2007.01.02 ABC World News Podcast 중에서 발췌.
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We got a web site for you, "gomobo.com". Let's order your coffee and donuts via text messaging. Here's World News Anchor Charlie Gibson now.
We all know that New York is a busy city. Traffic, Crowds and Tourists... But all those cars, buses and poeple mean long lines.
You might not know it, but New Yorkers wait for everything. For those New Yorkers who don't like to wait and really who does, Noah Glass, a 25 year old entrepreneur has made it possible to cut in line.
"Picking up my mobile order."
Glass is the creator of mobo, a service that enables users to place food orders by a text message from a cell phone.
"Mobo really came out of my frustration as a consumer - not wanting to have to wait in line. I waited one day ten minutes for coffee and 37 minutes for burrito in the same day. I thought that it has to be a better way of doing this"
That better way is now helping commuters like Karen Lambert, saves some time in the morning.
"Usually I'm running late so if I order ahead of time, I don't have to wait in line"
And for office workers like Rob Davis who does not want to waste his valuable lunch break, waiting for his food.
"I walk right in and grab my lunch. I don't have to worry about whether I have cash in my wallet or not. Just debits my credit card."
It's that quick. Cash-free transaction that Glass thinks, would make his business a success.
"Not only it's money electronic, but it's online and now it's you get mobile. That's what we are trying to sort of usher in through a very practical application that is the idea being able to move money from a mobile phone."
Mobo currently processes hundreds of orders for thousands of New Yorkers and Glass plans to expand his service to busy folks nationwide.
"We're really giving people back some of that precious free time that's so valuable. That's the real curreny here. It's not about saving money, it's about saving time."
We all know that New York is a busy city. Traffic, Crowds and Tourists... But all those cars, buses and poeple mean long lines.
You might not know it, but New Yorkers wait for everything. For those New Yorkers who don't like to wait and really who does, Noah Glass, a 25 year old entrepreneur has made it possible to cut in line.
"Picking up my mobile order."
Glass is the creator of mobo, a service that enables users to place food orders by a text message from a cell phone.
"Mobo really came out of my frustration as a consumer - not wanting to have to wait in line. I waited one day ten minutes for coffee and 37 minutes for burrito in the same day. I thought that it has to be a better way of doing this"
That better way is now helping commuters like Karen Lambert, saves some time in the morning.
"Usually I'm running late so if I order ahead of time, I don't have to wait in line"
And for office workers like Rob Davis who does not want to waste his valuable lunch break, waiting for his food.
"I walk right in and grab my lunch. I don't have to worry about whether I have cash in my wallet or not. Just debits my credit card."
It's that quick. Cash-free transaction that Glass thinks, would make his business a success.
"Not only it's money electronic, but it's online and now it's you get mobile. That's what we are trying to sort of usher in through a very practical application that is the idea being able to move money from a mobile phone."
Mobo currently processes hundreds of orders for thousands of New Yorkers and Glass plans to expand his service to busy folks nationwide.
"We're really giving people back some of that precious free time that's so valuable. That's the real curreny here. It's not about saving money, it's about saving time."
대도시에서 매일 가는 카페나 식당에서 10분, 20분씩을 기다려야 했던 바쁜 현대인들에게 멋진 서비스라고 생각됩니다.
관광객들에게는 기다리는 것도 여행의 일부이겠지만, New Yorker 들에게 반복되는 일상에서의 기다림은 짜증이 날 법도 하죠.
이것을 간단히 문자메세지로 해결할 수 있게 한 것은, 어떻게 보면 쉽게 생각할 수 있는 아이디어 같지만, 고객 입장에서는 매우 반가운 서비스일 것이 분명해 보입니다.
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