The original was http://waitersonwheels.com http://waitersonwheels.com, which I used in the 1990's. It started as a catalog-based service, which waiter.com knocked off and improved. It's not a defensible business model unless there's some exclusivity agreements with restaurants on the menu. (too tasty to resist.)
- Rodyland 11y ago
  Apology accepted. :D https://www.menulog.com.au/ https://www.menulog.com.au/ https://www.deliveryhero.com.au/ https://www.deliveryhero.com.au/
- iamben 11y ago
  In the UK - Deliveroo, Just Eat, Hungry House... There's probably more. https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/deliveroo https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/deliveroo https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/just-eat https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/just-eat https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/hungryhouse-co-uk https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/hungryhouse-co-uk
  - why-el 11y ago
    I was actually curious about parent's friend's idea. To be fair all these apps haven't yet figured out the whole market, so perhaps instead of genius we can call them 'implementable'.
    - dormant1 11y ago
      I have seen an integrated system in Australia. Delivery Hunter. Actually involves a delivery service if restaurant does not have one.. We all thought it would fail but it is getting bigger and bigger.
  - NeutronBoy 11y ago
    In Aus, Menu Log and Delivery Hero are the main two with similar functions. They actually work with restaurants to integrate their existing online ordering systems into an integrated mobile app.
- dev-da0 11y ago
  Google Shopping Express

why-el 11y ago

Since we are talking about genius ideas, where is the idea now? (Apologies if this was supposed to be obvious and I did not get it).

maxschumacher91 11y ago
https://www.doordash.com/ https://www.doordash.com/ , heavy funding by KPCB
- dev-da0 11y ago
  http://waiter.com http://waiter.com has made a few cool megabucks in SV. The original was http://waitersonwheels.com http://waitersonwheels.com, which I used in the 1990's. It started as a catalog-based service, which waiter.com knocked off and improved. It's not a defensible business model unless there's some exclusivity agreements with restaurants on the menu. (too tasty to resist.)
Rodyland 11y ago
Apology accepted. :D https://www.menulog.com.au/ https://www.menulog.com.au/ https://www.deliveryhero.com.au/ https://www.deliveryhero.com.au/
iamben 11y ago
In the UK - Deliveroo, Just Eat, Hungry House... There's probably more. https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/deliveroo https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/deliveroo https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/just-eat https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/just-eat https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/hungryhouse-co-uk https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/hungryhouse-co-uk
- why-el 11y ago
  I was actually curious about parent's friend's idea. To be fair all these apps haven't yet figured out the whole market, so perhaps instead of genius we can call them 'implementable'.
  - dormant1 11y ago
    I have seen an integrated system in Australia. Delivery Hunter. Actually involves a delivery service if restaurant does not have one.. We all thought it would fail but it is getting bigger and bigger.
- NeutronBoy 11y ago
  In Aus, Menu Log and Delivery Hero are the main two with similar functions. They actually work with restaurants to integrate their existing online ordering systems into an integrated mobile app.
dev-da0 11y ago
Google Shopping Express