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Re:YC Backs Portable Coffee Stand Called Wheelys (YC S15) to... by technotony on Thursday July 23, 2015 @08:14PM (#9939314)
You might want to edit this comment, not good for a CEO to essentially say his customers are mad to pay what they do for his product. Bring's to mind this guy who destroyed a much larger business with a similar comment: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1573380/Doing-a-Ratne...
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Re:YC Backs Portable Coffee Stand Called Wheelys (YC S15) to... by eru on Thursday July 23, 2015 @11:06PM (#9939921)
That's not the same. Everyone knows that coffee beans are cheap. It's the labour (and rent) that gets you. (And the milk.)
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Re:YC Backs Portable Coffee Stand Called Wheelys (YC S15) to... by whazor on Friday July 24, 2015 @02:22AM (#9940363)
His customers are essentially baristas. I think he secretly hopes this will bring down coffee costs.

I am quite interested in how the standardization will work. Maybe it is just like the "Chinese"-food places, where every menu is almost the same.

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