3min chapter

This Week in Startups cover image

E1120: Shift Co-CEO George Arison on going public via SPAC, lessons from building Uber’s predecessor & innovating in the massive used car market

This Week in Startups

CHAPTER

Taxi, Taxies, Taxis - Taxies

i didn't realize you also had paymentsau that was ubers and lifts. Big innovation as well. But you did it with taxis, not with lincoln town cars. The cept for the business came out of b tob use, actually. It was for business travellers first. And they would not want black cars, right? The travel manager would want a limit, whatd you spend? And the idea was to kind of have you do taxes rater than black cars. That was kind of part of the concept. You know, back in the day, a lot of black cars were circling out the banks to pick people up. i think the really big po for us was the...

00:00

Get the Snipd
podcast app

Unlock the knowledge in podcasts with the podcast player of the future.
App store bannerPlay store banner

AI-powered
podcast player

Listen to all your favourite podcasts with AI-powered features

Discover
highlights

Listen to the best highlights from the podcasts you love and dive into the full episode

Save any
moment

Hear something you like? Tap your headphones to save it with AI-generated key takeaways

Share
& Export

Send highlights to Twitter, WhatsApp or export them to Notion, Readwise & more

AI-powered
podcast player

Listen to all your favourite podcasts with AI-powered features

Discover
highlights

Listen to the best highlights from the podcasts you love and dive into the full episode