Best Car Dealership Guy Podcasts (2024)

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#105 Secrets of the #1 auto lender, How to scale to 100M customers, What's next for car ownership | Sanjiv Yajnik, President of Financial Services at Capital One 1:04:38

6h ago1:04:38

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Welcome to the Car Dealership Guy Podcast. In this episode, I'm speaking with Sanjiv Yajnik, President of Financial Services at Capital One where we discuss: Secrets of the #1 auto lender, How to scale to 100M customers, What's next for car ownership, and much more. This episode of the Car Dealership Guy Podcast is brought to you by: Lotlinx - Get …

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Car Dealership Guy: From Anonymous VC-Backed CEO to B2B Media with Yossi Levi 1:31:35

12h ago1:31:35

1:31:35

Warp: Don’t let payroll and compliance hold your startup back: visit https://www.joinwarp.com/peel to get started and receive a $1,000 gift card when you first run payroll. Get first-party targeting with Brave's private ad platform: cookieless and future proof ad formats for all your business needs. Performance meets privacy. Head to brave.com/brav…

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Auto Dealer Reacts To Owning A Tesla w/ Car Dealership Guy (Yossi) 1:03:31

6h ago1:03:31

1:03:31

Auto Dealer Reacts To Tesla Buying Experience with Car Dealership Guy (Yossi)

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Are Dealers Wasting Time on TikTok While Sales Suffer? 55:24

9h ago55:24

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👉Sign up for Kathi’s newsletter here👈 Do short skirts equal leads? Does hiring actors to pretend they’re employees send the right message to car buyers? Does anyone else think this trend is not worthwhile? (ie: Does it pencil??) Kathi and Mike discuss the poorly-conceived trend of dealers posting on TikTok and Instagram going for “viral” clicks (wh…

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We Need To Talk About Tesla FSD v12.5 w/ AI DRIVR 1:37:10

5h ago1:37:10

1:37:10

We Need To Talk About Tesla FSD v12.5 w/ AI DRIVR

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#104 Dealer Tech Expert: How car buying is evolving, #1 killer of car deals, Future of dealership tech stacks, Secret playbook to getting a dealership's attention | Chase Abbott, VP Sales at Cox Automotive ... 39:12

2h ago39:12

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Welcome to the Car Dealership Guy Podcast. In this episode, I'm speaking with Chase Abbott, VP Sales at Cox Automotive where we discuss: How car buying is evolving, the future of dealership technology stacks, the #1 killer of car deals, and the secret playbook to getting a dealership's attention. This episode of the Car Dealership Guy Podcast is br…

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Tesla Q2 2024 Earnings Full Coverage 3:48:57

7d ago3:48:57

3:48:57

Tesla Q2 2024 Earnings Full Coverage

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CDG EXCLUSIVE: Bernie Moreno on EV mandates, auto dealerships, digital car titles, and future of America 21:44

1h ago21:44

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Bernie Moreno, US Senate candidate, joins the Car Dealership Guy podcast to discuss the car market and why he should be the next Senator from Ohio. Bernie Moreno's campaign website: https://berniemoreno.com/ Interested in advertising with Car Dealership Guy? Drop us a line here: https://cdgpartner.com Interested in being considered as a guest on th…

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From Klout to Clicks: Navigating the Evolution of Dealership Digital Marketing 55:11

3h ago55:11

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👉Sign up for Kathi’s newsletter here👈 We miss Klout. Do you remember it? Social media nostalgia: it’s difficult to understand how we got here today, but boy, it sure used to be fun. Discussing fake followers and reviews: Fact - It’s always a bad idea. Highlighting Rand Fishkin’s insights on the decline of clicks, attribution, and traditional digita…

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#103 CDG Market Update: Are inventory levels back to the “new-normal”, Record levels of negative equity, VW drops a $5 Billion bombshell | Jessica Caldwell, Head of Insights at Edmunds 50:28

1h ago50:28

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Welcome to the third episode of The Car Dealership Guy Market Update—Brought to you by Edmunds. This segment is a monthly discussion with automotive industry experts and dealers about where our car market is today -- and where it may headed. From insider-only dealership insights to macroeconomic trends, my goal is to make you smarter and more infor…

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AI Expert James Douma on Why Tesla's FSD Is The One 1:59:08

5h ago1:59:08

1:59:08

AI Expert James Douma on Why Tesla's FSD Is The One

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Tesla & EVs Have a Huge Problem w/ Brandon from Car Questions Answered 1:11:20

3h ago1:11:20

1:11:20

Tesla & EVs Have a Huge Problem w/ Brandon from Car Questions Answered

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The 26-Year Old Exposing $10B Public Companies | Edwin Dorsey, The Bear Cave 1:53:27

7d ago1:53:27

1:53:27

Warp: Don’t let payroll and compliance hold your startup back: visit https://joinwarp.com/peel to get started and receive a $1,000 gift card when you first run payroll. Get first-party targeting with Brave's private ad platform: cookieless and future proof ad formats for all your business needs. Performance meets privacy. Head to https://brave.com/…

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#102 Electric Vehicle Expert: Inconvenient truth about electrification, EV tariff costing dealerships $100M/yr, Can the US power grid handle electrifying all cars? | Chris Nihan, President of EVready Energy ... 48:11

11h ago48:11

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Welcome to the Car Dealership Guy Podcast. In this episode, I'm speaking with Chris Nihan, President of EVready Energy where we discuss: The inconvenient truth about EV charging stations, whether the US power grid can handle electrifying all cars, the EV tariff costing dealerships $100M a year, best automaker EV charging programs and much more. Thi…

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AI & Robots: What No One Is Telling You with Adam Dorr from RethinkX 1:31:14

7h ago1:31:14

1:31:14

AI & Robots: What No One Is Telling You with Adam Dorr from RethinkX

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Tesla's Next Stage Has Officially Arrived with Nick from Investing Against The Grain 1:31:13

7h ago1:31:13

1:31:13

Tesla's Next Stage Has Officially Arrived with Nick from Investing Against The Grain

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Everyone is Buying a Tesla with John Gibbs and Brandon from Car Questions Answered 1:12:11

7h ago1:12:11

1:12:11

Everyone is Buying a Tesla with John Gibbs and Brandon from Car Questions Answered

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Tesla Is Just Getting Started With Ark Invest's Tasha Keeney 59:20

7h ago59:20

59:20

Tesla Is Just Getting Started With Ark Invest's Tasha Keeney

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Tesla's Lead Is Undeniable With Gali From Hyperchange 1:08:53

1d ago1:08:53

1:08:53

Tesla's Lead Is Undeniable With Gali From Hyperchange

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Tesla's Biggest Risk Has Arrived with Michael Dunn from Dunn Insights 53:28

7h ago53:28

53:28

Tesla's Biggest Risk Has Arrived with Michael Dunn from Dunn Insights

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Tesla's Massive Profit Powerhouse Has Arrived with Matt Smith From Rebellionaire 1:33:05

13d ago1:33:05

1:33:05

Tesla's Massive Profit Powerhouse Has Arrived with Matt Smith From Rebellionaire

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Noland Arbaugh, Neuralink's First Human Patient 1:27:03

7h ago1:27:03

1:27:03

Noland Arbaugh, Neuralink's First Human Patient

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Elon Musk Doesn't Get Enough Credit. 1:27:07

5d ago1:27:07

1:27:07

Elon Musk Doesn't Get Enough Credit.

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When Google Search Fails, What Do We Do? 37:06

6h ago37:06

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👉Sign up for Kathi’s newsletter here👈 Kathi and Mike share our insights on the latest of several disappointing changes to the Google Business Profile platform. Google Places > Google Maps > Google Local > Google My Business > Google has failed us all. Google has a new core update coming in a “couple of weeks.” Let’s hope it corrects the myriad of i…

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Elon Musk's Endorsement Of Trump Changes Everything. 1:16:46

1d ago1:16:46

1:16:46

Elon Musk endorsed Trump.

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#101 Dealership Data Wiz: Beating the algorithm to sell cars, How to "sell to zero", Where A.I. is actually adding value | Jeremy Nowling, Head of Digital Retailing, Rohrman Auto Group 41:53

14h ago41:53

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Welcome to the Car Dealership Guy Podcast. In this episode, I'm speaking with Jeremy Nowling, Head of Digital Retailing, Rohrman Auto Group where we discuss: Beating the algorithm to sell more cars, How to "sell to zero", dealers adapting to catastrophe, where A.I. is actually adding value and more. This episode of the Car Dealership Guy Podcast is…

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Silicon Valley's Secret 4-Week Visa with Lisa Wehden at Plymouth Street 1:10:53

7d ago1:10:53

1:10:53

Warp: Don’t let payroll and compliance hold your startup back: visit https://joinwarp.com/peel to get started and receive a $1,000 gift card when you first run payroll. Get first-party targeting with Brave's private ad platform: cookieless and future proof ad formats for all your business needs. Performance meets privacy. Head to https://brave.com/…

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#100 The Auction Visionary: Selling 1.3 million cars a year, Why the gap between buyers/sellers is widening, Buying cars at 2:00 AM? | Shiv Dutt, President, U.S. Marketplace at OPENLANE 37:28

2d ago37:28

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Welcome to the Car Dealership Guy Podcast. In this episode, I'm speaking with Shiv Dutt, President, U.S. Marketplace at OPENLANE, where we discuss: Wholesaling 1.3M cars a year, buying cars at 2:00 AM, why the gap between buyers and sellers is widening and much more. This episode of the Car Dealership Guy Podcast is brought to you by: Lotlinx - Get…

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Are Leads and Sales the Only Metrics? 42:28

4d ago42:28

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👉Sign up for Kathi’s newsletter here👈 Kathi and Mike talk about the micro-actions we take everyday on social and other platforms that provide value to others. Dealers tend to only care about leads and sales, which are uber important, but there are other metrics in mix that can guide where we spend our resources. Also, we are in the midst of an AI b…

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#99 The Car Ad Maverick: Secrets to dealership profitability, Racing Porsches with VCs, is there a crystal ball for aged inventory? | Len Short, Co-founder of Lotlinx 44:46

4d ago44:46

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Welcome to the Car Dealership Guy Podcast. In this episode, I'm speaking with Len Short, co-founder of Lotlinx where we discuss: The secrets to dealership profitability, racing Porsches with VCs, Markdown doom loops, Is there a crystal ball for aged inventory? and much more. This episode of the Car Dealership Guy Podcast is brought to you by: Cars …

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#98 The Dealership Mogul: Leading a $2B dealer group, Addictions to the dealership, Will November make or break the car biz? | Aaron Zeigler, President of Zeigler Auto Group 45:35

9d ago45:35

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Welcome to the Car Dealership Guy Podcast. In this episode, I'm speaking with Aaron Zeigler, President of Zeigler Auto Group where we discuss: Leading a $2B dealer group, how anyone can run a $100M business, addictions in the dealership, will November make or break the car biz? This episode of the Car Dealership Guy Podcast is brought to you by: Au…

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The CDK Fallout and Who It’s Falling On 42:01

10d ago42:01

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👉Get Kathi’s ebook: “A Beginner’s Guide to AI for Automotive Retail 👈 This week, Kathi and Mike cover: The CDK fallout and who it’s falling on: updates on what’s happening in real time with the real people on the front lines Zero-Click Search: what it is and what it really means for anyone who isn’t a big brand. Google Business Profiles - are they …

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#97 The Auto Tech Whisperer: The Next $300M Exit, Future of dealership technology, Rise of “vulture capitalism” | Mark Boyd, CEO of Boyd Ventures 56:58

11d ago56:58

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Welcome to the Car Dealership Guy Podcast. In this episode, I'm speaking with Mark Boyd, a prolific automotive tech entrepreneur where we discuss: the next $300m auto tech exit, Why great ideas don’t = success, should dealers incubate tech startups? And the rise of “vulture capitalism”. This episode of the Car Dealership Guy Podcast is brought to y…

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Building Non-Addictive Apps for Kids | Melissa Cash, Pok Pok 1:35:37

16d ago1:35:37

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Get Attio, the next generation of CRM: https://bit.ly/AttioThePeelWarp: Don’t let payroll and compliance hold your startup back: visit https://joinwarp.com/peel to get started and receive a $1,000 gift card when you first run payroll.Melissa Cash is the Co-founder and CEO of Pok Pok, a montessori-inspired collection of digital toys that spark creat…

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#96 The TikTok Dealer: Livestreaming Car Negotiations to 1,000s, How dealers can kill on social media, Is the Cybertruck a flop? | George Saliba, Dealer Principal at J&S Mitsubishi 53:14

16d ago53:14

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Welcome to the Car Dealership Guy Podcast. In this episode, I'm speaking with George Saliba, Dealer Principal at J&S Mitsubishi where we discuss: why he's livestreaming car buying to thousands, how dealers can kill on social media, is the Cybertruck a flop? and much more. This episode of the Car Dealership Guy Podcast is brought to you by: Car Deal…

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The CDK Cyber Attack Debacle Did Not Have to Happen 51:55

26d ago51:55

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👉Get Kathi’s ebook: “A Beginner’s Guide to AI for Automotive Retail 👈 At our core, we are car people. We are upset to witness what’s happening to our fellow car people at CDK dealerships. This fact is the driver for this week’s episode. While the CDK cyber attack is causing major disruption to sales, service and parts, there will be even more chall…

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#95 Cyber attack testing a trillion dollar industry, “Spearfishing", Where do dealers go from here? | A special panel discussion with cyber security experts, dealers, and industry insiders 1:11:34

18d ago1:11:34

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Welcome to the Car Dealership Guy Podcast. In this special episode, I'm hosting a panel of cyber security experts, dealers, and industry insiders where we discuss: A cyber attack testing a trillion dollar industry,"spearfishing", what’s at stake and where do dealers go from here? This episode of the Car Dealership Guy Podcast is brought to you by: …

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Gaining More Control Over Online Ratings 45:05

1M ago45:05

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👉Get Kathi’s ebook: “A Beginner’s Guide to AI for Automotive Retail 👈 This week we chat about Kathi’s trip to Vegas for NIADA where she spoke about online reputation management. Then we share our thoughts on the CDK outage debacle and what it means for dealership personnel. (of course, the debacle was not over at the time of taping) Mike recommends…

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Building boldstart ventures from $1M to $850M with Ed Sim 1:45:15

24d ago1:45:15

1:45:15

Get Attio, the next generation of CRM: https://bit.ly/AttioThePeel Ed Sim is the Founder of boldstart ventures, which partners with bold founders reinventing the enterprise stack at the inception stage. Ed takes us inside the journey building boldstart, from its first $1m fund in 2010 up to $850m in AUM today. Timestamps:(00:00) Intro(03:48) Evolut…

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#94 Killing the dealership 'courtesy shuttle', Evolving the experience at dealerships, How dealers hacked Uber | Charles Mizrahi, Head of Automotive Partnerships at Uber 24:18

23d ago24:18

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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! This episode of the Car Dealership Guy Podcast is brought to you by: AutoFi - …

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#93 Why automakers are building in the US again, What car brands make the most American cars, Something big is happening in Alabama | Jenni Newman, Editor-in-Chief of Cars.com 33:06

25d ago33:06

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Welcome to the Car Dealership Guy Podcast. In this episode, I'm speaking with Jenni Newman, Editor-in-Chief of Cars.com where we discuss: Why automakers are building in the US again, What car brand makes the most American cars, and Something big is happening in Lincoln, Alabama. This episode of the Car Dealership Guy Podcast is brought to you by: T…

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Scaling Instacart to $10+ Billion with ex-President Nilam Ganenthiran 1:16:41

1M ago1:16:41

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Get Attio, the next generation of CRM: https://bit.ly/AttioThePeel Nilam Ganenthiran is the founder and CEO of Beacon Software. Previously, he was the 12th employee and President at Instacart. We talk tactics for customer research, building customer relationships, balancing strategy and execution, how to serve on and manage a board, what happened w…

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#92 Leading the fastest-growing car brand in America, Investing $1B on new dealerships, Hyundai's solution for fast charging? | Randy Parker, CEO of Hyundai Motor America 44:36

1M ago44:36

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Welcome to the Car Dealership Guy Podcast. In this episode, I'm speaking with Randy Parker, CEO of Hyundai Motor America where we discuss: leading the fastest-growing car brand in America, Investing $1B in new dealerships, A solution for fast charging? The Future of FSD for Hyundai. This episode of the Car Dealership Guy Podcast is brought to you b…

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#91 Why consumer financing is broken in the US, Handling $1.5B in auto loans, Why Tesla loan performance is so puzzling | Amitay Kalmar, CEO of Lendbuzz 38:15

1M ago38:15

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Welcome to the Car Dealership Guy Podcast. In this episode, I'm speaking with Amitay Kalmar, CEO of Lendbuzz where we discuss: Why consumer financing is broken in the US, Handling 1.5B in auto loans, Auto lenders pulling out of the market, Why Tesla loan performance is so puzzling. This episode of the Car Dealership Guy Podcast is brought to you by…

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How the Smartest Companies Use AI | Ankur Goyal, Braintrust 1:27:03

1M ago1:27:03

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Get Attio, the next generation of CRM: https://bit.ly/AttioThePeel Ankur Goyal is the Founder and CEO of Braintrust, the end to end developer platform for building the world's best AI products. Their customers include companies like Instacart, Zapier, Notion, Airtable, Replit, and more. We hit on the importance of LLM evals, advice for building AI …

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#90 Why the Canadian Gov't is the best car salesman, Selling 7,000 cars a year in Quebec, Exporting cars to the US for massive profit | Jimmy Houle, CEO of Groupe Lallier 50:43

2M ago50:43

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Welcome to the Car Dealership Guy Podcast. In this episode, I'm speaking with Jimmy Houle, CEO of Groupe Lallier where we discuss: Why the Canadian Gov’t is the best car salesman, Selling 7,000 cars a year in Quebec, What’s stopping Carvana in Canada… for now, Exporting cars to the US for massive profit. This episode of the Car Dealership Guy Podca…

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#89 Creating unusual profit opportunities in automotive, Why service claims for EVs are shocking, Growing cyber threats to cars | Tony Wanderon, CEO of APCO/EasyCare 1:02:45

2M ago1:02:45

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Welcome to the Car Dealership Guy Podcast. In this episode, I'm speaking with Tony Wanderon, CEO of APCO Holdings, home of EasyCare, where we discuss: Creating unusual profit opportunities in automotive, Why service claims for EVs are shocking, Mechanics making more than attorneys?, The growing cyber threat for cars. This episode of the Car Dealers…

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Lessons From 21 Years of VC Fund Investing | Alan Feld, Vintage Investment Partners 1:03:44

1M ago1:03:44

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Get Attio, the next generation of CRM: https://bit.ly/AttioThePeelAlan Feld is the Founder and Managing Partner of Vintage Investment Partners. Vintage is one of the largest fund of funds in the world, managing over $4 billion across what is mostly investments into other venture funds, plus some secondary and direct startup investments at the growt…

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Has Google Lost Its Mind? 42:11

2M ago42:11

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👉Get Kathi’s ebook: “A Beginner’s Guide to AI for Automotive Retail 👈 Let’s talk about the recent changes Google is making to search. It’s a wild ride and it’s not at all over yet. Music segment: Siouxsie Sioux B-day Beach Boys documentary (thumbs down) 100 ft Wave documentary 👉Get Kathi’s ebook: “A Beginner’s Guide to AI for Automotive Retail 👈 Go…

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#88 CDG Market Update: Why the car business looks like 2008, Selling cars on TikTok Live, Payment shock hits car buyers | Jessica Caldwell, Head of Insights at Edmunds and Zac Kinch, General Manager of ... 1:04:03

2M ago1:04:03

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Welcome to the third episode of The Car Dealership Guy Market Update—Brought to you by Edmunds. This segment is a monthly discussion with automotive industry experts and dealers about where our car market is today -- and where it may headed. From insider-only dealership insights to macroeconomic trends, my goal is to make you smarter and more infor…

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