After working on quant homework for a majority of the night after the lecture, my roommate sent me a text asking me if I wanted her to order me Mexican food for dinner. Unfortunately, I told her I had already eaten in the pryz (my first time since last semester). Then, I got to thinking about my blog post and what I wanted to write about. My roommates dinner proposal connected my thoughts to business ventures and our program and also what we were talking about in our leadership class. We were asked to talk about what our current favorite business establishment was. I believe I said Target. And now, thinking of the nights that I am up late doing homework and not wanting to cook, I am loving this new app that my roommate and I often take advantage of and thinking it actually may be my current favorite business establishment. The app is called Postmates.
The company is headquartered in San Francisco and was founded in 2011. According to their website: Postmates is transforming the way local goods move around a city by
enabling anyone to get any product delivered in under one hour.
Postmates' revolutionary urban logistics & on-demand delivery
platform connects customers with local couriers, who purchase and
deliver goods from any restaurant or store in a city. Their mission is to is to become the on-demand delivery infrastructure for every major city in the world.
There are already countless places available for delivery through Postmates in DC which is amazing since the only places readily available for delivery in Brookland are Dominos, Chinese, Thai, or random wings places. Postmates can bring you Shake Shack, Vapiano's, Luke's Lobster, even Matchbox and Baked and Wired. The best part is the options have even continued to grow since the company has started in DC.
All in all, I think the idea of this business is genius. I have seen it done in other cities through other companies but never with such a wide variety of options and such a 'trendy' branding image. Their app which ahs a similar look and feel to Uber's is also easier to use that comparable companies. I hope the business continues to grow in this city as I will continue to be an avid customer and reccomend to my friends.
Brilliant app! I looked Postmates up and it seems to be huge. Do they really live up to their promise of delivering within the hour? And, by the way, I like how you connected your need with the idea of this brilliant app, it's usually the everyday inconveniences that turn out to be sources for great business ventures.
ReplyDeleteHi Caitlin.. Thank you for sharing this. Now, I know what to do when Im hungry at night and don't want to cook ^_^
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Interesting discussion of "Postmates" a new app. One thing that would have really added value to the blog would have been a link to the App right in the blog. Target is my go-to store too!
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