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Guide to Create an Uber for Courier App

ReadWriteStart

Various business models in an on-demand courier delivery app. Business to Consumer (B2C) – It is the most common type of business model. Efficient payment management – In reality, t he admin ensures timely distribution of commission and bonus to the courier delivery personnel.

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Is 2009 the year of mobile computing?

BeyondVC

  Ever since, he has been using the phone to take pictures nonstop, send emails and SMS messages, stay connected to Facebook, and surf the web looking for the latest news or directions. .  Yes, he got an iPhone, and then days later I got a message to get connected to him on Facebook. 

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Random: Yo, Slingshot, Product Hunt, Yelp Competition, Taptalk

Hunter Walker

It means it’s easy enough to develop that eight hours or so is all it takes to build something that can then be distributed/accessed for free by lots of people. With Taptalk you need to (a) add directly using someone’s Taptalk user name or (b) respond to a Taptalk invite sent via email or SMS.

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Invest in Israel Newsletter September 2010 Edition

VC Cafe

Takadu’s Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) product enables utility companies to detect leaks, bursts and equipment failures as well as alerting personnel of any problems through email and SMS. Procter & Gamble and ConTIPI, which was founded in 2002 and is based in Caesarea, have had a distribution agreement since 2007 based on royalties.

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Mobile Payments: The Trillion Dollar Industry That's Never - AgileVC

Agile VC

It’s not for a lack of technological effort from both startups and huge companies in all of mobile payments’ incarnations – SMS, mobile web, native apps, NFC, etc. NFC, SMS). ” I think the crux of SQUARE’s business model is obviating the need for merchants to have an acquirer account with a bank.

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Innovate Israel Conference Brings 28 Israeli startups to London

VC Cafe

From live & on demand video with endless interactive overlays, through 2nd screen, synchronized & social experiences, to brilliant mobile apps that may function in all connectivity environments and support every possible business model. We live, think and breathe digital music distribution. CellBuddy - Company Website.

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8 strategic hacks for building marketplace liquidity

The Next Web

This is in part because these businesses are unencumbered by legacy constraints that had previously been hardwired into the companies and industries these startups are trying to disrupt. One such business model is the “online marketplace,” an entirely new business category not possible (at scale) before the Internet.

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