timgriffin77

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by timgriffin77 4y ago
Remote North America ... trying to manage time zones really, so anywhere within those areas!
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by timgriffin77 4y ago
Craftwork | Computer Vision Engineer + Full Stack Engineer | Charlotte, NC | Full-Time | Onsite + Remote Craftwork ( https://craftwork.com ) is building a tech-enabled home services startup, and we just raised a $3.5M seed round l
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by timgriffin77 4y ago
So much for free speech, this is the definition of policing information - can’t believe this is what will actually bring Twitter to its knees.
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Odeko (YC S19) Is Hiring Senior Engineers, Designers, and Marketers(angel.co)
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Odeko (YC S19) Is Hiring Senior Engineers, Designers and PMs(angel.co)
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Odeko (YC S19) Is Hiring Senior Engineers, Designers and PMs(angel.co)
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Odeko (YC S19) is hiring Senior Engineers – join our distributed team(angel.co)
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Odeko (YC S19) Is Hiring(workatastartup.com)
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by timgriffin77 7y ago
Glad to hear it - feel free to shoot me a note with any questions - tpg (at) cloosiv dot com
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by timgriffin77 7y ago
Ah, sorry about that. Yeah there are quite a few stats maintained on the ssca.org website. Harvard also maintains statistics about coffee consumption, and Huffington Post did a big expose on it, as well. There's also a lot of good info
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by timgriffin77 7y ago
Certainly a low barrier of entry, but there are two things we keep in mind - 1) we don't think this is a winner take all market 2) but if it were, the strongest network will win At this stage, it's about building the largest netwo
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by timgriffin77 7y ago
2 years ago I would have agreed with you, and to a point I still do - it seems like it would be simple to just walk in with cash and walk out with a coffee. But, it's undeniable how willing customers are to avoid friction, especially w
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by timgriffin77 7y ago
Good questions all around! What's surprising is that the 220M figure only accounts for daily purchases. Americans actually drink over 400M cups of coffee every day. A cup is definitely an odd metric to measure by, it's just the si
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by timgriffin77 7y ago
Really great insight! Caviar is a good example of how a hybrid approach can work, especially to your point that most people don't recognize that Square owns it. Perhaps branding played into the decision, but they shut it down just afte
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by timgriffin77 7y ago
We'd love to work with Gregory's! Feel free to tell them about Cloosiv and send a referral through.
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by timgriffin77 7y ago
Spot on - adding new shops is our primary focus right now, if you have a shop you go to a lot, telling them about Cloosiv would help a ton.
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by timgriffin77 7y ago
Thank you, appreciate it!
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by timgriffin77 7y ago
Sorry about that, I didn't do a great job of clarifying. What I meant to say is that we haven't encountered that type of pushback nearly as much as we anticipated. Owners tend to understand the concept and most are interested in i
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by timgriffin77 7y ago
I think that's a great idea. Not surprising, but our highest volume tends to be at locations in or directly around large corporate offices. That and hospitals. We'll definitely look into this, I appreciate the suggestion!
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by timgriffin77 7y ago
Completely agree with a lot of your points, we run into coffee shops every day that are hesitant to offer something like this. That said, resigning themselves to the fact that a chain exists is a surefire way to go out of business. Most of
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by timgriffin77 7y ago
I fully expect it, but our goal is for that not to matter by the time they do. Both of those co.'s recently announced features that directly compete with other startups: 1) Ubereats announced an order ahead and dine in option, the exac
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by timgriffin77 7y ago
Hey - very cool! We've made several attempts to work with them, but it hasn't panned out. Feel free to give them a nudge, and you should try out the app at any of the other shops in the area, it's our most dense region in ter
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by timgriffin77 7y ago
Really appreciate this level of detail, all of this is really helpful. In terms of biz-dev I'm happy to share, because it's been the definition of doing something that doesn't scale, but it's worked to this point. When w
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by timgriffin77 7y ago
When we started I thought the same thing, but quickly came back to earth when the data highlighted just how much coffee people drink in other places (think diners, bakeries, cafes, etc.). In fact, McDonalds is the #1 global chain for coffee
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by timgriffin77 7y ago
Same! I couldn't believe it either. If you're interested, look into Luckin' Coffee too - their rise to power is remarkable.
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by timgriffin77 7y ago
Definitely important, thanks for asking. We haven't solved for this yet, a couple ideas weren't well received by owners. I think when we roll out a user profile option, we can start introducing some sort of tagging system to assoc
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by timgriffin77 7y ago
Good question. Most of the shops we work with use a POS system on a tablet like an iPad, so they just use the Cloosiv Merchant app to field orders. If they don't have a tablet or phone we offer them a tablet they can use while they&#x2
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by timgriffin77 7y ago
Yep - they tried to build it twice I think. We were worried about that when we started, because we knew a partnership with them would be helpful. After working with them for a while now, I think it's clear they still believe in the opp
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by timgriffin77 7y ago
Thank you - the startup community in N.C. is small, but that also means it's supportive!
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by timgriffin77 7y ago
Thank you - and we definitely have a web app on the roadmap (ChowNow does this well). We were able to solve the varying menus relatively quickly, because after building hundreds of them we realized how similar they were - just random variat

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