The On Demand Weekly #13

With Uber promising to deliver food within 10 minutes in NYC, there’s no catching up to that. However, New York City alone is not getting lucky in this case, Uber has extended its food delivery services in Chicago as well with UberEATS.

On similar lines Gett, a competitor to Uber, also plans to offer other on-demand services such as on-demand manicures, housecleaning and pizza delivery. Seems like, nobody has to worry about dinner anymore.

Juggernaut’s Insight:

A new website with its sights on becoming the Airbnb for the sea is offering keen boat fans the chance to charter a selection of some of the world’s finest yachts.
Uber is going to burn $750 million in capital this year as part of their expansion.
Onfleet announced its official launch to offer key infrastructure to businesses providing on-demand delivery services.

Industry News

Death to Amazon? Postmates’ boost to small business

Many are wondering if Postmates will take share from Amazon, as it can now provide delivery from small-businesses around the community that previously did not offer that service.

Food delivery startup Grab raises $1M from Oliphans & Haresh Chawla

Mumbai-based Grab A Grub Services Pvt Ltd, a food logistics startup which essentially provides third-party food delivery service to restaurants, has raised $1 million (Rs 6.3 crore) from Oliphans Capital and former Network18 CEO Haresh Chawla, according to a press release.

On-demand massage app in China attracts $5M series A funding

Chinese tech blog 36Kr reports today that Diandao has just secured US$5 million in series A funding to assist with its growth. The investment was led by Banyan Capital along with58Daojia, a local web startup that specializes in other on-demand services for things like housekeeping and beauty treatment.

Eye-Opener

Actionable advice from 10 Uber for X start-ups that failed

Are you looking to create an On-Demand marketplace that is going to disrupt the existing way of doing business in your geography. Here’s a compilation of 10 On-Demand startup postmortems that explore why the startup tanked. The causes for the failures have been explained by the founders themselves.

When The Sharing Economy Brings Unexpected Experiences

A recent survey from PricewaterhouseCoopers shows the sharing economy is growing faster than ever, led by Airbnb and Uber. Of the 44 percent of U.S. adults who are familiar with the sharing economy, 86 percent say it makes life more affordable, 83 percent say it makes life more convenient and efficient and 78 percent say it builds a stronger community.

Uber for Everything–Not So Fast!

The “Uber for everything” movement is in full swing. In case you doubt it, take a look at this website, with about 50 examples of on-demand services. Uber for medical marijuana and recreational marijuana (presumably in states where they are legal) are particularly interesting offerings.

Industry Experts

A SaaS History Lesson – The First SaaS Company’s Exceptional Journey

The first SaaS startup started as a packaged software company. After selling floppy disks and CD-ROMs of expense software in computer software stores, the company changed models for the first time, and sold software licenses directly to enterprises.

Success Story

Jugnoo Is Using Autos As A Logistics Engine To Provide Everything On-Demand, Gets $1 Mn

Jugnoo is a hyperlocal marketplace to provide everything on-demand using auto rickshaws as a logistics engine for A2B transport and Value Added Deliveries. In conversation with Samar Singla, CEO and founder.