Just Eat Takeaway, who purchased Grubhub less than a year ago for $7.3 billion, has announced that they may consider selling off part or all of the Grubhub. What happened here? Did Jitse Groen (CEO of Just Eat Takeaway) buy a lemon? This is an expensive case of buyer's remorse for the Dutch delivery giant. Within just months of closing the deal, investors were pushing for the company to bail out on Grubhub. Apparently, they finally decided to listen. While it doesn't mean it's a done deal, I can't help but think they have to be pretty serious about the idea (more than just “exploring” the thou ..read more

Dustin Walsey, co-founder and President of Buckle Insurance, joins us to talk about all things insurance. If Buckle is in your state, you can sign up here. If they aren't in your state, you can still sign up and get notified of when they are available. During the interview I misspoke their URL as GetBuckle.com (instead of BuckleUp.com). Dustin said he thought that probably would get you there as well, and it turns out he's right. If you are a gig economy driver (Doordash, Uber Eats, Grubhub, Instacart, Shipt, Uber, Lyft and many others) this is an incredibly important topic that you MUST pay ..read more

This will be the last episode of the Deliver On Your Business Podcast. At least as a somewhat regular weekly podcast. There may be further episodes, possibly one off topics of interest here and there. Today, I'm just telling my story. We talk about how I got started with all of this, and how that story is leading me to this point where it's time to put the podcast (as we know it) to rest. The point of the story though is it's a good thing. There are two things here: For me, it's part of a bigger picture. That's what the story is about - how all of this was always part of something bigger ..read more

Outside the big three on demand delivery companies, I'm not sure anyone else has reached into as many markets as catering specialist DeliverThat. Aaron Hoffman joins us today to talk about DeliverThat and the opportunities available to delivery drivers.  How he started DeliverThat from his dorm room in college Challenges of starting his first deliveries in a world dominated by large tech companies Philosophy of being a company for drivers made by drivers How DeliverThat can provide unmatched personal support for drivers How was their delivery model impacted by COVID? How Aaron sees the ..read more

In this week's episode, we talk about what may be the best way to learn how to make more on Doordash, Uber Eats, Grubhub and other gig economy platforms. The answer isn't me giving you all the answers, because let's be honest: I don't have all the answers. I think the answer may be to bring all of us together into a community where we can share what we have learned with one another. We talk about that more today. What do you think would be a good feature in a community? and let me know your thoughts! More about the EntreCourier Visit Entrecourier.com Our Podcast page is at DeliverOnYourBus ..read more

Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA) $300 per week payments ended September 4. People will order less, and more may turn to deliver for apps like Doordash, Uber Eats, Grubhub and others, further saturating the market with drivers.  At the same time, these apps seem to be racing to see who can pay us less. What do we do when it's harder to make a profit? Is it time to hang it up and move on to more profitable things? We discuss a strategy that might help keep profitability up. Or even increase it.  Multi-apping. And I don't mean just switching between the three main apps. Start ..read more

I want to give a shout out to Chad at GigTube (Twitter @Gig_Tube and  GigTube on Youtube) for posting the article that inspired today's title. Mike Bebernes at Yahoo News put up an article with a title worth discussing: The gig economy: Opportunity or exploitation?" That's a great question. In light of last week's Prop 22 decision in California and the fact they're still trying to get PRO Act pushed through the Senate, it's worth discussing. Are app-based gig economy workers (especially in Delivery and Rideshare) exploited? Or is it an opportunity for people? Yes. I think both are happ ..read more

The government has been busy lately trying to get things pushed through. We've seen in the past few days the Infrastructure bill and Budget Reconciliation stuff go through the Senate. One of the things that's been a priority for Democrats has been the PRO Act. Protecting the Right to Organize. One of the things the act does is implement the ABC test that was the heart of California's AB5, and the ABC test would then determine classification of employee verses independent contractor for purposes of labor laws.  If it's passed and stands up to court challenges, PRO Act could force Doordash ..read more

You may have seen the notices on social media encouraging Dashers to join a strike on July 31. Should Dashers strike? Obviously that's up to individuals to decide for themselves. But we'll talk about whether the strike can accomplish anything, and we'll get into what I think WOULD make a difference with Doordash. You can visit the Episode page at Entrecourier.com/s2-e2 What we Talk About The Strike. Dashers are pissed. Some started a movement by sharing a post on social media encouraging drivers to boycott delivering for Doordash for one day on July 31. Two major issues: Doordash hiding ..read more

We are back finally for season 2! Today we have David Pickerell back again to talk about Para, the little app that forced a giant to change their programming. You may have heard of Para, especially if you deliver Doordash. Doordash has been notorious for hiding part of the tip on delivery offers. David's team at Para was able to figure out a way to identify what the actual pay amount would be for Doordash offers and show it as a notification to Dashers. It worked great until it didn't. Doordash showed they were pot committed to keeping Dashers in the dark on delivery offers, updating their ..read more