{"id":2358,"date":"2025-11-07T09:00:18","date_gmt":"2025-11-07T08:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/zentrale.pl\/?p=2358"},"modified":"2025-11-06T20:10:26","modified_gmt":"2025-11-06T19:10:26","slug":"what-came-before-delivery-platforms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zentrale.pl\/en\/what-came-before-delivery-platforms\/","title":{"rendered":"WHAT CAME BEFORE DELIVERY PLATFORMS?","raw":"WHAT CAME BEFORE DELIVERY PLATFORMS?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here&#8217;s an interesting fact: before the first Uber, almost 10 years earlier, there was already something very, very similar: kozmo.com. What a wonderful story about a beautiful disaster. In 1998, two young investment bankers founded a company (now called a startup) that promised customers in the US to have their groceries delivered within an hour. By bicycle!<\/p>\n<p>And even though investors poured in $250 million, it was over by 2001 \u2013 kozmo.com went bust.<\/p>\n<p>And here&#8217;s a clip from a documentary about this magnificent rise and even more magnificent fall.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/shP77_sptQU\" width=\"750\" height=\"421\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>#zentrale_zwykly_piatek<\/p>\n<p><HR><\/p>\n<p>And also:<br \/>\nHelp us create a report on the work of Suppliers in Poland &#8211; fill out the <a href=\"https:\/\/zentrale.pl\/ankieta\/\">survey<\/a>.<br \/>\nSubscribe to our Telegram channel: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/zentrale_pl\">Telegram<\/a><\/p>\n<p>#deliveryunited<\/p>\n","protected":false,"raw":"Here's an interesting fact: before the first Uber, almost 10 years earlier, there was already something very, very similar: kozmo.com. What a wonderful story about a beautiful disaster. In 1998, two young investment bankers founded a company (now called a startup) that promised customers in the US to have their groceries delivered within an hour. By bicycle!\r\n\r\nAnd even though investors poured in $250 million, it was over by 2001 \u2013 kozmo.com went bust.\r\n\r\nAnd here's a clip from a documentary about this magnificent rise and even more magnificent fall.\r\n\r\n<iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/shP77_sptQU\" width=\"750\" height=\"421\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe>\r\n\r\n#zentrale_zwykly_piatek\r\n\r\n<HR>\r\n\r\nAnd also:\r\nHelp us create a report on the work of Suppliers in Poland - fill out the <a href=\"https:\/\/zentrale.pl\/ankieta\/\">survey<\/a>.\r\nSubscribe to our Telegram channel: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/zentrale_pl\">Telegram<\/a>\r\n\r\n#deliveryunited"},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false,"raw":""},"author":1,"featured_media":2359,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_pl_post_content":"No to taka ciekawostka: zanim powsta\u0142 pierwszy Uber, prawie 10 lat wcze\u015bniej, ju\u017c by\u0142o co\u015b bardzo, bardzo podobnego: kozmo.com. Ale\u017c to jest wspania\u0142a historia o pi\u0119knej katastrofie. 1998 rok, dw\u00f3ch m\u0142odych pracownik\u00f3w bank\u00f3w inwestycyjnych zak\u0142ada firm\u0119 (teraz to si\u0119 nazywa startup), kt\u00f3ry obiecuje klientom w USA dostawy zakup\u00f3w w godzin\u0119. Rowerami!\r\n\r\nI mimo, \u017ce inwestorzy wpompowali 250 mln dolar\u00f3w, to ju\u017c w 2001 roku by\u0142o po wszystkim - kozmo.com splajtowa\u0142o.\r\n\r\nA tutaj, fragment filmu dokumentalnego o tym wspania\u0142ym wzlocie i jeszcze pi\u0119kniejszym upadku.\r\n\r\n<iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/shP77_sptQU\" width=\"750\" height=\"421\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe>\r\n\r\n#zentrale_zwykly_piatek\r\n\r\n<HR>\r\n\r\nA poza tym:\r\nPom\u00f3\u017c nam w tworzeniu raportu o pracy Dostawc\u00f3w w Polsce - wype\u0142nij <a href=\"https:\/\/zentrale.pl\/ankieta\/\">ankiet\u0119<\/a>.\r\nSubskrybuj nasz kana\u0142 na Telegramie: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/zentrale_pl\">Telegramie<\/a>\r\n\r\n#deliveryunited","_pl_post_name":"a-co-bylo-przed-platformami-dostaw","_pl_post_excerpt":"","_pl_post_title":"A CO BY\u0141O PRZED PLATFORMAMI DOSTAW?","_en_post_content":"Here's an interesting fact: before the first Uber, almost 10 years earlier, there was already something very, very similar: kozmo.com. What a wonderful story about a beautiful disaster. In 1998, two young investment bankers founded a company (now called a startup) that promised customers in the US to have their groceries delivered within an hour. By bicycle!\r\n\r\nAnd even though investors poured in $250 million, it was over by 2001 \u2013 kozmo.com went bust.\r\n\r\nAnd here's a clip from a documentary about this magnificent rise and even more magnificent fall.\r\n\r\n<iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/shP77_sptQU\" width=\"750\" height=\"421\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe>\r\n\r\n#zentrale_zwykly_piatek\r\n\r\n<HR>\r\n\r\nAnd also:\r\nHelp us create a report on the work of Suppliers in Poland - fill out the <a href=\"https:\/\/zentrale.pl\/ankieta\/\">survey<\/a>.\r\nSubscribe to our Telegram channel: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/zentrale_pl\">Telegram<\/a>\r\n\r\n#deliveryunited","_en_post_name":"what-came-before-delivery-platforms","_en_post_excerpt":"","_en_post_title":"WHAT CAME BEFORE DELIVERY PLATFORMS?","_ru_post_content":"\u0418\u043d\u0442\u0435\u0440\u0435\u0441\u043d\u044b\u0439 \u0444\u0430\u043a\u0442: \u0434\u043e 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\u0441\u043e\u0437\u0434\u0430\u0442\u044c \u043e\u0442\u0447\u0451\u0442 \u043e \u0440\u0430\u0431\u043e\u0442\u0435 \u043f\u043e\u0441\u0442\u0430\u0432\u0449\u0438\u043a\u043e\u0432 \u0432 \u041f\u043e\u043b\u044c\u0448\u0435 \u2014 \u0437\u0430\u043f\u043e\u043b\u043d\u0438\u0442\u0435 <a href=\"https:\/\/zentrale.pl\/ankieta\/\">\u0430\u043d\u043a\u0435\u0442\u0443<\/a>.\r\n\u041f\u043e\u0434\u043f\u0438\u0448\u0438\u0442\u0435\u0441\u044c \u043d\u0430 \u043d\u0430\u0448 \u043a\u0430\u043d\u0430\u043b \u0432 Telegram: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/zentrale_pl\">Telegram<\/a>\r\n\r\n#deliveryunited\r\n","_ru_post_name":"%d1%87%d1%82%d0%be-%d0%b1%d1%8b%d0%bb%d0%be-%d0%b4%d0%be-%d0%bf%d0%be%d1%8f%d0%b2%d0%bb%d0%b5%d0%bd%d0%b8%d1%8f-%d0%bf%d0%bb%d0%b0%d1%82%d1%84%d0%be%d1%80%d0%bc-%d0%b4%d0%be%d1%81%d1%82%d0%b0%d0%b2","_ru_post_excerpt":"","_ru_post_title":"\u0427\u0422\u041e \u0411\u042b\u041b\u041e \u0414\u041e \u041f\u041e\u042f\u0412\u041b\u0415\u041d\u0418\u042f 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