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Small Business Segment: GroundLink

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    Don't be caught standing in a cab line: GroundLink puts a car service in your pocket

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-- Daniel Leon as -- news service out that may be able to help us about and that is our small business segment.

Board today and so did and -- all in the name of the company's ground link.

I'm all -- right now how does this.

Work well -- is the world's first global car service to actually fit in your pockets.

To build -- cool out.

And that users can download the -- and -- -- grounding Q1 of two ways by the right now which is a service that is available in New York City.

And soon across the country.

In one -- -- about it you can someone you can order a car on demand to come to pick you up you can actually see the car coming to pick you up concede.

-- picture of the driver you can see all the information about good my order pizza from Domino's and I'm like -- and why isn't exactly an easy if that's.

And then got the right leader service that allows you to schedule right for something in the future and that's services available in -- 110 countries which is quite remarkable for startling -- So.

Bad weather Babylon rush hour Russia holidays holidays because they're gonna pull up and -- where you're going -- -- I -- -- he's gonna -- now I'm -- off -- and drive away.

He did take you don't have to deal with -- -- dispatchers of call you sell you know I don't we don't and twenty minutes now you can actually see the car coming easy -- the map not a -- of the camera can show that.

We've got all these cars are available we've got 400 cars in New York City.

I available to pick up our customers and -- take them wherever they want -- know.

Let me see if you're looking.

It's right now if they say they could go -- -- a threat but it left a little placards all over and you could see them actually living in real time and no sign yet so it's on demand.

Globally New York.

In 2012 we're planning on now launching this in several of the cities throughout the United States in 2013 who -- in Europe as well.

And so what is -- at a -- can't.

Snap their fingers and appears so what's the average wait time.

Well -- is right it does depend on where you are.

Well it depends on what you are in depends on also the availability of vehicles in your vicinity so what happened is that in York city.

-- at the average wait time is between five to seven minutes on the average so well.

Do you do you think about this do you go out and you finish your -- and you literally can.

Press one button and the car will come to -- -- up any -- you're done and getting to -- we waiting outside okay now all yes.

What's the cost.

Two how many jumping -- -- have.

-- -- -- -- -- trying to get paid a good question and should be it was out there on few minutes ago we talked about the price nobody said you know my companies coming to -- and that it's much more expensive because we're.

What happened when you that we stand outside by the rain let me about whether it's horrible to get a cat but in New York -- any major city and the black cars will sometimes come by.

If you wanna ride and to go to ten blocks they want to charge -- fifty dollars.

First that's illegal according to deal -- absolutely correct -- with us we -- very big on transparency.

What she sees what you pay as long as you drive from point a to point BOK and confront them let's take some examples us to cross town it cost 22 dollars.

To drive from downtown to upper east side would cost you 25 just 27 -- -- -- what's unique about the way we're pricing these rights.

What only charge -- for for distance now is you know.

It's horrible to to to take a car and you can get -- sometime in and traffic and you'll be paying for that time that would actually be stuck in traffic with us.

We are calculating that by distance doesn't let me.

They quoted when you -- -- the car exactly so before you enter into that vehicle you would see exactly what that tribal costumes.

And if they fed for five to six more dollars compared to a cab.

You can have a driver coming to pick you up helping you with the luggage and I think -- for example it cost less.

To drive from Newark to New York Newark Airport to New York City because last -- -- -- -- -- -- cap.

You don't have to wait in line you don't have to wait and terrible whether -- will have act a car coming to pick you up.

What's really cool you know the biggest challenges the world with tried to solve and then to transparency which is a big issue for people.

Is how do you find a driver even with the car service -- -- difficult thing for people -- New York you may have.

2030 cars waiting right that it is exactly this thing with us in one click of -- button you can get hold your driver.

And speak to him direct.

Actually directly I don't have to wait anomalous -- them home bush quietly they're kind -- -- -- no pushing or even license plate that exactly.

If you see the likes -- please -- now what if I don't have a -- All right so we Olsen president I think if I get a grade -- where people like Q war men you know I do have -- -- I think another thing on the.

That challenge -- challenge okay.

We will have a Blackberry out in the market by the end of generally isn't so we're working on this we heard people is -- Melissa you know the Blackberry can again my and I guess this linger that so we are and I found out we were on android.

And by general medium generally.

We will have a Blackberry I.

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