Text and Ride in India
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Text and Ride in India
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#2Another of those, how i didn't think about this moments!
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#3"Olacabs": Cabs service in India, also faced similar deterioration of service after rapid expansion. Makes me wonder if startup-growth issue or public-transport culture problem.
Because in my experience the heavily politicized transport trade unions in india, do cause lot of trouble for initiatives like these.
src: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/Meru-threaten...
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#4"Olacabs": Cabs service in India, also faced similar deterioration of service after rapid expansion. Makes me wonder if startup-growth issue or public-transport culture problem. Because in my experience the heavily politicized transport trade unions in india, do cause lot of trouble for initiatives like these. src: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/Meru-threaten...
A difference here is that rickshaws tend to be independently operated, somewhat differently from the incumbent taxi services worldwide that have dispatch agencies, who are directly hurt by Uber-likes routing traffic directly to the drivers rather than through the agencies.
Here, originally the only operands were customer and driver, and now Autowale, while increasing the number of operations happening, making pretty much everyone happier. Of course, there are a few rickshaw agencies, or bigwigs with subordinate drivers, who play the role of the taxi agency, and probably get angered by this, but I don't think they're unified/large enough to pose a notable threat.
So I would foresee startup-growth/business-model issues being the more relevant causes for a shutdown of Autowale, contrary to with car/taxi startups.
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#5I really like this idea. It will be reallu useful for strangers (as I was as an intern last summer) as autorickshaws tend to refuse to put the meter so they can make you pay more.
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#6I think Autowale predates Uber (or runs close), guess someone edited the title appropriately
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#7Great to see successful products that aren't solely smartphone based.
Minor question, can someone please explain to me what his long pinky finger nail indicates? The only thing I have ever heard is that a long pinky nail indicates someone who cuts cocaine, and hopefully I am missing something.
http://static01.nyt.com/images/2014/07/26/business/26ricksha...
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#8Great to see successful products that aren't solely smartphone based. Minor question, can someone please explain to me what his long pinky finger nail indicates? The only thing I have ever heard is that a long pinky nail indicates someone who cuts cocaine, and hopefully I am missing something. http://static01.nyt.com/images/2014/07/26/business/26ricksha...
It's a signal, that they are not doing manual labor.
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#9Great to see successful products that aren't solely smartphone based. Minor question, can someone please explain to me what his long pinky finger nail indicates? The only thing I have ever heard is that a long pinky nail indicates someone who cuts cocaine, and hopefully I am missing something. http://static01.nyt.com/images/2014/07/26/business/26ricksha...
Sign of wealth/prestige in some places, means you don't do hard labor with your hands. (Someone please correct me if there's a more subtle meaning.)
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#10Great to see successful products that aren't solely smartphone based. Minor question, can someone please explain to me what his long pinky finger nail indicates? The only thing I have ever heard is that a long pinky nail indicates someone who cuts cocaine, and hopefully I am missing something. http://static01.nyt.com/images/2014/07/26/business/26ricksha...
It's a signal, that they are not doing manual labor.
Fascinating! I am glad that I was missing something! Thank you very much for the background!