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RSG Consulting is designed to help people with their goals in mobility, ridesharing and transportation. Large corporations, startups, municipalities, researchers, and not-for-profits have all retained the help of the RSG team to gain insight into the lives of workers in the gig economy, de-risk new products or business units, and validate hypotheses.
We have access to tens of thousands of rideshare and delivery drivers, scooter chargers, and other workers in the contractor economy. With knowledge gained from 15+ years of combined experience, our team will coach you through your business ideas and help you get answers to your questions quickly and at lower cost than through MVP testing. We’ve been a part of successful companies and seen why others have failed. We’ll help keep you in the first group. We’ve been through both successful and failed companies–let us keep you in the first group.
Clients come from a variety of backgrounds and organizations including:
- F500 companies in transportation, energy, and consumer goods
- Management consultancies
- Early and late-stage startups
- VC / market research firms
- Higher education institutions
- State and local governments
- Not-for-profits
Our top products are:
- Custom survey of gig workers–if you need insights from real drivers, the best place to go is Uber/Lyft. If they are not willing to share their data and driver(-partner)s with you, then we think we are the next-best, with a loyal readership of 75k to sample from. We’ll provide insights into the findings for you and present you with clear action items and risk areas to avoid.
- Call with Harry or Tom–if you have general questions about the industry, where it’s going, and how your organization fits, we can talk. Harry is the Rideshare Guy, and has been the main thought-leader in the space since its inception. Tom was on the Lyft launch team in LA, and now consults full-time.
- Purchase a 1-hour call with Harry here. For investor calls, please contact us for rates and arrangements.
- New product testing and validation–don’t risk your new product, or your budget, before having us kick the proverbial tires. We’ll do a deep-dive into your product/service and deliver suggestions, changes, and comments.
- Investor client calls — For folks in both institutional investments and private wealth management, we offer conference calls on ridesharing and mobility:
- Color commentary on Uber and Lyft operations and business models–what % they take, what their key risks are, and our outlook
- Real-world feedback from drivers and the pulse of the industry
- Our take on the swings in stock price
- What we believe and what we don’t in the S-1s
- Would we invest or short ourselves
- Color commentary on Uber and Lyft operations and business models–what % they take, what their key risks are, and our outlook
You can set up a client call and we’ll do an overview, outlook, and take some questions.
How can we help your organization? Contact us here
Public Policy and Transportation Consulting Work
Our team is currently working on a couple different public policy projects as a sub-consultant studying topics like congestion pricing, ride-hail regulation and more. If you’re interested in hiring us directly or including us on your team as a sub-consultant, please let me know. We are unique in that we can bring the perspective of actual ride-hail drivers through quantitative and qualitative analysis and make sure that their voice is included in the policy decisions that directly affect their livelihood.
Here’s a list of reports that we’ve published:
RSG Consulting Bios:
- Harry Campbell is The Rideshare Guy. A rocket scientist by training, Harry left Boeing to found The Rideshare Guy and build a community for drivers as Uber and Lyft were taking off. Since then, Harry has become the #1 authority in the space and a representative of gig-economy workers. Harry is one of the few people in the industry who’s driven for Uber and also interviewed their CEO. He’s also been featured in top publications including The New York Times, Forbes, The Los Angeles Times, and Motor Trend. Harry lives in LA with his wife and son. He’s recently installed solar panels on his home and enjoys occasional time totally off the grid.
- Tom Mourmouras has been in the mobility and ridesharing space for seven years. After two years in finance, he moved to TrueCar, Evercar, and Lyft, where he was on the 3-person team that introduced ridesharing to the community here in LA. In 2017, he founded his consulting company, Naxos Mobility. Tom is currently consulting for FarePilot, Shell Cleanport, and The Rideshare Guy. In his free time, Tom lets loose at UCLA Anderson.
Client testimonials
- “I worked with Harry while I was the Maven Gig Marketing Manager at General Motors. Harry helped us design and execute a survey to help us better understand the needs and wants of rideshare drivers. The results from the survey helped us shape our product offerings. Harry was always professional and easy to work with. He’s very knowledge about ride sharing and a great resource for anyone who wants to learn more about this ever-evolving space.”
- Karen Toor – Director of Global Brand Management, Gates Corporation
- “Last week, in our SharesPost Expert Series webinar, renowned ride-sharing expert Harry Campbell, founder of the popular blog, The Rideshare Guy (RSG), did a deep dive into the ongoing tug of war between drivers and ride-sharing companies. Affable and irreverent, Harry has a unique perspective on the ride-sharing industry, particularly from a driver’s point of view. He has personally interviewed and conducted surveys of thousands of drivers over the past several years.”
- Rohit Kulkarni – Managing Director at Sharespost
