Ep.553 ~ Two Guys in Their 20’s Built a $5 BILLION Self-Driving Trucking Company ~ Alex Rodrigues

Our guest is a 26-year old innovator and entrepreneur who is the co-founder of the $5 Billion self-driving semi-truck company in the world, Embark Trucks. His name is Alex Rodrigues and his company Embark is setting a precedent for self-driving semi-truck around the world.

 

Alex is going to talk with us about building this company and changing the world, one self-driving semi-truck at a time

 

02:04    Micro-High Performance Episodes

02:46    Events and Trips For Entrepreneurs

03:38    Seasoned Business Minds Group

04:12    Guest Introduction

05:22   The Platform Agnostic Design Trucks

06:23  An Average 26 year old with a Huge Company that's Changing the World

10:08   Robotics World Championship

12:43   Bedtime Business Journal

15:44  The Passion for Creating Value for People

19:02  Alex’s Realization to Build a Business with a Self-Driving Truck

22:09  The 333 Business Idea Philosophy

27:09  Dropping Out of College to Build Something

29:03  Y Combinator Experience

33:52  Setting Business Strategy and Call Bullsh*t

35:29  Maintaining Business Relationship and Friendship

39:21   Embark Trucking  Business Phases

42:40  The Truck Transfer Program

47:30  Alex’s Day-to Day Routine

50:16  The Unique Technology of Embark

55:45  Rule of Thumb when a Successful Company Goes Live in Public

 

Contact Info:

https://embarktrucks.com/

 

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