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RSG022: From Founding Lyft Driver to Rideshare Blogger (Transcript)

This is a transcript of Episode 22: From Founding Lyft Driver to Rideshare Blogger.  You can find show notes, comments and more by clicking here.  You can also listen to the podcast in iTunes, Stitcher or wherever you get your podcasts.

Male: Welcome to the Rideshare Guide Podcast. The site that’s dedicated to helping drivers earn more money by working smarter, not harder. So whether you drive for Lyft, Uber, Sidecar or anything in between, we’ve got you covered. And now here’s your host. Harry Campbell.

Harry: Hey, what’s going on everybody? Harry here. Welcome to another episode of the Rideshare Guy podcast. I’m definitely psyched to have you guys listening and I’m really excited for today’s episode. I’ve got a pretty cool interview with a guy named Doug Herrera who is actually my neighbor and he is a founding Lyft driver and now a Rideshare blogger. So he actually runs a site called ridesharingdriver.com and I’ve known about him for a while and we actually just recently went out to lunch, talked a little rideshare, and as you guys can imagine we had a lot to talk about, both being drivers and bloggers, and just he’s a cool guy, so I thought it would be really cool to have him on the podcast.

He was a founding Lyft driver in Orange County, which I found really fascinating so we talked a lot about that on the podcast, and it was just really cool to talk to someone who has been around for a while. You guys will hear on the podcast just how long he’s been around for. I’m not going to do any huge long intro today because the interview is a bit long but I think it is packed full of a lot of good information and just really cool stories and a lot of some of the benefits, some of the bad stuff, some of the good stuff about being a driver, and all the opportunities that you can take advantage of and it was definitely cool to hear. I think you guys definitely want to listen until the end because we kind of talked about how Doug recognizes opportunity to start a site and how he aligned two of his passions to basically create this huge opportunity for himself in addition to driving.

I think it’s a story that will resonate with a lot of drivers and I know that a lot of us are entrepreneurial and have all of these ambitions and I know a lot of people probably don’t want to go and drive Uber and Lyft forever, so I think this podcast interview was definitely inspiring for me and I think you guys will learn a lot from it. Hopefully you guys will enjoy it and before I move on, I just want to give a quick thanks to everyone who has been listening. We actually were right on the cusp of 10,000 downloads per month so all the podcasts right now combined I think last month, in June, they were very close. I was at about 9,000 downloads, which is awesome, so definitely appreciate everyone who has listened and I have been getting great feedback. I’m hoping to do a bunch of new interviews and a bunch of new podcasts going forward, so definitely stay tuned for that and if you guys haven’t checked out the course yet that we launched. I’m a little biased, but I think it’s packed full of ton of information. I launched a cool video course with Brian Cole. [Read more…]

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Hillary Weighs In on Uber, LAX Opens Its Doors & Uber Fined $7.3 Million

There was no shortage of big news stories this week and there was a lot of good commentary over on the RSG Facebook page.  It looks like the gig economy just became a political battle with Hillary Clinton weighing in on companies like Uber and Jeb Bush taking rides all over San Francisco.  Today, RSG contributor, John Ince, takes a look at that story, recaps Uber’s first multi-million dollar fine and wonders if LAX opening up to Uber could start a chain reaction.

Hillary Weighs In on Uber, LAX Opens Up & Uber Fined $7.3 Million

Hillary Weighs In on Uber, LAX Opens Up & Uber Fined $7.3 Million

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Sidecar Announcement… What the Heck?

Even though Sidecar isn’t available in every market, it’s always good to see competition in the rideshare industry.  Over the weekend though, Sidecar made a big announcement that will directly affect its rideshare business.  Today, Senior RSG contributor, Scott Van Maldegiam takes a look at what this announcement means for drivers, and shares his analysis on what Sidecar did wrong and what it needs to do in the future to ever have a chance to compete with the likes of Uber and Lyft.

I was surprised but also not surprised when I read the Sidecar announcement last weekend.  For those who haven’t heard, the gist of their announcement was that they will be changing their focus from rideshare to deliveries.

Sidecar Announcement... What the Heck?

Sidecar Announcement… What the Heck?

While they tried to put a positive spin on the announcement, it is hard not to see it as negative.  In sailing-speak, Sidecar is tacking away in hopes of finding fresh and clear wind.  They seemed to be making strides at the beginning of the year to drive more demand and to get more drivers on the road, but with this latest move, they will fall further behind Lyft and Uber.

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Maximizing Your Income With Postmates

It’s been a while since my last Postmates article but I wanted to take some time and do some more thinking about ways that drivers can really maximize their income.  As you guys know, my site is all about working smarter, not harder and while I wasn’t too impressed with the income from Postmates I also recognize that there are a lot of people still driving for them.  Many of Postmates’ couriers may not have Uber eligible cars, prefer dealing with food instead of people or just like Postmates better in general than Uber or Lyft.

Maximizing Your Income With Postmates

Maximizing Your Income With Postmates

In terms of company culture, I’d actually say that Postmates is somewhere in-between Lyft and Uber.  Their employees seem to care and want drivers to succeed but there’s a whole lot of talk and not a lot of action in my opinion.  If you’d like to take a look at my past articles on Postmates, I’ve done extensive reviews on the orientation, on-boarding process and my first night of driving:

If you’re considering signing up for Postmates, those articles should save you some time.  Unfortunately, there’s no sign-up bonus for drivers right now but if you decide that you want to sign up using my link you can do so by clicking here. [Read more…]