How I Started A $110 Million Car Business At Age 30 | Founder Effect
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- Опубликовано: 21 ноя 2024
- When Josh Aviv was a college student, he had a simple idea. If there are too few charging stations for electric vehicles, why not just bring the charge to the car? Three years later, that idea launched the creation of SparkCharge, a mobile charging solution for electric cars. Aviv's company delivers electricity to EV owners in need and provides them with enough charge to get back out on the road. It's an idea that could play a major role in the emerging EV marketplace.
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How I Started A $110 Million Car Business At Age 30 | Founder Effect
He was the only person in his cohort to show up at the meeting his business professor arranged. Talk about being in the right place at the right time! Way to go Josh! More (electric) power to you! 😇
I remember seeing his pitch on Sharktank years ago! Glad to see that they're still thriving! Wish you the best Josh!
did he get investment?
I literally saw this as a next video suggestion under the Shark Tank episode 😅
He is Triple AAA of the E.V. business.
So AAA AAA AAA?
@@monzerfaisal3673 😄I see what you did there.
Indeed he is the AAA of E.V.!
@@eudofia thank you😏
Yep. The brand names for the company and the app are both on point too.
He's got in early. If he does this right he could be a billionaire in the future
other companies will try to buy his company.
most def
Near future
@@poundtrader1414 who is selling the company xd
Easily! It will most definitely happen if the company’s growth trajectory continues.
This a great example of studying the market and filling a need. Wow, impressive.
Such a genius idea! So proud of Josh for providing a solution for EV drivers. This was a great interview!
All this does is make owning an electric vehicle more expensive
@@ssj2camaro21 With a touch of convenience.
@@ssj2camaro21 why
be "eco" buy EV, call a truk to charge your EV and multiply the carbon emission you would with a regular car.
You just have to be an american to be such a hypocrite and grow this type of business. It's like feeding average americans on fast foods and charging extra for insurance covering heart diseases...
@@LMOO okay
Lol I was in Econ with him. Good for him! Guess I should have showed up after class lmao
What you up to ?
@@Y2Kvids working in tech doing pretty well but not $110 Million good lol
Do you remember why you didn’t show up?
@@ambessashield9360 I mean probably doing something else school related. It's not like I'd never been after class before but that was usually to study
reminds me of an interview I saw with Magic Johnson. Someone asked him, as a business mogul are there any business ventures that he regrets/passed up on. He said yes, he said in around 1982 etc, he was offered an opportunity to invest 10% ownership in a fledgling startup sneaker company called Nike, he turned it down. He said the investment would have made him about 10 billion right now
A great inspiration for young black entrepreneurs. I pray that your business becomes more successful.
Why do you have to make a comment about skin color? We are humans period
@@kauaifishing1365 Man shut up representation matters. Him being a young Black entrepreneur means something.
@@panther5592 lol panther in your name and the bitterness is dripping off you! So fitting it hurts. Get over yourself
@@panther5592
Only if the people representing have issues with other races.
💯 young black & successful, we want to see more of this
What a novel idea. Wishing this young man continued success in his business.
young man? he's 30! so olddd
@@generictoast7678 Ha ha, tell that to someone who is actually 30. I’m sure they wouldn’t want anybody calling them old, lol.😂
@@generictoast7678 bro its young for doing such business at 30 dont overlook at gates or others bro they are outliers.He is young i think
Congratulations my young brother. Trail blazer for other young black entrepreneurs.
only black black black.. ppl cant see beyond skin color anymore.
@@nonefvnfvnjnjnjevjenjvonej3384 extremely true
@@nonefvnfvnjnjnjevjenjvonej3384 Why don't you take your negativity and jealousy to another forum where it belongs. I think stormfront still has a youtube channel. What a really daft comment.
@@nonefvnfvnjnjnjevjenjvonej3384 Why don't you take your negativity and jealousy to another forum where it belongs. I think stormfront still has a youtube channel.
Is skin colour important?
Wow this was excellent. I remember when I was in highschool and our economics teacher was talking about how we'd have electric cars one day and I was skeptical because what if your battery dies while you're in the middle of nowhere and you're not near a charging station? Then what? And this guy solved it!
This guy is a genius
Josh needs to have that same passion and enthusiasm for his health and fitness 🥴🙄
@@openranks4519 to be fair, half of these rich guys are out of shape. Have you seen Elon without a shirt? 😂
No he's not, he just was someone that decided to see it through. What he provides is not revolutionary or did he invent it. This is what happens when you follow your dream. You don't have to be smart or rich. He is not a genius. He's smart but he followed his dreams
@@mannyw_ 😀😀😀😀😀
not a genius ... Most million dollar idea profit off lazy people. UBEREATS , amazon, car charging . Convenience is the selling point
This should be renamed "How to turn $500k into $110m"
This guy is a legend, such an inspiring story!
How to turn 1 million into 100 million
This man is brilliant!! Kudos to him coming up with this idea and then securing funding for it.
Tesla stock dipped severally , resulting to about 23% drop in the shares value this month. I seriously need suggestions on how to diversify my $400k portfolio made up of volatile TSLA.
For the average citizen, the tactics are rather demanding. In actuality, most of them are effectively completed by experts who possess the necessary knowledge and skill set to carry out such occupations.
This is actually genius
This is a genius idea! Props to Josh and his team!
Impressive video. I started a bit late (graduated from my doctorate program at age 30 in 2014 with 170k in school loan debt). Managed to pay off my debt by 2019 and currently have a house and 250k total in investments (combo of profit share, 401k and a brokerage account). I'm not very knowledgeable in investing, so I just have my investing currently in index funds mainly Too but have been putting a lot into Schd the past few months. I don’t know if that's the optimal strategy, but psychologically it is very set it and forget it, and prevents me from obsessing over individual stock performance.
I’m thinking of doing the same but not sure if I should use different brokerage accounts? Just curious. Pros and cons?
@@edward.abrahamPlease tell me how I can think I have such skills. My funds are being murdered by inflation, therefore I'm looking for a more profitable investing strategy to put them to work.
@@edward.abraham I just looked up Julia online and researched her accreditation. She seem very proficient, I wrote her detailing my Fin-market goals.
mmmkay whats your overall point here? how does this heartwarming story relate to this vid?
Smart guy creating his business on this necessity for electric car drivers. I really hope he doesn’t sell his company because there will be more businesses that will do this in the near future.
truuu
Wherever there is a problem, there is money to be made! Provide that solution globally and you are made for life! Congratulations, Josh!
Truly inspiring Josh!
And, to think that your idea and determination evolved into your company today! It's just really picking up traction; sky is the limit with evolving, growing and scaling!
Congratulations!!!
Never knew he appeared on Shark Tank but I immediately knew Mark Cuban was one of his influences by the third “right”. Lol. So proud of this young man for bringing his idea to life. Congrats!
3rd right lol
Lmao! I thought I was the only one to catch that, right. 😂
Don’t let Kanye see this
@bitcoinking 2head reply
Speechless with the idea, because this guy had his thoughts beyond the normal thinking😇😇😇😇 and I believe josh is going to help a lot of people with his project.
My buddy had this idea about 6 (or so) years ago. To buy a bunch of cube vans and load them with batteries and use those to charge EVs that ran out of battery while in the road.
Yeap, I heard about this idea in a movie 20 years ago, but using fuel/Gas. Yeap, many people have thought about this idea before this guy executed it. That is the difference between the doers and thinkers
AAA will definitely be acquiring this
Congratulations, Josh! This is such a great and inspiring story of a young entrepreneur trying to solve a problem and make a difference
God bless this brother much love to him.
The brilliance (and timing) here is on another level; you can’t dream these scenarios. Too good
i am 8 years late lol, i thought about this idea recently as i have noticed the growth in EV cars production, especially from major car companies, looked it up today and I came across this video. amazing to see someone already started this, really happy for him
That’s only in States tho.
@@jackl135 yeah so there's oppurtunity else where
A black man… This is very inspiring wishing prosperity to everyone that wants to take care of their families❤
Josh is doing great things in the EV market!
This is an awesome idea! Keep it up, great job!
Absolute Genius, partnering with electric car brands is a great b2b revenue model
You go my guy. Many blessings ❤
Absolutely genius! He was way ahead of his time, good for him!!
Very proud of this young man!
The kind of service the the world need, Good job
“You pick the right team…,right?” “……right?” Clearly Mark C is his mentor. Lol. The way they talk is identical. Congrats!
Love seeing brothers like this build successful, intelligent businesses. Congrats and more success to you in the future!
This is what I want to see for black history month. NOT a bunch of victimhood nonsense and excuses. This guy never made excuses, that's why he's at where he's at.
@@aaroncatolico7550😂
Love seeing anyone like this build a successful business
@@georgelittle4070ok. We will be happy for our people and you can be happy for your kind. We don’t need to be happy for everybody
Like many of the commenters here, it’s one of the freshest ideas, great pivot into currently and well done on spotting the future at such an early time, so inspiring and hope your company will have a successful future!
I see a big utility use for this with US military applications overseas for large drones and land vehicles.
Awesome story bro. Phoenix will definitely be a good market for your company. People love their EV’s here 👌🏼
Great job Josh. Keep doing it big!
Wow - you're doing it man and looking good being the founder too!
What this needs are autonomous vehicles for the delivery. Imagine ordering a charge online. Within 30 minutes a driverless van with a HUGE battery (like many hundred of kWh) inside would show up. The owner would start charging his car, adding 30 kWh or 100 miles in 20 minutes if charging at a rate of 100 kW. After charging the van would carry on to the next customer. Once the battery is depleted the van would return to base to charge the battery or replace it for a fresh one.
This is definitely going to become a multi billion dollar company
This needs to be in the UK. Such a brilliant idea.
this is so inspirational. Guys, who's with me? Let's go for it! Let's do this thing! Yeah!!
Agree with many of the positive comments. Congrats to Josh and well wishes. Mobile charging is a must for those who value time and convenience. These two things are what people value in a busy environment. Also, the issue of finding a charging station to minimize the charging anxiety could be reduced with mobile charging. Finally, with states like California banning combustion engine vehicles in the next few years (I believe by 2030 AND I have so many comments about that move, but that is for another time), it will be important to have convenient places to charge your vehicle.
Bro stfu no one cares if you agreed with the positive or negative comments. Commenting like your the main character
Franchise this! Id love to get a business of this type going in my city
Most times it amazes me greatly how I moved from an average lifestyle to earning over $63k per month, Utter shock is the word. I have understood a lot in the past few years that there are lots of opportunities in the financial market. The only thing is to know where to invest.
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See a need. Fill a need.
You have my admiration and congrats on your success.
This is a really awesome concept! Looking forward to all that SparkCharge does in the future! ⚡️🔋🚙
But you still gotta wait to charge your car. It’s not like delivering fuel tank to from triple A to your car. But this service is great for ev owners who are stranded or very low on juice.
I am so inspired after watching this. I tried jumping into the bio diesel fuel business about a decade ago a bit too late because the clean energy market was transitioning to ethanol and hydro energy.
This is a genius, i predict this company to skyrocket in popularity and success in 2023.
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Should also sell the Roadie direct to consumers!
I think they do
They do, $4,500 for businesses. Don't know about individual consumers
Okay, okay, now we're onto something. I was hesitant to consider an EV car, due to running out of charge.
But, with this service option, I would seriously considering signing up!
I didn't hear it mentioned but I saw it on the van multiple times in the video that their Spark van is 100% Electric. Great.
Let's go!!! Inspiring!! We are looking at a future billionaire.
This is truly inspiring.
Thank you Josh.
This is a good idea...my worst experience was spending time charging car and finding a place to charge.
Delivered 1 Mio miles to customer and is valued at 110 Mio USD... where one conventional car can drive 200.000 to 400.000 miles in its live... Looks like there is an extremely future growth priced in, whereas stationary loading stations are grow in rapid pace and are the pure antagonist of that business....
Delivered 1million miles and getting 10 million dollars of revenue. Let's say that 5 million of it comes from charging vehicles. That sums up to 5 dollars per mile. Something does not add up.
I think going foward they should consider setting up traditional charging stations (not mobile) to remain relevant in cities. Otherwise, they will be pushed out of cities when so many stations are available into areas less attractive for setting up stations like rural, roads with few centres along, and up country. Unless they'll be cheaper than traditional stations in cities. Having both mobile and traditional will cement their place for the long term.
LOVING ALL OF THIS!!!!! Awesome.
Another brother contributes to the welfare of the community.
Kudos brother.
Well done Josh!
4:07 "A little show"🤣
It's an interesting idea. I'm not sure on the longevity, as soon as more charge points become available it's less likely this service will be needed. Expanding into charge points themselves as they have done seems a smart idea.
They still sell gas cans at every gas station and also ask caa or aaa how many people still run out of gas120yrs later .
Wow... Crazy expensive and only solves edge-case scenarios, I don't see how this company can hope to meet its valuation.
He is crushing it!!!
So proud of him! amazing idea.
You need to bring this to South Africa!
impressive success, I might want a small startup with my ideas. i'm not warm with the current products they have though. Consider that large EVs like the F150 Lightning, upcoming Cybertruck, Ioniq 5, etc. can charge another vehicle, enough power to get to the nearest DC charger or home. They would find more success by reusing the engineering for portable battery stations for camping, remote work, RV and boat power, and finally a Powerwall like system for residential.
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New Zealand is covered in electric car charging stations. Large department stores provide free charging while the person is shopping in the store.
The US has even more than nz. Nz is still in infancy
@@chahal_s US is also massive compared to NZ. US is completely lacking in its charging infrastructure
Expect to get door dings at these free mall charging stations.
This guy is different. I wish his business success!
Similar to cellphone battery pack, it will soon be discovered, a handy battery pack that can charge your car. That one is soon to come also. So this kind of business concept will only be okay if the handy battery pack is not yet there.
I wish South Africa was a country that believed in funding its people who have such great ideas..,..I'm so jealous.
True… Only if you know people in the government can you really get funding 😂😂😂 and the crime also makes it difficult to be innovate
@@ALPHAROYCE crime yes crime.
Wow...perfect timing/perfect market...nice work.
Love it!!! Congratulations to him
As soon as I realized what he invented I said....Bingo!!! Genius!!!
Simple & Effective, great job bro!
Great material for a case study!
Congratulations, thank you for sharing!
His company is do well so far. His company is doing better compared to other companies which are laying off thousands of employees.
That is a great idea specifically for the transistioning of drivers to electric vehicals.
Outstanding, God bless you, your business and family.
Good job brother
I'm really proud of you!
This absolutely brilliant.
My man is a forward thinker for sure! This is amazing!
They sold 10,000 miles of range to customers so far.
On track for $10m sales this year.
$30m raised at the $110m valuation
THIS IS AMAZING!!!
This is how brilliant idea coming from people who want to solve problems, love it...
I'm so glad this guy is doing well since I saw that shark tank episode! Glad to see the update
CNBC: currently in 121 cities
goes to the app: currently, only offered in 3 cities!?!!!?
This is a great business model, it'll be interesting to see how they perform with competition in the market place, but considering people even need normal cars jumped or get gas before they can hit a station it just makes sense. Good on him. It's a nice model.
I think the only EV owners who have range anxiety are non-Tesla owners. The Tesla Super Charger network is years ahead of whatever they’re rolling out these days. This is overall goodness, but the elephant in the room is how no one talks about how great the Super Charger network is. I don’t like how this piece blankets the entire EV market as having trepidation about where they’ll charge their vehicle for long distance driving. Again, this fear is solely with non-Tesla owners.