How Postmates Plans to Take on Amazon (video)

How Postmates Plans to Take on Amazon:

Bloomberg.com video above published Nov 8, 2017: Bastian Lehmann, Postmates Inc. chief executive officer, discusses the company's strategy for competing against Amazon.com Inc. He speaks with Bloomberg's Emily Chang on "Bloomberg Technology."

Postmates  (domain: postmates.com) is a logistics company that operates a network of couriers who deliver goods locally. Postmates' competitors include Amazon.com, Uber.com, Lyft.com, Waiter.com.

• CEO: Bastian Lehmann (2011–)
• Headquarters: San Francisco, CA
• Founded: May 1, 2011
• Motto: "Everyone's Favorite Delivery Service"
• Founders: Bastian Lehmann, Sean Plaice, Sam Street

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Online Food Delivery: UberEATS, Deliveroo, Delivery Hero, Just Eat, & More

Index Ventures' Mignot Sees Opportunity in Food Delivery

Video above published Sep 25, 2017 by Bloomberg.com: Martin Mignot, Index Ventures (domain: indexventures.com) partner, discusses the meal-delivery startup scene with Bloomberg's Emily Chang on "Bloomberg Technology."

“There’s a global trend towards delivery ... As people use mobile phones more and more for everything in their lives, we’re starting to see a secular change in how people eat.”--Jason Droege, Vice President of UberEverything, the division under which UberEATS operates (source: NYTimes.com infra).

The online food delivery sector is hot--UK's Deliveroo (domain: deliveroo.co.uk to which deliveroo.com redirects) raised $385 million for "food fight"--Reuters.com Sep 24, 2017.

Deliveroo competitors include publicly traded Delivery Hero (domain: deliveryhero.com) and Just Eat (domain: just-eat.co.uk and just-eat.com to which justeat.com redirects), as well Uber Eats (domain: ubereats.com)--UberEats Is the Most Profitable Part of Uber | Eater.com.

UberEats competitors in the U.S.? "We ordered from seven different services — GrubHub, Eat24, Caviar, DoorDash, Postmates, UberEats, and Amazon Prime Now — in the ultimate delivery showdown."--Business Insider.com

One Surprise Standout for Uber: Food Delivery | NYTimes.com: "Uber has barreled into the crowded, cutthroat space of food delivery ... The delivery service, available in more than 120 markets globally, sometimes eclipses Uber’s main ride-hailing business in markets like Tokyo; Taipei, Taiwan; and Seoul, South Korea, the company said. The number of trips taken by UberEats drivers grew by more than 24 times between March 2016 and March 2017 ..."

The changing market for food delivery | McKinsey.com: "Online food-delivery platforms are expanding choice and convenience, allowing customers to order from a wide array of restaurants with a single tap of their mobile phone." See also Naspers buys half of Rocket's stake in Delivery Hero | Reuters.com Sep 28, 2017.

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Congressional Hearing Disrupter Series: Delivering to Consumers (video)

Disrupter Series: Delivering to Consumers

Hearing (video above) begins 14:04.
Disrupter Series: Delivering to Consumers | Energy and Commerce Committee
Tuesday, May 23, 2017 - 10:15am
Location: 2322 Rayburn, Washington, D.C.

• Disrupter Series: Delivering to Consumers- 
• Product & Package Delivery--E-commerce--Robots, Drones, UAVs, On Demand Delivery, Digital Technologies
• Subcommittees: Digital Commerce and Consumer Protection (115th Congress)

UPS tests residential drone delivery:

Video above published Feb 21, 2017: UPS tested the use of drones for residential delivery for the first time in Tampa, Florida. The company demonstrated an octocopter launching from the roof of a hybrid electric delivery van, making a delivery, then returning to re-dock on the van which had moved to a new location further down the road.

Witnesses:

Mr. Shyam Chidamber
Chief Evangelist and Senior Advisor, Flirtey [flirtey.com] Deliveries with Drones
Witness Statement: "Unmanned Aerial Vehicle or “drone” based delivery is a game-changing commercial and consumer technology that is rapidly becoming technologically and economically feasible in the United States. Flirtey Inc. is a leading drone delivery service that has created many firsts in the use of this technology ..."

Dr. Harry Holzer
Jo John LaFarge Jr. S.J. Professor of Public Policy, McCourt School of Public Policy, Georgetown University
Witness Statement: "Thank you for inviting me today to share my thoughts on how new digital technologies can affect employment in business delivery services, and on how new digital technologies can affect the labor market more broadly ..."

Mr. Bastian Lehmann
Founder and CEO, Postmates [postmates.com]
Witness Statement: "...  Postmates is described as a leader in on-demand delivery – we quite literally mean that through the tap of a button on your phone – the platform enables anyone to get anything from their neighborhoods, delivered to their doorsteps within minutes ..."

Mr. Brian Wynne
President and CEO, Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International [auvsi.org]
Witness Statement: "... My comments today will focus on unmanned aircraft systems, or UAS, which are increasingly being used by a range of American businesses ..."

Documents:

• Hearing Notice

• Hearing Memo

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