<p>Fancy launching a pop-up Armenian cuisine restaurant for a fortnight from scratch? Or crowdsource an Egyptian chef to get your dream going in a corner of Koramangala?</p>.<p>Taking the plunge, city-based food tech is about to launch a model that lets you create a buzz, crowdfund and press 'start'. </p>.<p>Simply put, startup Bydbyt brings together micro entrepreneurs like the one seeking the Armenian pop-up outlet, chefs specialising in that cuisine and restaurateurs.</p>.<p>Essentially, Bydbyt becomes a platform where the network of chefs and restaurants can partner with individuals and put their craft and under-utilised assets to best use.</p>.<p>Having already aligned with seven chefs and many restaurateurs, Bydbyt is all set to kick off its platform in Bengaluru, Mumbai and Delhi in a week, informs Naren Sridharan from the startup. “We will expand the scale once the lockdown rules are relaxed.”</p>.<p>Forget the Covid pandemic. Even in the best of times, a good and stable restaurant works barely at 60% capacity.</p>.<p>Why not then let the unused assets help people try out different food pop-ups/temporary restaurants of their choice? “These food outlets in micro-geographies can be put up at a slither of the commission paid to food aggregators,” explains Sridharan.</p>.<p class="CrossHead"><strong>Online food delivery system </strong></p>.<p>How different is this from the existing online food delivery systems run by the aggregators?</p>.<p>As he says, under the online aggregator model, consumers get only the variety they are offered. Chefs and restaurateurs have little knowledge of these patterns since the aggregators control their data.</p>.<p>Bydbyt’s platform will ensure that the micro entrepreneur gets an idea of how many people in his/her own locality like a particular kind of cuisine. This would mean consumers know that there is now a choice based on their own taste.</p>.<p>Once the entrepreneur calculates a minimum revenue goal based on the geography, interested consumers and the nature of the pop-up campaign, Bydbyt helps in crowdfunding to achieve a minimum viable revenue.</p>.<p>When the campaign succeeds, the chefs fly to the location and execute the operation.</p>
<p>Fancy launching a pop-up Armenian cuisine restaurant for a fortnight from scratch? Or crowdsource an Egyptian chef to get your dream going in a corner of Koramangala?</p>.<p>Taking the plunge, city-based food tech is about to launch a model that lets you create a buzz, crowdfund and press 'start'. </p>.<p>Simply put, startup Bydbyt brings together micro entrepreneurs like the one seeking the Armenian pop-up outlet, chefs specialising in that cuisine and restaurateurs.</p>.<p>Essentially, Bydbyt becomes a platform where the network of chefs and restaurants can partner with individuals and put their craft and under-utilised assets to best use.</p>.<p>Having already aligned with seven chefs and many restaurateurs, Bydbyt is all set to kick off its platform in Bengaluru, Mumbai and Delhi in a week, informs Naren Sridharan from the startup. “We will expand the scale once the lockdown rules are relaxed.”</p>.<p>Forget the Covid pandemic. Even in the best of times, a good and stable restaurant works barely at 60% capacity.</p>.<p>Why not then let the unused assets help people try out different food pop-ups/temporary restaurants of their choice? “These food outlets in micro-geographies can be put up at a slither of the commission paid to food aggregators,” explains Sridharan.</p>.<p class="CrossHead"><strong>Online food delivery system </strong></p>.<p>How different is this from the existing online food delivery systems run by the aggregators?</p>.<p>As he says, under the online aggregator model, consumers get only the variety they are offered. Chefs and restaurateurs have little knowledge of these patterns since the aggregators control their data.</p>.<p>Bydbyt’s platform will ensure that the micro entrepreneur gets an idea of how many people in his/her own locality like a particular kind of cuisine. This would mean consumers know that there is now a choice based on their own taste.</p>.<p>Once the entrepreneur calculates a minimum revenue goal based on the geography, interested consumers and the nature of the pop-up campaign, Bydbyt helps in crowdfunding to achieve a minimum viable revenue.</p>.<p>When the campaign succeeds, the chefs fly to the location and execute the operation.</p>
