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


Connect with Alex on Linkedin:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/espositoalexander





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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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