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The Station: Canoo hits the road, Coup shutters and Samsung shifts

TechCrunch LA

The closure might surprise some, considering Coup has brand recognition and, according to the company a loyal customer base that uses its services. That’s not enough to be a profitable enterprise. Coup said that operating the service is “economically unsustainable” in the long term. For the unfamiliar, the 5.9

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Interview with Satish Varma, Clorder

socalTECH

For our startup interview this morning, we caught up with Satish Varma , co-founder of Torrance-based Clorder (www.clorder.com), which is developing restaurant ordering software. Satish Varma : Actually, because we are Indian, there are a lot of restaurants, 30 percent of our customers are Indian restaurants.