Why I left Google to join Grab
It&#x27;s a delightful read. I am no fan of Google but people do realize that once a company becomes big innovation has huge costs involved, more people means lesser room for growth and hence the politics, as well as some arrogance of being a large company.<p>That said I kind of disagree with this:
<i>Restaurants and food trucks are both about to be obliterated by Peach and Uber Eats.</i><p>The biggest cost to a restaurant was their location and hence, the rents. Sure using food delivery apps helps them a lot. It also lowers the barrier of running a restaurant. So people might be all in for these apps. But that is one side of the equation.<p>The real question is - How is this a viable business for the food delivery apps? Is the market large enough to make real profits? As an example, most of the food delivery apps in India are not doing great:<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.vccircle.com&#x2F;swiggy-lost-rs-1-5-for-every-re-1-it-earned-last-year-revenue-jumped-six-fold&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.vccircle.com&#x2F;swiggy-lost-rs-1-5-for-every-re-1-i...</a><p>Swiggy has been the &quot;Uber&quot; of food delivery apps here in India and they have revised their prices upwards quite frequently.