{"id":338003,"date":"2021-09-11T17:45:58","date_gmt":"2021-09-11T14:45:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/former-army-rangers-app-will-deliver-alcohol-to-your-door\/"},"modified":"2021-09-11T17:45:58","modified_gmt":"2021-09-11T14:45:58","slug":"former-army-rangers-app-will-deliver-alcohol-to-your-door","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/former-army-rangers-app-will-deliver-alcohol-to-your-door\/","title":{"rendered":"#Former Army Ranger&#8217;s app will deliver alcohol to your door"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;<strong>#Former Army Ranger&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a> will deliver alcohol to your door<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n        <\/aside>\n<p>A U.S. Army Ranger who gave up his military dream after he was caught driving drunk, wants to help keep the party going \u2014 without anyone having to get behind the wheel.<\/p>\n<p>Cardia Summers, 29, is founder and CEO of Cheers, a New York-based startup that promises to deliver booze to your door within the five boroughs in just an hour.<\/p>\n<p>For $2.99 per order plus the cost of the alcohol, Cheers allows users to select their beverage of choice from a nearby liquor store, and have it brought to them. <\/p>\n<p>The special-operations vet calls the new app \u201cthe product of my redemption.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor me, it\u2019s preventing someone from doing something as detrimental as I did. I could have lost my life \u2014 or, worse, taken a life,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n<p>An Army brat who hoped to follow in the footsteps of his dad, a career military man, Summers stacked up accolades during a decade of service before a fateful decision in 2017 \u201cnegated\u201d all that. <\/p>\n<p>He and his buddies were at a house party in Vicenza, Italy, when they ran out of liquor. Summers volunteered to go get more when he was nabbed for driving under the influence.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-nypost-medium-post\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"322\" height=\"483\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/cardia-summeers-army-ranger.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=322\" alt=\"Cardia Summeers is a former Army Ranger. \" class=\"wp-image-19278562\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/cardia-summeers-army-ranger.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=644 644w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/cardia-summeers-army-ranger.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=483 483w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/cardia-summeers-army-ranger.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=322 322w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/cardia-summeers-army-ranger.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=161 161w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/cardia-summeers-army-ranger.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 322px) 100vw, 322px\"\/><figcaption>Cardia Summers is a former Army Ranger. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Though no one was hurt in the incident, Summers\u2019 stellar record \u2014 including two deployments to Afghanistan, passing Army Ranger School, Air Assault School, Airborne School, earning his Expert Infantryman Badge, and being named soldier and NCO of the year in 2011 and 2012 for the 4th Psychological Operations Group \u2014 was suddenly marred.<\/p>\n<p>Faced with the black mark on his record, Summers ditched his plan to serve until retirement and instead chose an honorable discharge in 2019.<\/p>\n<p>That same year, the Hopkinsville, Ky., native began at Columbia University\u2019s School of <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/general\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"3\" title=\"General\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">General<\/a> Studies, where he was a rising junior in financial economics.<\/p>\n<p>The first in his family to go to college, he\u2019s put school on hold \u2014 along with a full-time equity-capital-markets offer from a veteran-owned investment bank, Drexel Hamilton \u2014 to see where Cheers takes him.<\/p>\n<p>Cheers has seven figures in committed capital from private investors, Summers said, and the app has already received its New York State license to transport liquor. <\/p>\n<p>Summers, who hopes to launch the app next month, is also in talks with professional sports teams to have Cheers ferry alcohol to fans in their seats at a <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/game\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"7\" title=\"Game\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">game<\/a>. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/cardia-summeers-main-2.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"Cardia Summers\" class=\"wp-image-19278584\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/cardia-summeers-main-2.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/cardia-summeers-main-2.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/cardia-summeers-main-2.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Summers hopes to launch the app next month.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">J.C.Rice<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The venture \u201cisn\u2019t about getting rich,\u201d he said, adding: \u201cIf it was, I wouldn\u2019t have left an Ivy League school and six-figure Wall Street job.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Instead, it\u2019s about keeping people safe.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf I can do that while providing life to a party, I think we\u2019re successful.\u201d\n                        <\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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