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I've been a founder and worked for founders and I know all too well that the micromanagement that comes from something being your baby is very real. Combined with Type A, ambitious…

Love this discussion! I’m currently running Last Minute Gear: www.lastmingear.com which rents outdoors gear for camping/ snowsports in the San Francisco Bay Area. Before that thoug…

Fair points

Thanks for sharing that! Yes the key difference here on the backend is that we make the food ourselves. But you're abs. right that from the frontend it's very similar.

Here's how it would work: 1) Receive a text by 5pm each day with the day's 2 menu options (1 veg, 1 non-veg) 2) Text back if you want food (which option & quantity) by 6pm 3) Get i…

This is also why I think people should be very careful before comparing two entrepreneurs, or saying something like: "why is ___ so much less busy than you and more successful?" We…

I agree with you about how hard it is to maintain flavor and texture, it's always something we're working on. The meals come to you in biodegradable containers that you can microwa…

At the moment we're not scaling out ourselves just yet, we're just in one region, but you're totally right that franchising could potentially be a model. We have a lot of ideas on …

Love the illustrative parabola thanks! I agree with so many of your points, but I do hope there's an alternative as well, and that's actually why we're in business, to explore thos…

Oooh thanks for asking, why don't I give you my personal code: "jamesdd". It'll get you $25 off when you sign up for any of our plans =)

True story for almost anything in food. The industry is famous for razor thin margins. We're passionate about small-scale local food systems and the ability of certain models of sa…

Yup, with the delivery thing it will be great if enough folks order from one area that we can designate a drop off point (like Lyft hotspots) OR just do a regular catering if that …

Well we're in Boston and Cambridge, MA. But in general why is food-tech "booming" more generally, I think it's a couple of things: 1) greater awareness, at least on my social media…

You're right! You know every time someone tells me this is a tech startup, I fire back that it's actually a logistics startup. Delivery is one of the hardest things for the new wav…

Agree, but I think now is the time when many small companies have dreams of figuring that out! We'll write about it if we do =)

oh shoot thanks so much for the catch!

How do I not "wonder" what to eat? Not sure it's super obvious to me immediately from the site.

you know what is amazing and hilarious? i have an idea on my pad that says: Idealist - a way to collect and help you move forward with your startup ideas =D Now mine was slightly d…

Thanks! Re your first point, do you think it would be annoying to you to see some items with an increment of 1 and others with an increment of 0? I.e., is it better to have separat…

A well balanced freak out certainly =)