I bet these founders opened this business as a corporation rather than in their individual capacities — meaning they were shield personally from the liability and consequences of their actions. Limited liability is a privilege extended to encourage risk taking, but it comes with a set of responsibilities to limit risky behavior to within norms we have, as a society, learned are beyond what we are willing to tolerate let alone encourage; these limits or responsibilities are called regulations.
By all means question the necessity of the specific regulation; their efficacy in avoiding the harm of food poisoning, but do so with fact based scientific methods. Don’t merely throw out any regulation unless you want to go back to a state of nature where anything goes.
Yeah, absolutely nothing about the business model had anything to do with it going under...
Cameras in fridge + CCTV could also have worked.
Fridge/unattended issue is a solved one. Japan has vending machines for food.
I think their biggest mistake was turning down the dragon funding. They would have avoided most issues especially the one that led to their shutdown.
With food vending machines, better pricing, and new location deals, this might work out. E.g. A vending machine in an office building.
I bet they would do well in silicon valley or any other location with high startup density.
This is the message of these regulations: don’t try to do anything in the real world. Solve only ephemeral, virtual problems.
This guy is working on a travel information app now. He has gotten the message.