Summary: Bastian Lehmann didn't want to start Postmates. Users demanded it. The company he now runs - and loves - is like Uber for courier service, making it easy to have prepared food, or anything else, delivered in under an hour. The service launched in DC this week and is already rolled out in San Francisco, New York, and Seattle. But that wasn't the original idea. Now, like Uber, the service is catching on like wildfire in the rapidly-expanding world of on-demand services, and is profitable in two cities.
