The Rideshare Guy Podcast

Chris Sweis, CEO of Yellow Cab of San Francisco, joins Harry to talk all things taxi: how he got into the business, how much drivers can make, the future of taxis, and more.

Steve Hornyak is BrightDrop's Chief Commercial Officer, responsible for developing the company's sales and marketing strategy, partnering with customers to grow a new delivery ecosystem. BrightDrop's mission is to decarbonize the last mile through smarter, safer, and more efficient ways of delivering goods and services.

Nav is the vice president of the Spark Driver Platform, Walmart's proprietary delivery network that provides opportunities for thousands of independent contractors to make deliveries for Walmart and other retailers through Walmart Go Local. Nav joined Walmart in 2017 as a founding member of the Last Mile Team. https://drive4spark.walmart.com/

Shamus Hayes is head of Strategy, Driver Experience & Education at RideShare Carz. He spent the previous 20 years in Chicago as a Banking & Financial Services Executive before joining RideShare Carz. As a part of the team that created RideShare Carz, his focus is creating a superior customer experience, enhancing driver education and scaling the business.

Hamed Yazdi is cofounder of RideShare Mechanic, a convenient way for prospective rideshare drivers to complete their vehicle inspection virtually.

Enrique M. Zambrano of Proeza Ventures joins Harry to talk about investing in mobility in Latin America and beyond. Follow Proeza Ventures on LinkedIn Proeza Ventures News Unveiling the newest two additions to our portfolio Ridepanda BusUp

Watch the FULL video of Harry reacting to this article here: https://youtu.be/cK5M-cmHuck A new article came out and was posted on Wired talking about Uber drivers make $6.20 per hour with prop 22 but mixes numbers and doesn't take certain things into account. Join Harry as he shares his reaction to the article and why he thinks the article is skewed and wrong. Show notes/links mentioned in this episode: See Chris and Sergio discuss this on SMTMC Live RSG137 – Louis Hyman on What Uber and Lyft Drivers Really Make in Seattle How to Calculate Per Mile Earnings Instead of Per Hour

Tilak Joshi is CEO at Lean. Lean is actually a financial services company that partners with platforms and marketplaces to do what I like to call "instant pay 2.0". Learn more at withlean.com

John Zimmer is the co-founder and President of Lyft. John's mission with Lyft is to improve people's lives by creating transportation and cities that are more affordable, sustainable, and community-oriented.

Replay of the Everything Marketplaces Group Chat with Ilir Sela, who's the Founder & CEO of Slice. Slice is redefining how people order pizza from local pizza shops. Use the code 25OFF to join at https://www.everythingmarketplaces.com/join Ilir on Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/IlirSela Slice: https://www.slicelife.com

Today I'm speaking with Uber's CEO Dara Khosrowshahi. So Uber just made the big announcement recently that they'll be rolling out upfront fares for drivers to most cities in the country over the next couple months. So drivers will now be able to see destination and earnings before they accept a trip, which is something drivers have been asking for a long time. Blog - Uber Upfront Pricing Makes a Move Into New Markets

Herb Coakley of Courial is our guest this week. "Created by on-demand gig workers for on-demand gig workers and busy folks everywhere, Courial is a technology company that connects couriers with individuals and businesses that need stuff delivered. As the only courier app for everything, we put you in control. Use our handy search engine to find anything you want from your favorite stores and let us handle your pickup and delivery. Time is the one commodity we can not replace, and these days most of us have very little of it to spare. Courial allows you to spend time doing what matters most, while we handle all your courier related needs." ~Courial.com

Sam Dogen started Financial Samurai in 2009, one of the largest independently-owned personal finance blogs with over 1 million pageviews a month. In 2012, Sam decided to fake retire at age 34, after spending 13 years working in the finance industry. He is the author of the new bestselling book, Buy This, Not That: How To Spend Your Way To Wealth And Freedom.

James Heller is the CEO & Founder at Wrapify, the platform that pays gig-drivers to advertise on the road while giving brands the ability to be where they want anywhere in the US.

Emil Michael is a strategic investor and advisor, currently serving as CEO of the blank check company DPCM Capital. From 2013-2017 Emil was Chief Business Officer at Uber where he led the company through a period of exponential growth.

Alejandro Arbeláez Jaramillo, Regional General Manager - New Verticals Latam ViralCode 🤝 Beat, joins Harry to talk about Beat Tesla and more. "Beat is a mobile app that transforms the way people move in their cities. We aspire to make urban landscapes a better place to live, re-imagining mobility solutions that are more efficient and user-friendly. Currently, Beat is the fastest growing app in Latin America." ~TheBeat.co

Doug Ver Mulm of Stable Insurance is today's guest. "Rideshare, carshare, and delivery vehicle owners need more than just peace of mind from their insurance company. Stable is building tools and additional services alongside its insurance product that will help you more efficiently and profitably run your business." ~Stableins.com

Rebecca Lock is founder/CEO of Kidcaboo. "Kidcaboo is a children's transportation solution that frees up busy parents so that they can build a career, enjoy more down time and spend time with their kids, rather than waiting for them." ~Kidcaboo.com

Matthew Iommi is the Co-founder and CEO of Fetii, a fast growing rideshare platform that aims to decongest cities and provide a superior transportation experience. Fetii utilizes a network of 15-passenger vans to move groups and businesses together, removing unnecessary vehicles off of the road and reducing congestion. As of 2022, Fetii has transported over 467,000 passengers and completed over 49,000 trips.

So imagine you pull your smartphone out, open the Uber app, request the closer car and you look up and see a taxi. Sounds like a dream right? Or maybe a nightmare for some. Well, after a couple recent partnerships and big announcements, that's exactly what you'll be able to do in the future on Uber. But how will it work and who will benefit? Hansu Kim joins Harry to discuss.

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/

Olaf Sakkers, general partner and cofounder of, RedBlue Capital, joins Harry to talk a bit about his book, Mobility Disruption Framework. Connect with Olaf on Twitter, @osakkers

Today I'm excited to be joined by the CEOs of 3 of the top rideshare for kids companies: Joanna McFarland of Hop Skip Drive Noreen Butler from Rubi Rides Margarita Clarke from Jump Rydz Find full show notes at TheRideshareGuy.com

It's been a while since a lot of us have attended an in person conference with hundreds of people, parties, networking and talks. But I recently took the plunge and attended Micromobility America in SF and it was a lot of fun. In addition to getting over the COVID hump though, there were a ton of great speakers, cool products to test and great people. So today I wanted to recap the conference in case you were there and want to relive it or you missed it and are ready to live vicariously through me and my special guest, Jonah Bliss.

Michael DiBenedetto left the consulting world behind in 2015 to start working on the food delivery service aggregator app Food Boss in 2015 and formally founded FoodBoss in 2016 when he connected with his co-founder and Chief Technology Officer, Liam Hession, to help him build the technology behind the app. Mentioned in this episode: FoodBoss.com | FoodBoss - App Store | FoodBoss - Google Play Micromobility America Move America RSG119: Chris Baggott on Why ClusterTruck is the Food Delivery Model of the Future RSG057: How Mystro Makes Uber and Lyft Drivers More Money RSG085: Payam Safa Talks About Bellhop & How It Works! RSG108: Victor Pontis is Helping You Start a Scooter Company with Spring!

Today's episode is a replay of a recent Curbivore webinar featuring: Matt Newburg, HNGRY David Lin, Duffl Emma Liem Beckett, Restaurant Dive Marc Ziade, Zoomo

Vince Cifani of Joyride.city joins us today to talk about the scooter / bikeshare business. Joyride launched in 2014 as a bike-share management system and has since evolved into the world's leading micromobility platform. Find full show notes at TheRideshareGuy.com Also mentioned in this episode: Micromobility America Conference Ride Goat Link.City Rydables Move America Conference You can contact Harry via email at [email protected]

Matt Newberg is the host and producer of HNGRY, a multimedia platform exploring the impact of technology on our relationship with food.

Will Coleman is CEO of Alto, a rideshare company with a fleet of vehicles and employee drivers.

Alissa Orlando and David Alexis of The Drivers Cooperative describe and discuss their driver-owned ridehailing cooperative in New York City. https://drivers.coop/upload

Greg and Garrick of SHAiR are the featured guests today. "SHAiR is the peer-to-peer car sharing app that values safety and peace of mind above all else. We offer a platform with state-of-the-art verification technology to protect hosts and renters alike, so you can drive a car when you need it and make money when you don't." carshair.com