On this episode of the Playbook, I have Paul Rivera, CEO of Electra Mechanica.

And man, he's going to take me back to when I was CEO of the world's first smartphone.

He's CEO of the world's first solo electric vehicle.

Join me for all this and more on the Playbook.

This is Entrepreneurs the Playbook. For each week, I bring you some of the greatest athletes,

celebrities and entrepreneurs to talk about their personal and professional playbook to success

and what made them champions on the field and in the boardroom.

I'm your host, David Meltzer.

I got the future of the playbook on today, Paul Rivera, CEO of Electra Mechanica,

Vehicles, Corp. It's an incredible, I watch the website, I watch the video, Paul,

and I got to tell you, it must be so exciting to be the CEO of this company because that vehicle

is extraordinary and I can just see so many applications for the vehicle itself,

but more importantly, so many people driving it around.

Yeah, first of all, you're right. This is a dream job for myself.

I get excited just talking about how cool the job is and you're right, it's a cool vehicle,

it's a cool company and I'll tell you that when we get a chance, I'll tell you a little bit

about the history of how I came across Electra Mechanica because I've known them for years before

I became CEO and when they came to me and asked me if I wanted to become CEO, I was like, wow,

what a cool thing for me to get that opportunity and it's just a great, great opportunity for me.

Certainly as you know, I was CEO of the world's first smartphone back in 1999, it was called

a convergence device. The difference between the two situations as I was trying to run a kind of

comparative emotional analysis of being CEO of the two different companies is that your company is

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