Rideshare Expert: Killing the Dealership 'Courtesy Shuttle'

Welcome to the Car Dealership Guy Podcast. In this episode, I'm speaking with Charles Mizrahi, Head of Automotive Partnerships at Uber, where we discuss evolving the customer experience at dealerships, killing the courtesy shuttle, how dealers hacked Uber, and much more!

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Topics:
00:00:00 - Intro
00:03:27 - Charlie’s background and career
00:04:53 - Ideating Uber for Business
00:10:44 - Penetrating the car business during Covid
00:12:44 - What are you working on today?
0015:07 - What’s the value of offering a service that is so simple on the surface?
00:19:16 - What are the use cases for this product?
00:22:12 - What’s the future for dealership transportation?
00:23:51 - What do you have on the horizon to bring innovation to the industry?

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