DialDrones.com

Autonomous On-Demand

Drone Delivery Service

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T-Mobile Hacksgiving Hackathon

What we know

• On-demand shipping services are successful at first, but struggle at scale ¹
• Customers don’t like waiting for updates on shipping status ²
• Shipping costs are a steep expense for small companies ³
• After 5 years, 50% of small businesses fail;

after 10 years, 80% fail ⁴

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The “Last Mile” delivery phase is the most expensive and inefficient step in the shipping process ⁴

https://www.businessinsider.com/last-mile-delivery-shipping-explained

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Small businesses struggle to trust a courier http://www.youngupstarts.com/2017/08/07/small-businesses-facing-delivery-challenges/

The Problem:

Small business don’t have access to consumers via on-demand, high-speed delivery channels, which puts them at a competitive disadvantage.

• Small business don’t have access to consumers via on-demand high-speed delivery channels.

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Our Solution

DialDrones.com is an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)-based delivery service.

We offer a platform for small businesses to sell and deliver products with efficiency, speed, and convenience.

We operate and maintain a fleet of drones. By handling the complexities of drone logistics and FAA regulations, we make it possible for smaller business to compete with major companies which are developing their own drone systems.

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How it Works

1. A customer places an order for a product from their computer or mobile device.
2. The store which carries that item sees an order on their dashboard. When the store acknowledges it, one of our drones is dispatched to the store.
3. A member of the store’s staff loads the product in the drone’s cargo area.
4. The drone travels to the customer, wherever they are.
5. The customer receives their order and the delivery is complete!

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Process

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User

Place order

DialDrone

Business

Accept order

Dispatch drone

DialDrone

Deliver product

Impacts

• Increased competitive advantage
• Increased accuracy in estimated delivery time
• Reduced ground travel leads to…
• Reduced parking fines
• Reduced carbon emissions, depending on local electricity generation methods¹
• California: 53% reduction compared to trucks
• Missouri: 23% reduction compared to trucks

Things to think about:

• No vehicles for deliver = no pollution, no traffic, no accidents (ideally) ¹
• “UPS paid New York City $18.7 million in parking fines in 2006; in 2011 in Washington, D.C., UPS alone received just shy of 32,000 tickets” ¹
• Challenges of shipping to rural areas

What technology do we use?

*For demo only

What’s next?

• Browser extension to notify customers when products they are viewing online can alternatively be purchased and delivered through our platform
• Non-commerce related uses for our fleet of drones:
• On-demand aerial photography
• Disaster response: coordinated reconnaissance, supply delivery

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• On-demand shipping services struggle at scale ²

https://techcrunch.com/2018/03/27/on-demand-shipping-startup-shyp-is-shutting-down/

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• The “Last Mile” delivery phase is the most expensive and inefficient step in the shipping process ⁴

https://www.businessinsider.com/last-mile-delivery-shipping-explained

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Thanks!

Any questions ?

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UNFORMATTED & ORIGINAL SLIDES

123,456,789

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$12 million

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100,000 users

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What’s next?

Future extensions

Browser extension to notify customers when products they are viewing online can alternatively be purchased and delivered through our platform

Non-commerce related uses for our fleet of drones:

• On-demand aerial photography
• Disaster response: coordinated reconnaissance, supply delivery

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ICONS

What we know:

1. Common customer pain points:
1. Waiting for updates on the shipping status ¹
2. Adhering to specific return policies
3. Expensive 1-day shipping
4. Inaccurate shipping time estimations
2. On-demand shipping services struggle to succeed at scale ²
3. The “Last Mile” delivery phase is the most expensive and inefficient step in the shipping process ³

Enabling Trusted Charity

with Blockchain

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What we know:

• Charities and nonprofits represent a segment of organizations underserved and overlooked by the technological innovations of digital commerce.¹
• It can be difficult for charities to secure loans.²
• Many people who donate money to charity want to know that their money is being put to good use.³

• “2018 UK Business and Charity Digital Index.” Lloyds Banking Group, resources.lloydsbank.com/businessdigitalindex/.
• It can be difficult for charities to secure loans.²
• Many people who donate money to charity want to know that their money is being put to good use.³