This is like a hit piece on the taxi industry, who can't subsidize their businesses with venture-capitalists' money.<p>> Traditional courier and taxi companies are so inefficient, you're not going to believe it. They typically employ a roomful of human dispatchers,<p>Dispatchers actually take customers' information, over the phone, and input it into their old-school GPS-enabled electronic dispatch system.<p>> 4. Easy wins
> This method might sound familiar, because it’s what happens when old-school cab drivers deny you a ride if you request one that’s too far for their liking. It is more lucrative for a cabbie to make a bunch of quick trips, because of the minimum fixed fee they earn each time.<p>In the real world, a bunch of short trips ruin your day. Every cab driver <i>needs</i> long trips, to balance out all the time driving to the short trip, waiting for the passenger to come out, load up their groceries, etc.<p>This guy has never actually driven anyone anywhere for money.