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“It wasn’t the original plan but we couldn’t ignore it”: FoodByUs takes on $8b café sector

The founders of Sydney-based startup FoodByUs have evolved their online homemade meal marketplace to provide cafés and wholesale food suppliers with a distribution solution that doubles as a matchmaking service. FoodByUs was conceived by Ben Lipschitz, founder of footwear brand Flipsters, together with Tim Chandler, Menulog’s former lead developer, and Menulog co-founder Gary Munitz. It launched in […]

James Harkness · 2 min
Entrepreneur

FoodbyUs co-founder Ben Lipschitz on feeding the shareconomy, creating new ways to earn

The rise of the sharing economy has led to an evolution in consumer behaviour and the disruption of legacy industries. For some, it’s a threat. For others, it’s an opportunity to provide new solutions to old problems and thrive. If there’s one constant, it’s that people enjoy a good, homemade meal. A new ‘shareconomy’ player […]

James Harkness · 2 min
Entrepreneur

New ways for Aussie start-ups to thrive in the shareconomy: Ex DealsDirect CEO talks Spacer

Dubbed the ‘AirBnB of storage’ by its co-founder and CEO, Michael Rosenbaum, Spacer has experienced considerable growth, despite being a relative newcomer to the sharing economy. According to Michael, formerly the CEO of DealsDirect, Spacer is an opportunity for resource-poor start-ups to reduce their operating costs, freeing up capital for business growth. Co-founded […]

James Harkness · 2 min