Synopsis
A Blog and Podcast For Rideshare Drivers
Episodes
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RSG246: Discover Daytrip: Rideshare Meets Tour Guides/Tourism
18/10/2023 Duration: 30minIn this episode Harry speaks with Tomás Turek. Tomás Turek is the CEO of Daytrip. Daytrip is a travel platform connecting travelers with local drivers and guides in 7,800+ cities worldwide. With a background in computer science and a degree in environmental management, Tomás is a driving force in redefining travel experiences 0:00 Intro 1:37 What is Daytrip? 2:59 What is the most popular Daytrip? 3:56 How does Daytrip work? 6:17 Who are the drivers that use Daytrip? 8:16 How do they ensure quality drivers? 9:41 What is the experience for a driver? 14:04 How is Daytrip's US operation going? 15:53 How has Daytrip done so far in California? 18.24 What are some good use cases for Daytrip? 19:20 How does Daytrip compare in Europe vs US? 21.56 What are the benefits of one city vs between cities for Daytrip? 24:44 Has Daytrip tried working with cities? 26:56 What are some potential partnership opportunities? 28.51 How can you learn more about Daytrip? Tomás' Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tomas-turek/?origina
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RSG245: All Electric, All Employee Rideshare with Revel CEO Frank Reig
10/10/2023 Duration: 39minIn this episode Harry speaks with Frank Reig. Frank Reig is Revel's Co-Founder & CEO. He launched the company in 2018 with COO Paul Suhey, initially offering electric mopeds in Brooklyn. Since 2021, Revel has focused on expanding its EV fast charging network and all-electric rideshare service. Frank, a Columbia University graduate with an MPA in Environmental Science and Policy, also previously worked as a chef in top NYC restaurants, like Gramercy Tavern. 0:00 Intro 2:15 What is Revel? 3:00 What’s the hardest part about Revel's business model? 5:30 Why Revel pivoted from mopeds to rideshare 9:25 Why did Revel go with an employee model for their drivers 13:30 How much do Revel drivers make? 21:00 How do Revel’s 3 depots work for charging and storing EVs? 28:10 Why EVs and rideshare are such a great fit 29:35 Frank’s thoughts on city and government EV initiatives/mandates 32:37 What’s most important to more EV adoption? 38:25 Where to connect with Frank Frank’s Linkedin:https://www.linkedin.com/in/frank-re
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RSG244: Navigating the Road Ahead: Teledriving's Impact And Vay's Vision With Justin Spratt
26/09/2023 Duration: 50minIn this episode Harry speaks with Justin Spratt. Justin is Vice President of Business & Corporate Development at Vay, the leading remote driving (teledriving) company. He joined from Uber, where he was Head of Global Strategic Partnerships and focused on deals with automotive OEMs, vehicle fleet operators, vehicle battery technology companies and electrification infrastructure providers. At Vay, he focuses on business and corporate development and works on relationships with strategic partners. Justin built the first startup incubator in Africa in 2002 and has been mentoring founders of technology startups for over ten years. He is an angel investor in software technology and holds board positions in some of these companies. 0:00 Intro 2:25 Why Justin joined Vay 5:20 Use case for Vay 9:13 Vay's timeline 12:14 Vay's scale 17:21 Details of subscription model 24:31 Details of how Vay will work 29:13 Autonomy for Vay 34:26 Biggest challenge with Vay 40:13 How Vay will work with cities 44:11 Teledriving 46:33
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RSG243: From Uber's Rise to Instacart's Future With Emil Michael
19/09/2023 Duration: 44minIn this episode Harry speaks with Emil Michael. Emil is the CEO of DPCM Capital and former Chief Business Officer of Uber. He served as CEO Travis Kalanick's right-hand-man, helping the company raise nearly $15 billion from key investors worldwide. By 2018, Uber became the world's most valued private technology company and had raised the most money of any private start-up in history. Emil Michael Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/emilmichael/
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RSG239: Colin Gardiner on Building Outdoorsy: The RV Rental Marketplace
25/07/2023 Duration: 33minIn this episode Harry speaks with Colin. Colin is a startup advisor with 10+ years in consumer tech, as well as an early employee at Outdoorsy. Harry and Colin discuss Outdoorsy, the AirBnB equivalent for RVs, as well as how Colin's learnings from Outdoorsy can be applied to other rideshare/marketplace businesses.
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RSG238: Interview With DoorDash CEO, Tony Xu On Dasher Product Updates
30/06/2023 Duration: 38minJoin Harry Campbell as he sits down to talk with DoorDash's CEO, Tony Xu where they talk about the history of DoorDash and how the new updates that were just announced this week.
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RSG237: Uber Insider Shares His Experience and Talks Future of Rideshare
28/04/2023 Duration: 54minIn this episode, I’m chatting with Chris Taylor, former Uber and Bird employee, now founder of Nomad Ventures. An early stage venture fund investing in pre-seed and seed market place businesses. Chris is using his personal and team’s experience to invest in the future marketplaces of the world! Intro to Chris Taylor Former Uber and Bird Employee Founder of Nomad Ventures Specializes in finding and building new and revolutionary marketplaces Nomad Ventures: https://www.nomadfund.vc/
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RSG 236: Keep on Rolling – Supporting the Workers & Businesses of Tomorrow
11/04/2023 Duration: 46minDespite the naysayers, the economy continues to grow at a rapid pace, giving workers plenty of options. What are the tools that delivery and gig platforms need to offer workers to stay competitive, ensuring a good experience for the people that power delivery? Check out this panel from Curbivore. Hantz Fevry - Founder & CEO, Stoovo Piers Mainwaring - Co-Founder & Chief Innovation Officer, Everee David Pickerell - CEO, Para Nav Chadha - VP, Spark Driver Platform, Walmart Jackie Davalos - Technology Reporter, Bloomberg (Moderator)
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RSG235: Business Banking for Freelancers, Gig Workers and Self-Employed!
04/04/2023 Duration: 27minNick Adler is the Chief Operating Officer at Found where he's helping build a modern financial platform for one of the largest, most underserved segments of the U.S. economy - the self-employed worker. His career spans the restaurant and retail spaces. Perhaps most familiar to this audience, Nick previously served as Head of Market Operations for Caviar where he led a team of 100+ people, and was responsible for Caviar's local market strategy, restaurant sales, restaurant account management, courier fleet growth, and overall quality. Go to found.com/rideshare and get $25 when you open a new Found account and spend at least $100 within the first 30 days. Free help for listeners: https://found.com/guides/common-tax-mistakes https://found.com/guides/understanding-the-schedule-c-tax-form https://found.com/guides/self-employed-retirement-plans https://found.com/guides/2023-tax-deadlines https://found.com/guides/best-finance-tools-for-small-business-owners
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RSG234: From Delivering Food to Grocery Shopping with an Uber Eats Driver
28/03/2023 Duration: 28minCurbivore 2023 was a success! Take a listen to the replay of our opening panel. Hear from Uber Eats’ David Meers, and one of the company’s top partners, about how the company is pushing “eats” beyond just restaurant cuisine, and what it means for both sides of the platform. Followed by an Uber product announcement. David Meers - Head of Grocery + Retail Fulfillment Products, Uber Mariana - Local Courier Turned Shopper Kabir Jain - Chief Growth Officer, Erewhon Market
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RSG233: Behind the Scenes of Curbivore
14/02/2023 Duration: 31minCubivore is almost here! It will take place in Downtown LA Friday, March 3 · 8am - 9pm PST. Jonah Bliss joins Harry for an insiders look at Curbivore as we anxiously await its arrival. Jonah Bliss spent his career scaling mobility startups like Turo and Evelo, followed by working in the content and events space. He combined those passions when he started Curbivore and eventually convinced Harry to join him.
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RSG232: The Automato that comes to you
07/02/2023 Duration: 30minDeloss Pickett, co-founder and CEO of Bib Technologies, is our guest today. "Our mission is to create new ways for businesses to connect with consumers through sustainable mobile platforms. Founded by Tesla, SpaceX, and Red Bull alums. Based in Los Angeles, our team is dedicated to positively impacting the environment and helping businesses thrive in the process." Find comprehensive show notes at therideshareguy.com
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RSG231: Curbside EV Charging for Cities
31/01/2023 Duration: 42minTiya Gordon is the co-founder of itselectric, which is curbside charging for the 40 million drivers who park on the street. itselectric partners with city property owners to unlock access to untapped electricity supply while they earn passive income.
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RSG230: Dealing with Unfair Deactivations for Background Checks
24/01/2023 Duration: 26minLarry P. Smith is a consumer attorney, concentrating his practice in the areas of Fair Credit Reporting Act and Fair Debt Collections Practices violations as well as consumer fraud claims and lemon law. He is the Managing Partner at SmithMarco, P.C. https://protectingconsumerrights.com/
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RSG229: Managing the Curb with Automotus
03/01/2023 Duration: 34minKelly Ferguson is Chief of Staff at Automotus, a curb management company on a mission to create safer, more efficient, and more sustainable streets that work for everyone. Kelly draws upon 15+ years of experience in new product development, public/private partnerships, community engagement, and emerging technology deployments. Kelly has supported Automotus curbside analytics and Smart Loading Zones rollouts in LA, Pittsburgh, Omaha and more.
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RSG228: Driving Safer, Smarter and More Profitably!
20/12/2022 Duration: 40minRyan and Abby of Cambridge Mobile Telematics (CMT) join Harry to talk about what they do, overall driver safety, and much more. Cambridge Mobile Telematics is the world’s largest telematics service provider. Its mission is to make the world’s roads and drivers safer.
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RSG227: Show me the Money Club!
13/12/2022 Duration: 01h40minShow Me The Money Club is a weekly live show with Sergio and Chris where they talk about what's going on in the gig economy and shorter highlight videos from the show. Join in the conversation during the live Tuesdays 6pm EST/3pm PST on YouTube. On today's show, we have special guest Bryce Bennet from Solo. We will also be covering a possible glitch shows that upfront fares is a pay cut for drivers, more upfront fares/pay details and teaching the algorithms, Lyft testing "bonus zone boosts," Uber CEO saying contradicting details on drivers supply/shortage, RDU demonstration, and today's side hustle.