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Blast From the Dot-Bomb Past

Start-up·Minda Zetlin·about 1 month ago
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Remember same-day delivery services that failed spectacularly in the dot-com crash? They're baaaack. But they say this time is different. Same-day delivery services (think Webvan and Kozmo) crashed and burned in 2001. But a new crop of start-ups claims this time is different. Why It Might Work Today's GPS-enabled smartphones can track couriers and goods much more efficiently. More important, fleets of vehicles and professional drivers are no longer required. Start-ups such as Deliv and Postmates crowdsource that work to a pool of vetted part-time drivers. "That's the disruption," says Daphne Carmeli, CEO of Deliv, which is running a pilot in San Francisco and Chicago in which retailers foot the delivery bill. Postmates, in San Francisco, Seattle, and New York City, charges consumers $6.99 and up for within-the-hour delivery. Why It Could Flop... Again The competition is stiff: Amazon, Walmart, eBay, and Google all either are in the game already or will be soon.…

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