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SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders

Is This Uber's Next Acquisition?

01 Feb 2016

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Chapter 1: What is the main topic discussed in this episode?

0.031 - 15.773 Nathan Latka

This is The Top, where I interview entrepreneurs who are number one or number two in their industry in terms of revenue or customer base. You'll learn how much revenue they're making, what their marketing funnel looks like, and how many customers they have.

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16.274 - 18.397 Harry Campbell

I'm now at $20,000 per top.

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Chapter 2: What inspired Harry Campbell to transition from aerospace engineering to the rideshare industry?

18.417 - 24.065 Harry Campbell

Five and six million. He is hell-bent on global domination. We just broke our 100,000 unit sold mark.

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24.085 - 27.49 Nathan Latka

And I'm your host, Nathan Latka.

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Chapter 3: What are the current trends in driver earnings for rideshare services like Uber and Lyft?

27.47 - 46.575 Harry Campbell

Okay, Top Tribe, remember, every Monday I give one of you a hundred bucks to invest in your idea to help get it to the top. To enter, subscribe to the podcast on iTunes now and then text the word Nathan to 33444 to prove it. Again, that's Nathan to 33444 to prove it.

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Chapter 4: How does Harry Campbell monetize his blog and podcast in the rideshare space?

46.555 - 51.67 Harry Campbell

Last week's winner was Mike Shcherbakov. Mike runs his own internet business.

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Chapter 5: How does community building impact the success of rideshare-related businesses?

51.69 - 70.848 Harry Campbell

He's doing between 100 and 500K per year. He's a blogger, author, and influencer, building his business listening to the top. Good morning, Top Tribe. Hope you're New Year's again. It's off to a great start. I'm sitting here with my tea, cuddled up, excited for you guys to talk to a gentleman who hustled his way onto the show by tweeting at me on Twitter.

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70.868 - 93.64 Harry Campbell

His name is Harry Campbell, and he's a founder and CEO of The Rideshare Guy, one of the top blog and podcasts for rideshare drivers across the world. Before Harry became a full-time blogger, he worked as an aerospace engineer for six years, but his entrepreneurial calling proved to be too great. Harry, are you ready to take us to the top? I'm ready. Let's do it. So you have hustle. You have grit.

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Chapter 6: What strategies can rideshare drivers use to maximize their earnings?

93.7 - 97.69 Harry Campbell

You tweeted me on Twitter that you are loving the show. Which episode is your favorite?

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98.48 - 116.477 Unknown

Um, I think, uh, the most recent one that you did actually, I listened to with, uh, what was it? It was a young lady who like started a business and she was doing like handyman repairs and stuff like that. That was kind of cool. Cause it was kind of like similar to some of the stuff I'm doing with like on demand handyman repairs. So that was pretty cool.

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116.898 - 126.512 Harry Campbell

She, She is an amazing lady. She basically quit corporate and built this business where she... Again, her name is Liz Picarazian.

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Chapter 7: What challenges do rideshare drivers face in terms of expenses and income variability?

126.572 - 131.8 Harry Campbell

It's episode 146. Left six-figure thing at American Express and now is running a handyman business. So it's great.

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132.241 - 139.191 Unknown

Yeah. And the other one that I really liked too that was kind of a little... For a different reason is because you really grilled the guest.

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Chapter 8: What role does technology play in the future of the rideshare industry?

139.231 - 151.67 Unknown

And I like that because you don't often hear that was the Apple Watch band guy. Yeah. Yeah. You know, you guys really, you know, you weren't, you didn't, you didn't toss them like a bunch of softball questions. You really got into like the nitty gritty and help. I think you helped them out too. So.

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152.03 - 166.752 Harry Campbell

Well, the show, Harry, as you know, is doing so, so well. Fastest growing business podcast ever on iTunes. And I think it's because I have these conversations like I would do it if I was just having a one-on-one conversation. If I don't believe in something, I'm going to grill you on it.

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166.892 - 184.709 Harry Campbell

If, if I don't think, you know, your revenue numbers like Tai Lopez in episode 45, I'm going to go for the jugular and, If I think you're a superstar genius, I'm going to say you're a superstar genius. So Harry, welcome to the show, man. I'm glad you're here. Yeah. I'm excited and a little nervous. So let's do it. So aerospace engineer to the rideshare guy.

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184.83 - 188.899 Harry Campbell

Help people first understand what you gave up. What was your salary as an aerospace engineer?

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188.963 - 210.651 Unknown

I was right about $80,000. So probably like a typical mid-level kind of junior engineer. I mean, obviously, plus benefits and bonus and all the... I worked for Boeing. So it was one of these top aerospace companies, plus all the matching. So I mean, total compensation was probably well over six figures. And just more so... I think what I gave up was just the security.

210.671 - 230.493 Unknown

I mean, I probably could have worked at that job for the rest of my life and, you know, been mildly happy because it wasn't the worst job in the world, but it wasn't my favorite thing either. And how old are you? I'm 28 right now. Any kids? Are you single, married? I'm married, but no kids yet. But, you know, maybe soon. And what does she do? My wife is actually in med school.

230.553 - 234.057 Unknown

So she's a third year med student here in Southern California.

234.037 - 239.927 Harry Campbell

Okay, that's helpful. Good. So that gives us some context. So how did you go from aerospace engineering to the ride-sharing economy?

240.689 - 255.555 Unknown

Well, so I actually... I've been doing a couple of hobby blogs here and there. And I had some in the personal finance space. And I was doing some freelance writing over the past few years. But it was always more of a hobby than anything. And I saw the potential, but I was really just waiting for the right opportunity and something that I was also passionate about.

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