Startup Mindsets 150,000 Rides Later Circuit Cofounder Alex Esposito
Dan catches up with one of the first startup founders he met while working as an analyst at VU Venture partners.
Circuit is an all-electric, on-demand, local shuttle service. Download the app & Ride Circuit. https://www.ridecircuit.com
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Time Stamps
2:45 What is Circuit? On demand shuttle service focused on small trips
10:00 Selling advertisers
19:00 Operating and scaling a mobility operation,
20:00 Moving 150K passengers a month
21:25: Thoughts on autonomous cars
27:00 When was your first Uber ride?
34:10: Getting first customer and starting the company
35:10 testing out an idea for a company and keeping desk jobs until it made sense financially to leave
Taking out 3 car notes to start the business
38:00 Closing first advertiser for 10K
44:00 Differences of working as an employee of a company vs being a founder
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