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In Boston, a mobile food truck serves food deserts
Low-income communities can’t derive a lot of benefits from nutrition education if there aren’t any grocery stores in the area selling healthy food. But starting and running a supermarket is a capital intensive, low-margin business. The solution: mobile food markets that travel to Read More...
Mercedes eyes driverless on-demand limousine service as potential market
German carmaker Mercedes-Benz sees business potential in offering on-demand limousine services using driverless cars, Daimler Chief Executive Dieter Zetsche said, in what amounts to a direct challenge to Uber. Germany's oldest carmaker is considering setting up large fleets of autonomous cars to Read More...
An Uber for bicycles? The grand ambitions of Danish startup AirDonkey
When you’re launching a new business, having big aspirations is usually the done thing. For the distinctively-named AirDonkey the ambitions are bigger than most: to be something of a combination of Uber and Airbnb, but for bicycles. If that wasn’t enough, the Copenhagen-based startup, which is Read More...
Uber is even bigger than you realize
Uber now serves 2 million rides per day. Just five years in, Uber is the most valuable startup in the world, worth more than $50 billion after its most recent round of funding. It's arguably the quickest to scale as well, and the ride-hailing company doesn't show signs of slowing down: An exclusive Read More...
Uber closes on $1.2 billion in funding for China
Ride sharing giant Uber has raised $1.2 billion in new funding to invest in its business in China. The round was led by Chinese search giant Baidu, and Uber’s China subsidiary was valued at $8 billion, according to Chinese news site Sina. Uber was valued at $50 billion in its last round of Read More...
How to reinvent the organization man in the Uber-age
Uber suffered a legal blow this week when a California judge granted class action status to a lawsuit claiming the car-hailing service treats its drivers like employees, without providing the necessary benefits. Up to 160,000 Uber chauffeurs, or “driver-partners” in company-speak, are now Read More...
While Starting Carpool Services, Uber And Lyft Should Study Cuba's System
Cuba is often derided, appropriately, as a backwards nation that has failed to modernize its houses, cars and overall economic policies. I got to visit its capital city of Havana this summer, and found this perception evident from the moment I stepped into José Martí airport. But there was one Read More...
Uber as...restaurant guide?
In a new partnership with Hilton, Uber is using its data in an unexpected way. You may have heard that Uber will take over the world. Is taking over the world. Has already taken over the world. But even as the company raises bajillions of dollars and mounts an aggressive global expansion, you may Read More...
General Mills brings supply chain into emissions goal
Taking bolder responsibility for greenhouse gas emissions by its supply chain of farmers and mills and packagers than is typical, General Mills announced a goal to cut greenhouse gas emissions across its entire business — “from farm to fork to landfill” — by 28 percent Read More...
Uber 101 - How to maximize your driving profits
The ability to make money according to your own schedule is obviously the biggest benefit of driving with Uber. Of course, some people manage to make a lot more than others. Uber and other services like it are a great way to maximize the car you already own or are paying for. What better way to Read More...