#99 The Car Ad Maverick: Secrets to dealership profitability, Racing Porsches with VCs, is there a crystal ball for aged inventory? | Len Short, Co-founder of Lotlinx

Welcome to the Car Dealership Guy Podcast. In this episode, I'm speaking with Len Short, co-founder of Lotlinx where we discuss: The secrets to dealership profitability, racing Porsches with VCs, Markdown doom loops, Is there a crystal ball for aged inventory? and much more.

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Topics:

(00:00:00) - Intro

(00:00:53) - Len’s previous life selling Porsche’s

(00:02:51) - Len’s career in auto

(00:06:25) - Founding LotLinx

(00:12:41) - Are dealers here to stay long-term?

(00:16:17) - What problems are you solving today at LotLinx?

(00:25:46) - How much has the business scaled? 

(00:28:07) - Why are new cars being mismanaged?

(00:29:56) - Will OEMs take more inventory risk?

(00:38:39) - What’s next for the business?

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