The market is flooded with addictive mobile apps that generate millions of downloads but not millions (or even thousands) of dollars. Where does this leave mobile-focused investors? Skeptical, to say the least... Read More
Lunchtime at the Seattle mag offices can be a little painful. We spend so much time writing about and photographing gorgeous, gourmet food; but around our SoDo HQ, lunchtime dining options are... Read More
Same Day Delivery Platform Unlocks Local Inventory to Bring On-Demand Deliveries to Seattle Residents in Under an Hour. Postmates, an urban logistics startup based in San Francisco, today announced the launch... Read More
A year ago, Ashley Diedrich worked 12-hour shifts at a psychiatric hospital near her home in Hot Springs, Ark., making $1,700 to $2,000 a month. Today she makes as much as $3,000 a month peddling... Read More
Postmates CEO Bastian Lehmann hears the comparisons all of the time: Isn't his new online delivery service just another version of dot-com darling Kozmo.com? Of course, getting compared to a defunct... Read More
We have a special announcement to make! POSTMATES, an app that allows you to have anything in Seattle delivered in under an hour is coming to Seattle... or should we say it's HERE! Click "keep on... Read More
Startup office managers - also known as the backbone of the office, or the by-any-means-necessary executives who make sure we actually get our work done (ahem) - are, by February, in full GTD (Get Things... Read More
Postmates customers use its Get It Now iPhone app to order just about anything, from iPhone chargers to Whole Foods groceries to In N Out burgers, and get it delivered in under an hour. It's only operated... Read More
After operating for about 18 months in San Francisco, urban-delivery startup Postmates is finally ready to expand into its second market. The company recently opened up deliveries in Seattle, allowing residents... Read More
Postmates, the local courier service that allows users to track their deliveries using their smartphone, is bringing its Get It Now service to its second city: Seattle. While perhaps being hidden away under the... Read More
I've been on the tech news beat long enough that I remember the rise and, more importantly, the fall of Kozmo.com. At the time of Kozmo.com's demise in April 2001, I wrote of the online snack, video... Read More
When Jamie Talbot's in-laws were in town recently and the family had trouble getting a taxi to take them to dinner, the software engineer pulled out his phone and summoned a town car. StumbleUpon... Read More
After being knocked down hard with the evil flu (five days in bed, and home for two weeks), I learned a few tricks about how to survive in style as a solo apartment dweller with no one to really take care of me... Read More
At this very moment someone is tweeting, pinning, instagraming, updating their Facebook status, checking their fantasy football scores, or checking TechCrunch - on a date. It's just rude. In a fast-paced city full... Read More
Consumers have come to expect expedited shipping options when they order from major retailers like Amazon and Walmart, and now a handful of local delivery start-ups are giving smaller businesses a way to... Read More
As we start 2013, people want to know what the hottest thing in technology will be. We've already looked at some of the startups to look out for in Latin America, Southeast Asia, China, and the East Coast of... Read More
Every new year brings a new opportunity for creative destruction - just the kind of environment where a technology startup thrives. And while there weren't a huge number of new entries into the billion... Read More
If you think it's too late to order something online for Christmas, think again. That's because two hot trends redefining e-commerce - mobile apps and same-day delivery - have made it possible for you to... Read More
Still not done shopping, and don't have time to go to the mall? If so, you're in luck. There are a handful of options for getting packages delivered in time for Christmas, especially if you live in one of the markets... Read More
It's an easier time than ever to be a young, creative entrepreneur these days. Whether you're running a successful T-shirt company or just getting started commercializing your family's homemade... Read More
Stephen Kling is a devoted Amazon.com shopper, but lately he's been lured back to big-box retailers, buying items from Target and Office Depot. The reason? He can get same-day delivery. Using a... Read More
San Francisco-based hyperlocal delivery startup Postmates wants to help you get access to whatever you want in your city, in short order. The service aims to keep an accurate track of inventory across a wide... Read More
The time between 'click it' and 'get it' is swiftly shrinking, at least for those of us who have the good fortune to live in San Francisco. Same-day delivery for online purchases is taking off in our hilly city, and... Read More
Postmates has always wanted to be the go-to app for on-demand delivery of local items. It took off thanks to the launch of its Get It Now app, providing hundreds of warm meals a day to lazy, hard-working... Read More
Technology has come pretty far over the past few years. It's made our lives much simpler and easier, giving us more time to do things that matter. We here at Brit + Co. were recently noodling on many of our... Read More
How services for the "Money is no object" crowd could ultimately serve the smartphone-wielding masses. The Mission District of San Francisco, home to many of the city's hottest restaurants, is a hipster... Read More
Same-day delivery is the next most important problem for technology to solve. Some of the hottest startups in Silicon Valley are already working on ways to attack it. Some of the biggest, most innovative... Read More
When it comes to startups, a lot is made of startup's founders, the market opportunities, its advisers and the team. Of course, there is chest thumping around investors and dollars raised. Yes, those are... Read More
Postmates taps into an existing big network of couriers that, before it came out, just used Craigslist and makes it way more efficient. Now Postmates has a new app called "Get It Now," which ensures that you'll... Read More
Postmates, a San Francisco-based mobile delivery service, is growing faster than its bicycle messengers can ride. In May the company released an application, 'Get It Now,' and says it is processing over $100,000... Read More
Since the dawn of the World Wide Web, companies have sought to speed up e-commerce. The dot-com era was chockablock with delivery services. Music and magazines delivered to your door? Visit Kozmo.com... Read More
The world was so much work before the arrival of smartphones. Remember when you had to carry a camera and a cell phone when you went on nature walks? And even then you couldn't check your email on the... Read More
Happy Thursday, folks! Hope you've had a productive week and are happily rounding the corner into the weekend. For our seventh installment of Thursday Chats we bring you the brilliant Bastian Lehmann... Read More
Everyone likes ice cream. And everyone likes Uber, the technology world's favorite private driver-on-demand-via-your-smartphone-service. The two together are like peanut butter in chocolate. How do I know... Read More
When Christopher Kennedy recently wanted his car washed, he parked his car near a San Francisco Starbucks, pulled out his phone and told an app called Cherry where the red Scion was located. About 20... Read More
I've been a big fan of the PostMates Get It Now delivery service ever since it was launched more than a month ago, and use it every couple of weeks to order lunch whenever I'm feeling particularly lazy, when... Read More
To kick off our city profiles in the US, Kate chats to Ashley Brown - a relatively-new SF transplant who heads up marketing and communications at local delivery startup, Postmates and loves shooting stuff... Read More
A month ago, mobile delivery startup Postmates publicly launched its 'Get It Now' on-demand courier service in San Francisco, allowing its users to order pretty much anything from various stores and restaurants... Read More
When it launched with its first iPhone app last December, SOMA-based Postmates represented what its founder, Bastian Lehmann, called "a FedEx for local deliveries" here in the city. Its goal was to get every... Read More
Somehow not developed by Hakeem Olajuwon and Ralph Sampson, Postmates Get It Now is a rad new iPhone app that takes a local business-to-business mobile shipping service (Postmates) and hacks it into a... Read More
One of the things that people who move away from New York City lament is the lack of delivery services elsewhere. In the Big Apple, you can famously get pretty much any kind of food - or anything else... Read More
Postmates is already one of the most talked about startups in Silicon Valley, but now it has a brand new app that's going to change the way you purchase goods from stores. It's releasing the Get It Now app... Read More
To avoid breaking any hearts later on in this post, I'm going to put the restriction up top: This only works in San Francisco. You can cry now. Today Postmates launched Get It Now, a service that will deliver... Read More
San Francisco-based courier service Postmates, which launched in December 2011, is launching its new Get It Now delivery service today. Get It Now allows users to get anything delivered in under an hour... Read More
The app-based delivery system adds to its repertoire with Get It Now, which lets you order anything and have it delivery by its fleet of professional couriers - as long as you're in San Francisco. Delivery service... Read More
Last December, Postmates launched with the plan to offer up a courier delivery service for local businesses throughout San Francisco. But then the team had a brilliant idea: What if it gave its couriers... Read More
I've waxed lyrical before about Postmates: the San Francisco-based service which aims to do for couriers what Uber did for cabs. Their app is slick, their service reliable, and their pricing reasonable... Read More
You can take grocery shopping off of my list of reasons to actually leave the house now. Postmates has opened their delivery service up, and will now buy an item for you from a store of your choice. It's currently... Read More
Yes, there are going to be a lot of startups trying to capitalize on Valentine's Day. Postmates, however, has the advantage of doing something cool - something that involves free chocolate. When the app... Read More
If you still haven't planned anything for your significant other on Valentine's Day, don't panic just yet - Postmates has you covered. You can send your clutch a free box of chocolate (assuming you live in San... Read More
Numerous start-ups have tried to go after the Holy Grail of e-commerce - delivering things to people's homes and offices on the same day they ordered them - and have failed. Postmates Inc., a San Francisco...Read More
Couriers have traditionally relied on job board likes Craigslist to find delivery jobs within a city like New York or San Francisco. It's decidedly low-tech, but it's a $12 billion market. Enter Postmates, a new startup... Read More
Postmates is sort of like a modern version of the taxi dispatching software that Twitter creator Jack Dorsey had worked on as a kid. Except it's available for businesses and consumers today in San Francisco... Read More
Postmates connects couriers and bike messengers in between jobs with local businesses looking to make short-range shipments. According to Postmates co-founder Bastian Lehmann, retail stores spend an... Read More
Postmates, the so-called Uber for the courier industry, debuted at TechCrunch Disrupt in San Francisco this September. The service aims to transform this niche industry by offering an on-demand delivery... Read More
Couriers have been around forever. You've probably seen them on bikes, with messenger bags in tow. For a world teeming with innovative technologies, it seems somewhat surprising that the courier industry... Read More
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