150K Rides Later with Circuit CEO Alex Esposito

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Alexander Esposito

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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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