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Zesty (YC W14) Raises $17M Series A to Improve the Health of Humanity

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Re: Zesty (YC W14) Raises $17M Series A to Improve the Health of Humanity

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> "We have quickly become the market leader in San Francisco." This is an odd statement since I know there are at least two direct competitors who are far larger.

We are referring to being larger in the San Francisco market, not overall larger as a company.

Right — that's how I interpreted it. There are still two companies that are larger in San Francisco.

Re: Zesty (YC W14) Raises $17M Series A to Improve the Health of Humanity

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post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

We are referring to being larger in the San Francisco market, not overall larger as a company.

Right — that's how I interpreted it. There are still two companies that are larger in San Francisco.

Why don't you just name which "far larger" competitors you're thinking of, so that he can address that?

Re: Zesty (YC W14) Raises $17M Series A to Improve the Health of Humanity

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David and Chris are extraordinary entrepreneurs. I learned a lot watching them build Zesty week over week during YC W14. This is a hard business to build. Providing consistent service in terms of restaurant relations, food quality, and delivery is non trivial. Zesty is the best at it. All of thedogeye's points about the value of serving high quality meals to your team are spot on. Congrats David, Chris and the Zesty crew!

Re: Zesty (YC W14) Raises $17M Series A to Improve the Health of Humanity

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We serve Zesty everyday at Flexport and I consider it to be one of our best investments. 1/ The team enjoys having high quality, healthy food served right here in our kitchen, they barely have to move to eat. 2/ People end up talking about work stuff during lunch most of the time 3/ When they are not talking about lunch, they're still hanging out with co-workers, which is good for our culture. 4/ Our team takes short…

Flexport sounds like a great place to work.

Question: how do you efficiently filter out job candidates who have lives of their own? My company is trying to make recruiting more efficient but we are always inundated with talented people who selfishly want to invest some of their time and energy away from the business.

Any advice you can offer would be greatly appreciated!

Re: Zesty (YC W14) Raises $17M Series A to Improve the Health of Humanity

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According to the press release, they describe themselves as "San Francisco’s leading office catering service." Unless they plan on dramatically expanding their product offerings, "Improve[ing] the Health of Humanity" sounds like disingenuous marketing-speak. Don't get me wrong, catering is important and meals are a great way to bring employees together. Having used Zesty, the meals are from local restaurants and, tho…

So, you're basically telling me their marketing copy is as Zesty as their business name?

Re: Zesty (YC W14) Raises $17M Series A to Improve the Health of Humanity

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We serve Zesty everyday at Flexport and I consider it to be one of our best investments. 1/ The team enjoys having high quality, healthy food served right here in our kitchen, they barely have to move to eat. 2/ People end up talking about work stuff during lunch most of the time 3/ When they are not talking about lunch, they're still hanging out with co-workers, which is good for our culture. 4/ Our team takes short…

Flexport sounds like a great place to work. Question: how do you efficiently filter out job candidates who have lives of their own? My company is trying to make recruiting more efficient but we are always inundated with talented people who selfishly want to invest some of their time and energy away from the business. Any advice you can offer would be greatly appreciated!

I can't tell if you're being extremely sarcastic or not.

Re: Zesty (YC W14) Raises $17M Series A to Improve the Health of Humanity

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

Flexport sounds like a great place to work. Question: how do you efficiently filter out job candidates who have lives of their own? My company is trying to make recruiting more efficient but we are always inundated with talented people who selfishly want to invest some of their time and energy away from the business. Any advice you can offer would be greatly appreciated!

I can't tell if you're being extremely sarcastic or not.

I can't either.
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