Carpooling for goods | Arnoud van Werkhoven | TEDxBreda

Why wasn’t there an easy to use system to let new online purchase hitch a ride with entrepreneurs already on the road? Wouldn’t it be much more efficient if the vehicles of these entrepreneurs would be used to bring along stuff of third parties?

Back in 2009, Arnoud van Werkhoven asked himself why so many cars and vans were driving around with ample cargo space. After buying an office chair on the internet the next question arose. Why wasn’t there an easy to use system to let his new purchase hitch a ride with entrepreneurs already on the road. Wouldn’t it be much more efficient if the vehicles of these entrepreneurs would be used to bring along stuff of third parties? Arnoud challenged himself and invented an online platform named Sjipit where demand and supply of transport of goods could find eachother.

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