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It always baffles me, how do these companies get to get that far. OK, it is possible to get your friends to fund you after you describe the innovative idea, then perhaps it's possible to get an Angel to invest into your uber after you explain the losing business is only temporary to capture the market and the ultimate goal is a self-driving taxi.

Wishing for self-driving cars is easy, building them not so much. But Pizza delivery unicorn based on some arbitrage?? Come on, at least develop a fleet of food trucks in which the pizza is cooked along the way. Baking a Pizza takes 6mins, add 2-3 for preparation so the order can be prepared along the way. No need to get back to the restaurant. This gives you 2x efficiency of the delivery person ($15/h). Equipping a restaurant is probably $200k+, a food truck closer to $50k which gives 4x capex efficiency. Perhaps in the future the pizza can be made by a robot saving you one person (50%) of the personnel. There is room for efficiency.

Here in Europe during Lockdown take away pizza was €2 cheaper, around €8 instead of €12+. I cannot imagine how someone selling it cheaper is anything but a pyramid scheme / attempt to corner the market.