I thought somebody was just scamming Tracy for the money but they've updated their website and it's looking legit with a page showing the team:
Intriguing. Would be nice for places like stadiums. Also, when you're running late or have little time like during a lunch break and need to grab a coffee or something.
Hmm, looks and feels a little fishy, but I do think there is a market for what they're selling. I'm think it can be a hit with business travelers where a small surcharge doesn't really matter because the company will comp it most of the time (and the time savings they get outweigh the cost of service). There's also college students, I know I've ordered takeouts at college a lot despite a surcharge due to: 1) Lack of cars in the dorm 2) Laziness to walk 3) It's 3 a.m. It is going to take a lot for them to do it right, with my main concerns are around how the they can achieve service needed to please their user base with the limited scale given their niche market. The pricing needs to be reasonable that people wouldn't worry about putting it on an expense report or for it to be priced out of a college students budget, but high enough to actually ensure a top quality service for those that use it. Edit: Just saw the pricing on their website, looks reasonable but don't know about charging business $10 a year to join. If they don't have enough partners, they the end user isn't going to get that much utility out of it. Anyone know if the service is any good and worth what you're paying for?
Hey dude, inexperienced college graduates? Means nothing in todays world, as an "inexperienced college graduate" is far more ahead on what the internet/webworld needs than some "experienced seasoned" 20 yr vet. It really pisses me off when people say that about young people. Get the hell over yourself
what? 'get over myself'? How much experience in internet/webworld do you think I have? Also your claim is wrong that experience running a company means nothing. It means a hell of alot and besides Tracy, I bet these kids have none.
Lulz, their CTO was a Senior consultant at Accenture (they know how to run companies, it's the Deloitte of IT basically) and has over 10 years of experience, which is fine for a CTO.
"Experience" means jack **** in business buddy, you either got the sense to do it right or you dont. I watched too many acquaintances flame out when they tried their hand a start up with their collective "experience" in upper management and all MBA holders yet...nothing. and yet here I am a 2009 graduate, just sold my non-profit I started up for a sum of money I am proud of, starting a brand new idea of a marketing co-op for small businesses...so as a 26 year old, im "too inexperienced" to run something based on what exactly? and think about this...what experience do you want young people to have when you old birds have stopped hiring? My entire staff before, and coming up will be nothing but 23-30 year old...you old "experienced" types are just not retiring fast enough for my liking.
