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A Mobile App That Makes Hailing a Taxi Easier and More Efficient No more waiting for a ride. Hailo aims to connect passengers and taxis within two minutes in cities all over the world.

By Katherine Duncan

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One day in 2011, three internet entrepreneurs set up a meeting with three cab drivers in a London cafe. Many hours later, they emerged as the six founders of Hailo, a mobile app that connects taxi drivers with passengers.

One of the 'treps, New York native Jay Bregman, harbored a near-obsession with the "fundamentally inefficient" taxi industry that stemmed from his previous venture, a highly successful same-day delivery company.

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