I left the taxi game in 2014. Went back to college in 2015, to do a degree in Entrepreneurship at IADT. In 3rd year now, one of my assignments is researching the viability of a potential/proposed business.
I have access to supports, mentors, research. Also have access to other faculties in the college, visual communications, design gaming , app development, animation, graphic design etc.
I was thinking of doing my assignment on the perfect Irish taxi app. How it should work, how should it be owned, commercial interest, driver owned, what type of driver ownership, CO-OP or PLC.
One of the first steps is to research what drivers and customers want in such an app by way of survey.
Any suggestions on the content of the survey questions would be appreciated.
I will share publish the results of the assignment next may on this forum.
I am back driving a taxi, perfect job for someone in college. I let my licence lapse and had to retake the test 3 times and my insurance is nuts.
For transparency sake I have discussed a driver owned app previously on Roy's Forum. I had proposed 'eircab' as the app name, I have recently registered the domains to make sure they are protected. If such an driver app ever developed legs I would transfer the domains, if it was wanted. I have a some history in establishing a taxi co-op. What ever mistakes were made then by me, I have learnt from them and I honestly believe taxi drivers should control or have influence on how the industry is run.