While larger food delivery platforms take their shot on the national stage, smaller services are carving out their own niches by focusing on restaurants and diners at the local level. Holland Eats focuses on a 30,000-customer residential area in Michigan and hopes to stand out with its deep understanding of the market. The company’s Co-owner Christian Garcia explains how his platform works – and how he plans to deliver a personalized experience for restaurants and diners.  Read More...

Just as taxis have been forced to innovate or flounder as a result of the rise of ridesharing, car rental companies are innovating at the airport to stay atop their own game. Some, like Avis, are now offering personalized curbside drop-off, among other new, higher-touch services that are likely influenced, at least in part, by the rise of Uber, Lyft and their brethren. Find out how rental car agencies are driving innovation in the age of ridesharing.  Read More...

Minding And Filling Payments Gaps

Digitization has a nearly miraculous ability to ferret out gaps in payments, commerce and financial services across verticals and consumers. That’s the good news. The tough news is that the next job isn’t just discovering the places where improvement is needed, but also finding ways to fill in that improvement.  Read More...