Uber's leadership lessons, AI's disruption, and the power of solo founders with Josh Mohrer | E1911
This Week in Startups
Jason Calacanis
4.2 • 1.4K Ratings
🗓️ 8 March 2024
⏱️ 55 minutes
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Todays show:
Josh Mohrer, the solo founder building Wave App joins Jason. The two dive into Josh’s time during the early Uber NY days (1:17), solo entrepreneurship in tech (19:59), and more! Josh then showcases the Wave App in action (27:10) and delves into its intricate development journey (32:26).
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Timestamps:
(0:00) Josh Mohrer joins Jason
(1:17) Early Uber NY days, Travis Kalanick's leadership, and Uber NY's regulatory challenges
(12:42) LinkedIn Jobs - Post your first job for free at https://linkedin.com/twist
(19:59) Solo entrepreneurship in tech, enabled by AI advancements
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(27:10) Josh demos Wave App and delves into its development journey
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(41:39) Future of work, AI in daily life, and generational tech shifts
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| 0:14.1 | This whole thing is I've done all of it and I have a lot of pride in that and part of this of thinking that this is even feasible and really why I reached out is that you have talked about this of like era of the solopreneur and it could be you know there are always brilliant engineer types who would then dabble in the marketing side and put together their own thing I don't |
| 0:17.6 | think there's a lot of examples of a marketing or like business side exec |
| 0:22.1 | growth exact yeah doing the code. |
| 0:24.7 | No, this is going to be the revolution. |
| 0:27.4 | This week in startups is brought to you by LinkedIn Jobs. A business is only as strong as its people and every hire matters. |
| 0:37.0 | Post your first job for free at LinkedIn.com slash Twist. |
| 0:42.0 | Square space. LinkedIn. |
| 0:43.0 | Squirespace. |
| 0:44.0 | Turn your idea into a new website. |
| 0:47.0 | Go to Squarespace. |
| 0:48.0 | Go to Squarespace. dot com slash twist for a free trial. |
| 0:51.0 | When you are ready to launch, use offer code twist to save 10% off your first purchase of a website or domain. |
| 0:59.0 | And Northwest registered agent will form your company fast, give you Northwest Registered Agent |
| 1:02.6 | Agent will form your company fast, |
| 1:04.6 | give you the documents you need to open a business bank account, |
| 1:08.2 | and more. |
| 1:09.4 | Visit Northwest Registered Agent.com slash Twist to get a 60% discount on your next LLC. |
| 1:17.0 | All right everybody, welcome back to this week and startups. |
| 1:20.0 | We have an incredible show for you today. |
| 1:23.3 | I met Josh Moore gosh 15 years ago maybe |
| 1:27.3 | when he was the first I believe |
| 1:30.9 | GM of Uber in New York City, which was in the first five cities I think |
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