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Morning Coffee - Get Starbucks Straight to Your House

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Re: Morning Coffee - Get Starbucks Straight to Your House

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Post by michael_fine »

TomGullen wrote: post #2

$15 a month, seems very cheap, is it even possible to run this profitably? Who delivers them? How are they paid?

So, currently my cofounder and I will be delivering them, but probably will ramp up hiring with increased volume. If we serve 300 people day one, $150 dollars is enough for the gas money and a little profit. But we're still working on pricing, so if you have any ideas, we'd love to hear them.

Re: Morning Coffee - Get Starbucks Straight to Your House

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Post by arkitaip »

I can't really see how this mvp can scale beyond a few dozen customers if manual delivery is going to be used (how many minutes do you have before the coffee gets cold? This sets all kinds of limitations on your business). $15 per customer/month isn't much if you're going to pay for (gas), salaries, etc.

Unless, of course, this is Starbucks' MVP and they are figuring out the parameters of coffee delivery. Now that would be brilliant.

Re: Morning Coffee - Get Starbucks Straight to Your House

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Post by michael_fine »

arkitaip wrote: post #4

I can't really see how this mvp can scale beyond a few dozen customers if manual delivery is going to be used (how many minutes do you have before the coffee gets cold? This sets all kinds of limitations on your business). $15 per customer/month isn't much if you're going to pay for (gas), salaries, etc. Unless, of course, this is Starbucks' MVP and they are figuring out the parameters of coffee delivery. Now that wo…

You're right, this really is just introductory pricing for the MVP. We really need to work out what a sustainable pricing model is, but we decided that we should first work on the MVP. Do you have any suggestions?

Re: Morning Coffee - Get Starbucks Straight to Your House

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Post by philip1209 »

1. You don't specify a locality

2. You could scale this more easily with TaskRabbit.

3. A flat monthly rate will run you into the ground. Example: I order 10 drinks every morning delivered to my office. Or, if you limit to one drink/day, as head of this company I could buy a year of this for all of my employees, then together they remember to order on a daily basis.

Re: Morning Coffee - Get Starbucks Straight to Your House

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Post by artursapek »

michael_fine wrote: post #6
arkitaip wrote: post #4

I can't really see how this mvp can scale beyond a few dozen customers if manual delivery is going to be used (how many minutes do you have before the coffee gets cold? This sets all kinds of limitations on your business). $15 per customer/month isn't much if you're going to pay for (gas), salaries, etc. Unless, of course, this is Starbucks' MVP and they are figuring out the parameters of coffee delivery. Now that wo…

You're right, this really is just introductory pricing for the MVP. We really need to work out what a sustainable pricing model is, but we decided that we should first work on the MVP. Do you have any suggestions?

My suggestion is drop this project.

Re: Morning Coffee - Get Starbucks Straight to Your House

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Post by philip1209 »

michael_fine wrote: post #6
arkitaip wrote: post #4

I can't really see how this mvp can scale beyond a few dozen customers if manual delivery is going to be used (how many minutes do you have before the coffee gets cold? This sets all kinds of limitations on your business). $15 per customer/month isn't much if you're going to pay for (gas), salaries, etc. Unless, of course, this is Starbucks' MVP and they are figuring out the parameters of coffee delivery. Now that wo…

You're right, this really is just introductory pricing for the MVP. We really need to work out what a sustainable pricing model is, but we decided that we should first work on the MVP. Do you have any suggestions?

Figure out what it costs on Task Rabbit. Add 50% + price of drink.
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