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by Qworg 3188 days ago
Not the GP, but...

Obviously cat sharing, but you'll have to find a way to take a margin from what was nominally a goodwill activity.

Maybe you pay cat owners in cathours (pronounced cath-ours), and have a marketplace where people can buy and sell cathours. Even better, make Catcoin (CC), set up an ICO, and get to work.

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http://join3.borrowmydoggy.com/

They had the genius idea of charging both sides of the transaction as well. Owners pay for dog sitting, borrowers pay for time with a dog.

UberKittens used to do cat deliveries (15min IIRC) in NYC some years back as one-day promos. https://newsroom.uber.com/uberkittens-are-back/

It was such a ridiculously awesome service I wish they had it year-round. Our office ordered bunches of the service and there was a lot more demand than supply (obviously for that one day they offered it.)

> Obviously cat sharing, but you'll have to find a way to take a margin from what was nominally a goodwill activity.

This exists though not quite Uber / on-demand style. You need to go to the cats: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cat_caf%C3%A9

Very big in Japan.

I've been meaning to visit the Toronto cat cafe:

http://www.totthecatcafe.com/

And of course, my old neighbourhood in Ottawa got a cat cafe not too long after I moved away:

http://ottawacitizen.com/news/local-news/ottawas-furst-daily...

So it looks like the idea is spreading!