Rethinking Car Ownership for the Next Generation with CEO & Founder of Karshare, Andy Hibbert #42
Karshare is building a community that will enable the world to do more with less, with Founder Andy Hibbert’s commitment to delivering people-led experiences enabled by top-tier technology.
The ingredients that make up Andy’s entrepreneurial mindset are varied, but come from a place of perseverance and doing good for the community - in this case for the planet, taking polluting traffic off the road.
Discover Andy’s story and the inspirations behind Karshare, having seen considerable success in the travel industry with BA, STA Travel, EasyJet and Reed Mackay.
Lee and Andy discuss:
The imperative step in Karshare’s birth of obtaining buy-in from essential partners like RAC and Octo
Andy’s practical engineering mentality, working on cars and taking interest in F1 at an early age
Formative travel experiences with roles at BA, STA Travel, EasyJet and Reed Mackay
Karshare’s mission, and how their innovations can help communities on small and large scales
Links & references
Lee Cooper: https://www.linkedin.com/in/leecooperrecruiter/
Andy Hibbert: https://www.linkedin.com/in/andyjhibbert/
Karshare: https://www.linkedin.com/company/karshare/
Get in touch: lee@extrology.com
Episode highlights:
“I inherited and started a car washing round at the age of 10. So I think I always had a bit of hustle in me about trying to earn money and do things differently.” - 2:45 - Andy Hibbert
“A problem is a problem until you find the solution, so I learned that approach of understanding there are fixes here, I just don't know how to do it yet. So that tenacity and determination; there is a way, I've got to find a way.” - 10:10 - Andy Hibbert
“We experimented with hot paninis on the plane - the smell would sell the panini, and we sold them all. It was about how we can try to hustle and innovate things quickly.” - 25:00 - Andy Hibbert
“I'm contemplating these two phenomenons. Airbnb's incredible business has grown bigger than the Hilton, just by sharing a single room or house. On the other hand, how has this car rental service never innovated in the last 40 years?” - 33:45 - Andy Hibbert
“We wanted to be preemptive and proactive about management of driver behaviour. So if we spotted someone was driving the car in a way that we would want to be driving, we could see all that stuff, which meant that we could then correspond with that person via text message to change behaviours.” - 44:25 - Andy Hibbert
“If you’re going to do something, just do that and don’t try to do other things around it. I suppose if you have a belief and a commitment strong enough, you’ll find a way. It’s got more chance of working if you put everything behind it.” - 57:40 - Andy Hibbert
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