#1152 - Q&A: Tell us more about the spreadsheet guy … why did it work?
Side Hustle School
Chris Guillebeau
4.7 • 3.3K Ratings
🗓️ 26 February 2020
⏱️ 8 minutes
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Summary
Many years ago, “the spreadsheet guy of India” gained internet fame after being featured in The $100 Startup. What was so compelling about his business idea—and does his idea still work?
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| 0:56.2 | This guy, Rhett, drove me around in his little tuk tuk cart. |
| 0:59.7 | And I listed Rhett's phone number in the back of the book. |
| 1:01.8 | I told him a bit of his story and I said, hey, next time you're in Cambodia and you need |
| 1:05.7 | a ride whenever you're in Phnom Penh, give him a call. |
| 1:09.0 | And since then, literally dozens of people have emailed me or posted photos of meeting |
| 1:13.5 | Rhett the driver. |
| 1:14.5 | Which I always think is really cool, right? |
| 1:16.0 | Because it's like worlds collide. |
| 1:17.6 | You know, and Rhett is still going strong, driving people around Phnom Penh and making a much |
| 1:22.0 | better income than the other tuk tuk drivers, which is why I wrote about him in the first |
| 1:25.2 | place. |
| 1:26.2 | But the other story in this vein is a little different. |
| 1:29.0 | This one was about a guy named Perna Dugarala, a guy from India who branded himself as BFF |
| 1:35.3 | for Excel. |
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