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pwellens

2 karma · joined November 5, 2016

Product Manager / worked in Europe, Middle East, Africa and South Asia

@phil_wellens https://medium.com/@pwellens https://ae.linkedin.com/in/philippe-wellens

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pwellens··on Why I don't believe in Uber's Success
Interesting thoughts. I wrote along this line about UberEats and what is wrong with their current model. They believe they can win the battle thanks to subsidized unit economics. However this is simply not sustainable. The same conclusion is valid for all on-demand delivery startups.

Instead they should leverage their existing community, i.e. users being located next to each other. Similarly to UberPool where ride-sharing is the only way for Uber/Lyft/etc to work, grouping users for food delivery with variable rewards based on location (i.e. discounts) is the way to go.

More here: https://medium.com/@pwellens/how-a-single-feature-could-fina...

pwellens··on Ask HN: How to get industry feedback on pitched feature for PM role at Uber?
After discussing on other forums, I will make it a Medium post :) will publish the link here this week once uploaded (need some formatting to transform from PPT to Medium).
pwellens··on Ask HN: Is this a good starting course for deep learning?
Also wondered this but it seems a bit pricy (no ratings - pure black box) when compared to Andrew NG's course or the one of Coursera which already have great ratings.

I therefore decided to pass on this one.

pwellens··on Goodbye to 8tracks after 1000 hours?
Thanks for your comment - clearly a strong advantage of 8tracks as it allows you to switch between moods (e.g. while at work, doing sport, etc).