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by vaibhavverma9 2y ago
Love this
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by vaibhavverma9 4y ago
Demo! https://www.loom.com/share/7b1afbf008d44f86975f64276a127429
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The Automated Restaurant Tracking App
3 points by vaibhavverma9 4y ago|1 comments
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by vaibhavverma9 4y ago
The average American goes to over 200 restaurants a year. Tracking each restaurant manually on Google Maps or the Notes app -- impossible. Truffle helps foodies track every restaurant they visit. If you integrate your Instagram, Truffle aut
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by vaibhavverma9 7y ago
Really cool. Wish I had this when I was in college. Makes sense to learn before hiring, rather than the other way around.
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by vaibhavverma9 7y ago
We currently deep link into other apps. You find a highly reviewed dish and then choose your preferred delivery platform (i.e. GrubHub). We plan to build out full delivery services eventually, but we would use DoorDash to take care of the b
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by vaibhavverma9 7y ago
Love all your points. We have photos of most of the highest rated dishes, especially for delivery! We also have a walking feature that allows you to see the highest ranked dishes around you. You can also go into a restaurant and see the bes
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by vaibhavverma9 7y ago
Appreciate the feedback, thanks!
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by vaibhavverma9 7y ago
Totally understand. What market are you from? Unfortunately, we are only in SF, NY and Chicago so far. By the way, you can review a dish from any arbitrary restaurant. You can search your restaurant and press the "Review a Dish" b
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by vaibhavverma9 7y ago
This is so helpful. Thanks for the color. We built the app using Ionic, a framework that houses a web application as an iPhone or Android app. We are considering switching to true native soon :) Totally understand your primary use case. You
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by vaibhavverma9 7y ago
What do you mean by Yelp effect?
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by vaibhavverma9 7y ago
That's exactly right! We just do reviews for individual dishes and cut the noise that comes with bad service or dirty toilets :)
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by vaibhavverma9 7y ago
That's exactly right. Most delivery platforms have affiliate revenue, where we get a small percentage of the overall transaction (and courier fee). We don't plan on taking a significant cut early on but may be able to renegotiate
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by vaibhavverma9 7y ago
We are currently working with a few delivery platforms to get affiliate fee. Just to give you some numbers, delivery platforms typically get ~20% of the order value and ~15% of the courier fees. At the beginning, we expect to only get a tin
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Launch HN: Simmer (YC W19) – Reviews for Delivery Dishes
28 points by vaibhavverma9 7y ago|20 comments