Uber’s New Rival in Australia: An Indian Upstart
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#2Australians get ready for questions/requests like
a. Can you please cancel OLA ride and book a ride on Uber or vice versa? #incentives #UberOLATwosome
b. Cash or OLA Money?
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#3In case, like me, you're unfamiliar with the term "Upstart" in this context. I found a few vague definitions that boil down to:
Startups are entrepreneurial businesses that start with external funding.
Upstarts are businesses that start without significant external funding.
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#4Australians get ready for questions/requests like a. Can you please cancel OLA ride and book a ride on Uber or vice versa? #incentives #UberOLATwosome b. Cash or OLA Money?
They'll struggle to get anywhere asking for cash. Australians generally carry little to no cash around
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#5Ola has been a pretty interesting company. They have tried a lot of things like integrating auto ricks into their network (which Uber has copied now), including Wifi, on board entertainment, pool pass, membership rates etc. They even had boat service when Chennai (my city) was flooded. I wish them good luck!
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#6In case, like me, you're unfamiliar with the term "Upstart" in this context. I found a few vague definitions that boil down to: Startups are entrepreneurial businesses that start with external funding. Upstarts are businesses that start without significant external funding.
Not the init daemon?
Re: Uber’s New Rival in Australia: An Indian Upstart
#7Australians get ready for questions/requests like a. Can you please cancel OLA ride and book a ride on Uber or vice versa? #incentives #UberOLATwosome b. Cash or OLA Money?
They'll struggle to get anywhere asking for cash. Australians generally carry little to no cash around
Really?
As someone who has spent a long time in New Zealand it was striking to me how many places you needed cash for in Australia. EFTPOS is not ubiquitous there like it is here.
Re: Uber’s New Rival in Australia: An Indian Upstart
#8In case, like me, you're unfamiliar with the term "Upstart" in this context. I found a few vague definitions that boil down to: Startups are entrepreneurial businesses that start with external funding. Upstarts are businesses that start without significant external funding.
I'm under the impression they're using the 'dictionary definition' rather than a specialized jargon
noun a person who has risen suddenly from a humble position to wealth, power, or a position of consequence.
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#9Earlier quoted context omitted.
They'll struggle to get anywhere asking for cash. Australians generally carry little to no cash around
Really? As someone who has spent a long time in New Zealand it was striking to me how many places you needed cash for in Australia. EFTPOS is not ubiquitous there like it is here.
New Zealand for whatever reason I used cash a lot too. Australia you can pay stuff for small sums like $1 on card almost everywhere so no point to carry cash most of the time
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#10One excellent feature OLA has is giving your unique OTP to drivers before they start your ride. This prevents stupid cases on drivers picking up the wrong "John" "Dave" during peak times or outside popular venues.