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mmmmax

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About mmmmax

Co-Founder at Instacart

Recent public activity

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    Comment #34107834

    This is an amazing project and if you like WLED you’ll also like Pixelblaze which is full-stack including a coding interface: https://electromage.com/pixelblaze

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    Comment #16211466

    Another interesting new trend I’ve seen a few times recently: second-time founders who are not raising at all! Instead they are choosing to bootstrap to Series A or, use their prof…

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    Comment #13825054

    Hey, I co-founded Instacart and can offer some thoughts on this. In most cases we are helping retailers create a new delivery experience for their customers, not replacing one that…

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    Comment #12784249

    Garry, this is a big fund. What can you do for founders with a large fund that you can't do with a small one?

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    Comment #9475151

    Same here -- never had a problem with the product or customer service

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    Comment #9182665

    This article is from 3 months ago!

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    Comment #8387247

    I once did a design for this idea. Here! https://www.dropbox.com/s/r2v6nq69jk9rw6s/birdcatcher.png?dl...

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    Comment #7900006

    Faster delivery Bigger selection Speak directly with your shopper

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    Comment #7576369

    TL;DR: This bill attempts to disband The National Technical Information Service (NTIS), which collects and sells information and research. The bill asserts that the agency is no lo…

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    Comment #7569409

    I just did it...it was amazing! I'd prefer to keep a balance alive for longer.

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    Comment #7569100

    You need to send an email with the barcode and 25 minutes after that sweep the funds back...I've tried to use this twice and not seen my code. Update: refreshing the page seems to …

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    Comment #7013965

    Can someone who has the page loaded add a mirror or link to a cached version?

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    Comment #6247028

    We don't operate out of big warehouses, so we don't have these costs. It's a totally different model.

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    Comment #5592352

    Send your zip code to us and we'll see what we can do!

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    Comment #5482150

    What happened is that we made a mistake querying for the email addresses, causing us to miss a group of the first people to sign up for Instacart Express. This skewed heavily towar…

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    Comment #5481176

    Actually, no one paid for Instacart Express until March, 2013. And when we made changes to the plan, we intended to notify everyone first and give them time to decide whether to co…

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    Comment #5481105

    That's actually really good advice. At Instacart we try to go out of our way to make sure our customer experience is top notch. Giving people what they ask for is always the best w…

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    Comment #5364453

    That is very kind.

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    Comment #4879254

    There are lots of companies focused on "electronic discovery". It's a very lucrative market. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electronic_discovery

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    Comment #4603337

    Hey, I just backed Lockitron, question: Will Sense work with multiple phones at a time?

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    Comment #4556930

    If this essay had an abstract , this would be it: "If you want to understand startups, understand growth. Growth drives everything in this world. Growth is why startups usually wor…

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    Comment #4531395

    Keep in mind that Apple outsources a lot of this front-end work to their agency, TBWA/Chiat/Day Media Arts Lab. As a services firm they have less incentive to use standards created…