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by matthewmacleod 3364 days ago
That's interesting - these are companies that I would consider to have minimal network effect. There isn't much of a barrier to both drivers and users installing and using both services. It seems like a pretty workable idea to let Uner take the first-mover regulatory risk then follow them into the market and clean up.
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> these are companies that I would consider to have minimal network effect

Gett raised $100 million [1], designed a decent app and put up a bunch of billboards all over Manhattan. I tried to use it for over a month. The drivers were friendly, the cars were wonderful and the rates were great. But the waits were like 20 minutes. Haven't used it since.

[1] https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-11-30/uber-riva...

Sounds like a bad launch (lots of marketing - leading to lots of users - when you don't have the drivers to handle it) and pretty easy problem to solve.