Our guest is a 26-year old innovator and entrepreneur who is the co-founder of the $5 Billion self-driving semi-truck company in the world, Embark Trucks. His name is Alex Rodrigues and his company Embark is setting a precedent for self-driving semi-truck around the world.
Alex is going to talk with us about building this company and changing the world, one self-driving semi-truck at a time
02:04 Micro-High Performance Episodes
02:46 Events and Trips For Entrepreneurs
03:38 Seasoned Business Minds Group
04:12 Guest Introduction
05:22 The Platform Agnostic Design Trucks
06:23 An Average 26 year old with a Huge Company that's Changing the World
10:08 Robotics World Championship
12:43 Bedtime Business Journal
15:44 The Passion for Creating Value for People
19:02 Alex’s Realization to Build a Business with a Self-Driving Truck
22:09 The 333 Business Idea Philosophy
27:09 Dropping Out of College to Build Something
29:03 Y Combinator Experience
33:52 Setting Business Strategy and Call Bullsh*t
35:29 Maintaining Business Relationship and Friendship
39:21 Embark Trucking Business Phases
42:40 The Truck Transfer Program
47:30 Alex’s Day-to Day Routine
50:16 The Unique Technology of Embark
55:45 Rule of Thumb when a Successful Company Goes Live in Public
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