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White House Startup America on Cabulous

August 4th, 2011

Check out the Cabulous story, as told by founder, Tal Flanchraych, and the Whitehouse.gov team Startup America.

Startup Stories: Connecting Cabs and Customers

(exerpt)

To celebrate the first six months of the White House-led Startup America initiative, this week we are highlighting the stories of real entrepreneurs who are creating jobs across the country.

The Startup America initiative aims to create the right policy environment for entrepreneurs to flourish.  For example, the President signed into law a 100% capital gains tax cut for investment in small businesses made throughout 2011. The President’s budget would make this tax incentive permanent.

Taxi drivers in America can spend as much as 57% of their day driving around an empty cab. In most cities and towns, there is almost always an available taxi within an acceptable distance to someone who needs a ride, but the cabs are “out of sight and out of mind,” and, rather than finding one that might be around the corner, people get in their cars and drive, adding to congestion, pollution and the number of intoxicated drivers on the road.

It makes sense that if drivers were more visible, if potential passengers had the equivalent of x-ray vision to spot and hail cabs from blocks away, drivers would make more money and communities would benefit from improved transit efficiency.  My partners and I spotted an opportunity, and outlined a plan for a company we called Cabulous. Our goal? Putting an end to “invisible taxi drivers” — and to wasteful inefficiency.

Read the rest of the story here.

Tal Flanchraych on whitehouse.gov

Cabulous Founder, Tal Flanchraych

An Xtranormal Cabulous Holiday

December 20th, 2010

A friend of ours just made this up for us.  :)

Cabulous passes 50,000 fares!

December 8th, 2010

We are very excited to announce that we’ve had 50,000 hails through the Cabulous mobile and web apps as of today!

On top of that, we just passed 15,000 active users in San Francisco alone.

Also, come to think of it, the one-year launch anniversary of our launch should be coming up soon. All the more reason to celebrate. Who wants to throw us a party? I do!

Driver tells Passenger “I’m Making Money With Cabulous”

October 11th, 2010

Just got this feedback note from a Cabulous passenger today:

I called a cabbie 845am this morn (Royal Taxi) from the cabulous website on my EVO android pda.
I selected the nearest cab, was just 2 blocks away.
He was at the door as I descended the steps, less than 1 minute.
He reported that he had been operating w Cabulous for abt 1 month.
He got between 2-10 rides/day thru Cabulous, avg 3-5.
He estimated he got extra $ 30-50 per day due to Cabulous (abt $ 1000/mo improvement in net revenue)
Big benefit was shortened “cruising” time and gas expense.
He wanted a Cabulous sticker in the cab to educate customers.

Cabulous wins! First iPad app to show you where the taxis really are.

July 6th, 2010

We honestly figured someone else might get there before we did, but no – the fabulous Cabulous team got a full iPad/iPhone iOS4 app up first.
Now Cabulous runs in the background, letting drivers stay on the map even when they are on the phone or checking email. Yay!! Hurray!

And Wow! Cabulous looks GORGEOUS on the iPad. Check it out. Click here to download for iPhone or iPad.

Cabulous on iPad

Cabulous on iPad

Cabulous Monday 8am

June 29th, 2010
Cabulous on the Web - 8am on a Monday

A Cabulous Monday

The addition of free Cabulous dispatch tools, the new Nokia 5230 offer for taxi drivers, and the new iPhone update enabling Cabulous to run in the background all contributed to this picture.

Cabulous gives you Cabs on a Map

May 3rd, 2010

Touch any Cab to Hail

Go to http://cabulous.com/embed to put the Cabulous map into your own web page.

Women 2.0

April 13th, 2010

Here is a video with UpStart Mobile Team Member, Tal Flanchraych, talking about the future of the Taxi industry.

30 Unusual Taxis from Around the World

March 2nd, 2010

Check it out here. I’d give a kidney to drive people around in a Lamborghini taxi all day – anyone hiring?

MacWorld Coverage of Cabulous by Teencastic

February 20th, 2010

Here’s a great video clip covering Cabulous at MacWorld 2010.

Cabulous @ MacWorld 2010