More, Now, Again: How On-Demand Changed Our Lives
Time-consuming chores like cooking, cleaning and doing laundry have traditionally fallen to consumers themselves. As technology evolves, consumers are now placing an enormous value on the ability to get their free time back. Enter the on-demand economy. These tedious tasks can now be accomplished quickly and affordably through a few swipes of an app, without any cash changing hands. The enormous popularity of on demand services has forever changed consumer habits and expectations, while spawning countless “Uber for X” startups eager to replicate the success. But now what? Are these on demand services sustainable as businesses? Can they retain and attract new customers?
Presenters
Benjamin Doherty
Co-Founder & COO
Favor
Ben is the Co-Founder & COO of Favor Delivery. Ben started delivering pizza the moment he got his license back in 2006. He loved it so much that he continued delivering throughout college. Ben & hi...
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COO
Drizly
Jess Beck
Co-Founder & COO
Alfred
Jessica Beck is the Co-Founder and COO of Hello Alfred, which won grand prize at TechCrunch Disrupt SF in 2014. At Alfred, Jessica is a leader who focuses on building tools to improve the lives of ...
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CEO
Washio
Jordan Metzner is the founder and CEO of Washio, the on-demand laundry and dry clean app, backed by investors such as Jerry Yang, Ashton Kutcher, Yuri Milner, Canaan Partners and more. Before Washi...
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