CARS & MOBILITY: Living on half a salary and almost losing two jobs at once w/ GOWAGO co-founders Rutger Verhoef and Léo Chevailler

“I got to choose the people that I’m working with, and I would not get rid of this for anything in the world.” - Léo Chevailler   CEO Rutger Verhoef and COO Léo Chevailler share the startup story of GOWAGO, a Swiss mobility comparison platform, that makes it easy for people to get a car for a monthly price. Before GOWAGO both founders used to work for Infinity, a premium brand of Nissan. When it came time to look at new business plans for Infinity they saw there was a real problem: people were not buying, because they were overwhelmed by the amount and complexity of information.   In this episode you’ll learn: Why it’s so important to know the industry that you’re in How the right timing helped the team land their investor How the team went about splitting up their shares How two friends can work on a business together What the difference between a CEO and a COO is Why the founders see Gowago be a source of trust in a time of autonomous driving   Weekly recommendation: Jim Rohn, motivational speaker you can find on Youtube Crazy growth hacking strategies like Airbnb, Dropbox and Paypal   BONUS:If you want to get feedback from a world-class marketing and growth mentor, check out www.growthmentor.io where you can book 30min calls with experts around the world, for just around 50.-.  DISCLAIMER: We are not getting anything out of this promotion. We just love the idea and think it could be useful to some of you young entrepreneurs out there. I want to make this podcast better, please give us your feedback and click here!