At first I was holyshit not another toy-app startup, but the scientific method the founder used here is pretty mindblowing, we take coffee each day and never realise the economics and science behind it :)
Thank you, appreciate it!
Launch HN: Cloosiv (YC S19) – Order ahead from local coffee shops
71–80 of 101 posts
Re: Launch HN: Cloosiv (YC S19) – Order ahead from local coffee shops
#72I am not your target market, but holy shit, that's one heck of a write-up. I couldn't have been more "meh" seeing the title, but you sold me on everything—the size of a market, the growth, how you're doing no one else is and why it's an awesome opportunity. An amazing pitch. I hope you well for success.
Same. I almost want to launch a competing service now.
This isn't new. There are competitors in this space. Years ago I was using one called Hey You. I'm not sure about the USA though, maybe it doesn't exist there, or not at a national level.
Re: Launch HN: Cloosiv (YC S19) – Order ahead from local coffee shops
#73Earlier quoted context omitted.
I believe Ritual actually currently operates in a number of US markets, like Chicago https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/ritual-3
It looks like NYC, SF, and Chicago are the big places on their maps. Those seem to be walking cities, though. Not sure how their business would translate to the midwest, where many of the cities are driving cities.
Depending on the location, it should probably just tell you driving duration instead of walking.
Re: Launch HN: Cloosiv (YC S19) – Order ahead from local coffee shops
#74Earlier quoted context omitted.
Same. I almost want to launch a competing service now.
This isn't new. There are competitors in this space. Years ago I was using one called Hey You. I'm not sure about the USA though, maybe it doesn't exist there, or not at a national level.
I guess the issue is that to make such an app work you need to have a large network effect. If there aren't enough coffee shops on it I will never think about opening the app.
Re: Launch HN: Cloosiv (YC S19) – Order ahead from local coffee shops
#75Earlier quoted context omitted.
This isn't new. There are competitors in this space. Years ago I was using one called Hey You. I'm not sure about the USA though, maybe it doesn't exist there, or not at a national level.
I guess the issue is that to make such an app work you need to have a large network effect. If there aren't enough coffee shops on it I will never think about opening the app.
Spot on - adding new shops is our primary focus right now, if you have a shop you go to a lot, telling them about Cloosiv would help a ton.
Re: Launch HN: Cloosiv (YC S19) – Order ahead from local coffee shops
#76I am not your target market, but holy shit, that's one heck of a write-up. I couldn't have been more "meh" seeing the title, but you sold me on everything—the size of a market, the growth, how you're doing no one else is and why it's an awesome opportunity. An amazing pitch. I hope you well for success.
I had the exact same thought lol. Great writeup!
Re: Launch HN: Cloosiv (YC S19) – Order ahead from local coffee shops
#77This is exactly Ritual's (Toronto, Canada) schtick. Order ahead, start walking. Food will be ready when you arrive. There's no reason why you need to stick to coffee. I use Ritual to order from my favourite restaurant in the middle of a tourist attraction. The tourists wait 30+ minutes, and I can stroll up to the counter and grab my lunch and skip the line. Ritual even tracks your location with GPS (if opt-in) and de…
Ritual is one of the few apps that I really love.
Re: Launch HN: Cloosiv (YC S19) – Order ahead from local coffee shops
#78This is exactly Ritual's (Toronto, Canada) schtick. Order ahead, start walking. Food will be ready when you arrive. There's no reason why you need to stick to coffee. I use Ritual to order from my favourite restaurant in the middle of a tourist attraction. The tourists wait 30+ minutes, and I can stroll up to the counter and grab my lunch and skip the line. Ritual even tracks your location with GPS (if opt-in) and de…
Square's now shuttered Order app [1] also used to offer just in time order preparation [2]:
> With the newest version of the app, Square will flip the model so that food will be prepared just in time for the customer arrive, thanks to a new arrival prediction feature. The technology is designed to track users as they approach a store they’ve ordered from and alert it when they’re nearby so an order can be made just in time.
> For the technology to work, sellers need to set preparation times for different items on their menu. The app then creates a sort of geofence around the business, and recognizes when a customer is nearby and someone should start on an order.
This worked particularly well for me every morning when I'd order a latte, it's great to see more businesses offer similar functionality.
[1] https://www.vox.com/2015/3/13/11560210/square-kills-square-o...
[2] https://techcrunch.com/2014/10/08/squares-order-app-arrival-...
Re: Launch HN: Cloosiv (YC S19) – Order ahead from local coffee shops
#79Oh man please take over for Gregory's Coffee in NYC. LevelUp is a pretty bad UX experience.
Re: Launch HN: Cloosiv (YC S19) – Order ahead from local coffee shops
#80Oh man please take over for Gregory's Coffee in NYC. LevelUp is a pretty bad UX experience.
We'd love to work with Gregory's! Feel free to tell them about Cloosiv and send a referral through.