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Any of y'all know the baws that started WAITR?
Posted on 7/13/23 at 3:29 pm
Posted on 7/13/23 at 3:29 pm
There have to be some good stories out there when a company has such a wild ride in such a short time. Blew up into a billion dollar company and now looks to be just holding on.
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Posted on 7/13/23 at 3:31 pm to Kingpenm3
Pretty sure the types that founded WAITR aren't the baw type.
Posted on 7/13/23 at 3:34 pm to Kingpenm3
Drew ‘Knees’ Brees was a big investor at the beginning.
Posted on 7/13/23 at 3:35 pm to Kingpenm3
The dudes who originally had it sold it awhile ago I believe.
Posted on 7/13/23 at 3:37 pm to Kingpenm3
I know the founder’s daughter and son in law. Good people and they didn’t act differently afterwards. Good family.
Posted on 7/13/23 at 3:39 pm to Kingpenm3
A friend of the wife’s knew a couple of them. All of the core of people were from Lake Chuck area.
Posted on 7/13/23 at 3:42 pm to Kingpenm3
I was a driver for Waitr for a few months. Really cool in theory, but it’s just not a great way to make a living. Especially with having to fight Baton Rouge traffic all day.
ETA: I still have the insulated food bag. I use it to pick up pizza when I order one.
ETA: I still have the insulated food bag. I use it to pick up pizza when I order one.
This post was edited on 7/13/23 at 3:44 pm
Posted on 7/13/23 at 3:54 pm to Kingpenm3
Yeah, his son was in my pledge class at LSU. Had an upper level finance class where we did some excel projects based on waitr's financials and the Professor just shat on the company and my friend's dad for like 3 classes. Eventually he talked to the teacher after one class and the teacher apologized so much lol.
Professor was one of the original investors in waitr and was one of founders of Stonehenge Capital.
Professor was one of the original investors in waitr and was one of founders of Stonehenge Capital.
Posted on 7/13/23 at 3:58 pm to Kingpenm3
The founder gave a speech to my fraternity back when they were really rolling and said they were considering selling. They sold to Fertita (slimy Houston Rockets owner) shortly thereafter.
Not surprised they’re losing steam, Fertita is a total fricktard.
Not surprised they’re losing steam, Fertita is a total fricktard.
Posted on 7/13/23 at 4:00 pm to LsuTigahHomie
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Professor was one of the original investors in waitr and was one of founders of Stonehenge Capital.
Damn I might know you
was this Walt’s class?Posted on 7/13/23 at 4:01 pm to TheOfficial
Yes. I knew a guy involved in the beginning and didn’t love him. Probably means the real brains behind it were excellent people.
Posted on 7/13/23 at 4:01 pm to Kingpenm3
ASAP is going hard into the "cannabis" delivery model...
Posted on 7/13/23 at 4:03 pm to Kingpenm3
Yea, I hunted at one of the baws camp a few times. The Pirogue Lounge down south west of Lafayette. Real nice down to earth guy
Posted on 7/13/23 at 4:10 pm to Kingpenm3
They had a good spot working within small markets and non-chain restaurants. I think their fees were initially lower than Uber Eats and Door dash too. Seems like the business market was to hold on until a big company bought them out for the small markets.
Posted on 7/13/23 at 4:17 pm to Kingpenm3
They sold it to ASAP so the original guys arent holding that bag if it fails now.
Posted on 7/13/23 at 4:32 pm to dgnx6
ASAP app sucks arse compared to Uber Eats
Posted on 7/13/23 at 4:39 pm to Kingpenm3
Shitty business, COVID threw them a life jacket when they were drowning.
This post was edited on 7/13/23 at 4:41 pm
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