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If you are a new Uber driver and not sure how to take your first ride or delivery, this is the episode for you. Join Harry as he does a "ride along" with Sachin Kansal, Uber's Vice President of Product Management, where they discuss Uber's learning center, how to get started driving for Uber and what it's like driving Uber for beginners.

Sunil Paul is a serial entrepreneur and tech veteran with a background in electrical engineering, and brings more than 30 years of experience in tech and innovation to the global climate stage. He is the current co-founder and CEO of Spring Free EV, a startup that aims to electrify fleets across the country, with a goal of reducing CO2 emissions by one gigaton by the year 2030.

"TC Sessions: Mobility is back and raring to go big — returning live and in-person — for its fourth consecutive year. It’s a two-day deep dive featuring the best, brightest and most intriguing founders, engineers, investors, regulators and technologists dedicated to transforming the way we move people and packages around the globe." ~https://techcrunch.com/events/tc-sessions-mobility-2022/ Our guest is Rebecca Bellan who covers all things transportation for TechCrunch. She is fascinated by the tech and the people behind how people move throughout cities, and is looking forward to reporting on the companies bringing sustainable mobility to the world.

Will Coleman, CEO and cofounder of Alto, joins Harry for his third appearance on the podcast to give an update on what's going on with Alto.  https://ridealto.com/

Abdul Kasim is the CEO at DisplayRide. He has over 20 years of experience in the tech industry delivering innovative solutions in telecom, networking, and education, globally. He is currently focused on developing security and safety solutions for the gig economy, especially for Rideshare, Fleet Rentals, and Peer 2 Peer Marketplaces.  DisplayRide has introduced the world's first purpose-built solution designed for Rideshare safety called the Rideshare Monitoring Platform

Hear from Uber Eats’ Sachin Kansal, and one of the company’s top couriers, about how the company learned from the past two years, and what sort of adaptations we can expect as the delivery giant branches into new verticals.

Luiz Gustavo is co-founder at StopClub, which is a vertical social network designed for gig workers. StopClub purpose is to connect the gig community to work better and safer, together. 

Peter Evenson of Swoop and Moovs is here to talk about the private transportation industry and what it would take for a gig worker to go out on their own.

Zach Rash is the CEO and Co-founder of Coco, a last-mile delivery service that deploys human-operated sidewalk robots to transport goods from merchants to their customers.

Dillon Wagner is a former student of Rowan University in New Jersey who recently started a student transportation company called Wags Wheels LLC. Its goal is to provide safe and affordable transportation to students and staff on the university campus. When he is not working on Wags Wheels, Dillon is studying for his NJ real estate license.

Dan Bratshpis is the CEO and co-founder of INSHUR, a New York-based next-gen, data-led technology insurtech that enables drivers to obtain quotes and receive coverage in minutes.

Dennis Cinelli joined Uber in 2016 and is the Head of US&C Mobility at Uber. He is focused on re-imagining personal mobility and creating the best platform for flexible work. Prior to taking on his current role, Dennis was the Head of Strategic Finance at Uber, helping to take the company public in 2019. He also led Jump, Uber’s micro-mobility business. 

Zack Ein, CEO at Grassdoor, shares insights into the cannabis delivery industry. Grassdoor is a cannabis delivery technology company that has developed a software application to help State law compliant retailers efficiently manage and deliver orders for cannabis products to their customers and patients.

Nick Nanakos, Founder & CEO of ZIKI talks about how ZIKI is on a mission to be the fastest growing restaurant on the planet. They intend to do so through a lean expansion model, using dark modular kitchens and leveraging the power of technology, with operational excellence at the forefront of the model. Taste the food of ZIKI for yourself at Curbivore 2022!  Use Coupon Code FRIENDOFHARRY to save $100.

Jason Tieri from The GIG Economy Podcast and Steve Johnson from Rideshare Rodeo join us today to reflect on the gig economy in 2021 and look forward to 2022. UberLyftDrivers Rideshare Rodeo Podcast The GIG Economy Podcast on Apple

Colin Roche is the co-founder and CEO of Swiftmile, a micromobility infrastructure company whose mobility hubs charge and organize light electric vehicles like e-scooters and e-bikes. Swiftmile's in-field charging model helps cities scale up shared micromobility with fewer of the pain points.

Guaranteed minimum pay, no more unfair deactivations, $5 net minimum fare for drivers and Sick pay. Sounds pretty great right? Well It’s not a new driver friendly rideshare company, instead it’s actually what current Uber and Lyft drivers in the city of Seattle are getting. Today, we’re going to learn how these great benefits and more came about with special guests: Kerem Levitas and Laine Middaugh.  Learn more at TheRideshareGuy.com Also mentioned:  https://www.driversunionwa.org/  

"Today's consumer wants more than just face value. At Prizeout, we strive to constantly find space to give our users more value, more flexibility, and more impact for their money." ~From Prizeout.com Today's guest is David Metz, founder and CEO of Prizeout.  Learn more at Prizeout.com.

Nitin Gupta is a Silicon Valley PhD who worked as an engineer at Uber, Google, and Relcy. He created Beans.ai with Akash Agarwal (college friend), who worked at Deloitte and Verizon, among other firms. Nitin and Akash quit their jobs to deliver on major delivery apps like Uber and Instacart, made more than 1,000 deliveries to learn the industry from the ground up. Nitin built Beans.ai to solve for all these pain points by leveraging the experiences and data from drivers across all the different apps they serve. Find show notes at TheRideshareGuy.com

Today I’ll be chatting with the CEO of Stride Health, Noah Lang. Noah and the team at Stride are good friends of mine and one of RSG’s first partners. Over the years, we’ve sent thousands of workers their way to sign up for their free mileage tracking app and healthcare. I’m a big fan of this company and what’s best is that their service on the healthcare side is actually free.  https://www.stridehealth.com/