mmmmax

Joined 16 years ago

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Co-Founder at Instacart
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Comment · 3 years ago
Comment · 8 years ago
Another interesting new trend I’ve seen a few times recently: second-time founders who are not raising at all! Instead they are choosing to bootstrap to Series A or, use their profitability to defer raising inevitably.
Comment · 9 years ago
Hey, I co-founded Instacart and can offer some thoughts on this.

In most cases we are helping retailers create a new delivery experience for their customers, not replacing one that exists. It's actually quite complicated to operate our business and there are economies of scale that retailers benefit from by being part of a marketplace.

Also, when we talk to our customers about why they use Instacart, many of them do need groceries urgently, which is one of the reasons they use Instacart over alternatives. Most orders are delivered within 1-3 hours of being placed.

Comment · 10 years ago
Garry, this is a big fund. What can you do for founders with a large fund that you can't do with a small one?
Comment · 11 years ago
Same here -- never had a problem with the product or customer service
Comment · 11 years ago
This article is from 3 months ago!
Comment · 12 years ago
Comment · 12 years ago
Faster delivery

Bigger selection

Speak directly with your shopper

Comment · 12 years ago
TL;DR: This bill attempts to disband The National Technical Information Service (NTIS), which collects and sells information and research. The bill asserts that the agency is no longer important, since you can basically just Google it now.
Comment · 12 years ago
I just did it...it was amazing! I'd prefer to keep a balance alive for longer.
Comment · 12 years ago
You need to send an email with the barcode and 25 minutes after that sweep the funds back...I've tried to use this twice and not seen my code.

Update: refreshing the page seems to help

Update 2: I just used my code and it worked great! Nice work guys!

Comment · 13 years ago
Can someone who has the page loaded add a mirror or link to a cached version?
Comment · 13 years ago
We don't operate out of big warehouses, so we don't have these costs. It's a totally different model.

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