

CEO @wagglioapp — Entrepreneur
Las start-ups de hoy día no sólo buscan un beneficio monetario, hay algo más que les impulsa. Las ansias de cambiar la realidad, de ver como el mundo reacciona a los esfuerzos de un grupo de personas con talento. Y actualmente cambiar las reglas de juego del sistema establecido es el tipo de disrupción que todo…
…ness have generally kept it local. According to the Taxicab, Limousine and ParaTransit Association, the US taxi industry consists of approximately 6,300 companies operating 171,000 taxicabs and other vehicles. More than 80% of these are small companies operating anywhere between one and 50 taxis. Only 6% of these companies have more than 100 taxicabs. Only in the largest of these companies do multiple drivers use the same taxicab, with regular shifts. 85% of taxi and limousine drivers are independent contractors. In many cases, the taxi driver pays a rental fee (typically $120/$130 per day) to the owner of the cab (who in turn pays a dispatch and branding fee to the branded dispatch service) and keeps what he or she makes after paying that daily cost. The total number of cabs is limited by government-granted licenses, sometimes called medallions.