Ed: Thanks again to Simon (via Denise) for the story tip!
December 2, 2004
Using IPod Savvy to Mine a Niche
By CYRUS FARIVAR
THE signature white earbuds of the iPod seem to be sprouting everywhere. So inevitably, perhaps, a service industry is close behind.
For those who lack the time or the know-how to transfer their record collections to their iPods, an entrepreneur has created a service that will do the trick. The service, HungryPod (hungrypod.com), converts CD’s to MP3 format and loads them into an iPod or any other digital music player.
Catherine Keane, 23, is the founder and sole employee of HungryPod, a company she started at the end of September. For prices starting at $1.50 per CD (and a $15 delivery fee, which is waived for more than 100 CD’s), Ms. Keane will go to a customer’s home or office, pick up CD’s and take them back to her office on Seventh Avenue near Penn Station.
