GoMobo

GoMobo is a remote ordering platform founded in 2005 by entrepreneur Noah N. Glass. [cite web | author=David Muir | title=Texting Food Orders Makes Cutting In Line OK | work=ABC News | date=20 September 2006| url=http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/story?id=2469643&page=1] The service allows customers to order ahead via a Web site or through a text message to skip the line at quick-serve restaurants (QSR’s) across the United States. [cite web | author=Alexander Wolfe | title=GoMobo Brings Fandango-Like Advance Ordering To Your Morning Coffee Run | work=Information Week | date=1 November 2007 | url=http://www.informationweek.com/blog/main/archives/2007/11/gomobo_brings_f.html]

GoMobo launched in New York City in 2006 and has since expanded to over 20 cities across the nation. [cite web | title = Food ordering by text message | work=Springwise | date=12 September 2007 | url=http://www.springwise.com/telecom_mobile/food_ordering_by_text_message/] In May 2008, GoMobo launched a pilot program with Wawa, the popular Pennsylvania-based chain. [cite web | title=Wawa Expands Online and Mobile Ordering | work=QSR Magazine | date=7 May 2008 | url=http://www.qsrmagazine.com/articles/news/story.phtml?id=6505] Other current GoMobo clients include affiliates of Subway, Dunkin’ Donuts, Papa John’s, Quiznos, Booster Juice, Johnny Rockets, and Krispy Kreme, as well as other independent restaurants around the United States.

GoMobo also offers interactive marketing services to clients, allowing them to distribute opt-in promotions and specials to users of the service. [cite web | author=Alan J. Liddle | title=Wawa tests online, texting orders to boost convenience, sales | work=Nation's Restaurant News | date=12 May 2008 | url=http://www.nrn.com/breakingNews.aspx?id=354098 ]

About Noah N. Glass

Noah N. Glass is a New York-based entrepreneur. For his work with GoMobo, he was named to BusinessWeek’s 2006 list of “Best Young Entrepreneurs,” [cite web | author=Jeffrey Gangemi | title=Young, Fearless, and Smart | work=Businessweek | date=30 October 2006 | url=http://images.businessweek.com/ss/06/10/bestunder25/source/9.htm ] featured on CNN’s “Young People Who Rock” in May, 2007 [cite web | title=Noah Glass | work=CNN | date=30 April 2007 | url=http://www.cnn.com/exchange/blogs/ypwr/2007/04/noah-glass.html] and “The Big Idea with Donny Deutch” in September 2007. [cite web | title=Noah Glass - GoMobo | work=CNBC | date=19 September 2007 | url=http://www.cnbc.com/id/20875928/] Glass graduated from Yale University.

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