Sprig's Gagan Biyani scales sustainable, on-demand healthy food up to the next level

In episode 620 of This Week in Startups, Jason sits down with Gagan Biyani, CEO and cofounder of Sprig, formerly of Udemy and -- Jason learns through the course of the conversation -- Lyft. They discuss Gagan’s background in entrepreneurship and peer-to-peer services as a foundation for the work he’s doing with Sprig, a brand-new Sprig feature, and the tremendous future he predicts for the company. Here are a few other highlights from this episode.

0:41 - 7:25: Jason & Gagan discuss Gagan’s background at Udemy

7:25 - 11:00: Gagan discusses his history in P2P work, starting at Lyft following his time at Udemy.

14:50 - 16:21: Jason and Gagan chat about Sprig, their value proposition, and why this matters for the success they’re seeing

16:21 - 19:01: Jason asks Gagan about where his idea for Sprig came from and how technology enabled this leap in food delivery technologies.

19:01 - 20:36: Gagan explains the kinds of differences between the food delivery and ride markets.

20:36 - 25:43: Gagan gives insight into the R&D department at Sprig which is taking advantage of changes in culinary technology & cooking/transportation times

29:35 - 30:52: Jason asks Gagan: “Who are the whales?” and the chat more about target, high value customers.

30:52 - 33:47: Jason and Gagan discuss the unit economics of Sprig meals, and their increased leverage compared with similar restaurant “competitors.”

33:48 - 35:49: Gagan and Jason talk about the different growth metrics Sprig is measuring and the kind of success they’re seeing.

37:03 - 39:22: Gagan gives insight into his personal philosophy of entrepreneurship, and how that ties into Sprig’s mission.

39:23 - 42:50: Jason and Gagan discuss the quality of food, Sprig’s ability to iterate, and competitors in the space.

42:50 - 53:24: Jason asks Gagan about Sprig competition: UberEATS, Munchery, and Blue Apron.

53:25 - 56:51: Gagan and Jason discuss school, prison, hospital food, future developments for Sprig in the food industry -- also nutrition and health

56:51 - 63:32: Gagan gives a demo of the new food/nutrition classification system in Sprig

63:32 - 64:16: Jason asks Gagan about robotics in Sprig’s future

64:15 - 67:47: The conversation turns back to unit economics.

67:47 - 73:52: Gagan and Jason discuss Sprig moving into new cities, food trucks, and other aspects of the business.

75:55 - 79:54: Jason asks Gagan about growth hacking, and Gagan speaks about growth, marketing, and unit economics in his focus as a CEO

81:09 - 83:47: Jason and Gagan talk about the demand for drivers between all of the companies looking for people to move things in these industries. They finish by discussing how delivery/driver based industries are improving the job market.