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Startup infused cab ride in San Francisco

I just took a very interesting 20min ride from the Parc 55 hotel to the San Francisco airport with Abraham by driver.  I get in and he says “I have WIFI in my car if you need it sir”.  I was like what???  I can’t even get free WIFI at the busiest airport in the US (ATL) and this guy is offering me free unlimited WIFI?

How do you do that? Well, I had to sir. You see, I am constantly taking very smart young entrepreneurs around and they were giving me suggestions to improve my service. I jail broke one of my two phones and I offer free WIFI using my unlimited data plan.  He then took me through an amazing list of stories of who he has driven around:

  • I really like the guys who invented Uber. It makes it very easy to find a town car / taxi. You don’t have to pay me, and you don’t even have to speak with me.  He explained the service and showed me the iPhone app.  I was blown away.  He was one of the first 8 drivers or early adopters helping them improve the application less than 2 years ago.  
  • I also really like Marissa Mayer from Google.  She is so down to earth.  I started driving her before she was a millionaire and what is great is that even after her millions she is still the same person. 
  • I also drove a lady 60 minutes to work every morning.  She was able to be 100% productive with her email and laptop while I drove. By the time she arrived to work at 8am, she was way ahead of others with email and tasks.  

Abraham told me at least 3 more great stories of smart, young, driven entrepreneurs riding the electrifying roads of San Francisco and Silicon Valley.  There is a special energy in the air that is very difficult to replicate and explain. 

I got out at SFO after telling him about sstash.  He took about 10 business cards from me and said that in about 3 days he should be done passing them out to key potential advisors and influencers.  I was flabbergasted.  A cab driver in San Francisco has a lot more influence than many startup catalysts in other cities. 

I got out of the Lincoln Town Car and prepared to ride a brutal red eye flight back to Atlanta.  I wonder what would be of sstash or any other startup idea if it was incubating in an electrifying city like San Francisco. 

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