SpotHero, every mention
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every year anyone Guy Raz 21Mark Lawrence 13
Verbatim, from the transcripts: the passages where SpotHero comes up
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SpotHero: Mark Lawrence
- ▶ 0:59 Guy Raz I'm Guy Raz, and on the show today, how thousands of dollars in parking tickets drove Mark Lawrence to launch Spot Hero, a service that since launch has parked fifty million cars across North America. 5 times in the scene
- ▶ 6:58 Mark Lawrence so I, I was able to save, uh, money, and what's nice is I was able to use 6000 dollars of that to start Spot Hero.
- ▶ 10:20 Guy Raz Yeah, so another thing I think that was happening around this time, which would actually lead you to starting Spot Hero, um, is that
- ▶ 20:40 Guy Raz Through your website, through Spot Hero. 6 times in the scene
- ▶ 23:33 Mark Lawrence So if you thought our website Spot Hero was janky, you should see my, my artwork, um, of, of maps for, for free parking. 4 times in the scene
- ▶ 39:59 Mark Lawrence The idea of what Spot Hero could be nationwide and then worldwide is exciting, and people are eating your lunch everywhere.
- ▶ 46:08 Guy Raz When we come back, Spot Hero goes west, where its competition has more visibility and a lot more money.
- ▶ 46:39 Guy Raz So it's the end of 20 14, and after much hesitation, Mark and his partners decide to expand Spot Hero to the city they fear most, San Francisco. 7 times in the scene
- ▶ 56:34 Mark Lawrence And we were the first.
- ▶ 1:00:34 Mark Lawrence Um, every year in the company, we had an existential threat to, uh, parking and spot hero, and I went through every one for every year just to remind people of what we had, you know, transcended and come through, and I said, and this is… 3 times in the scene
- ▶ 1:05:48 Mark Lawrence Our focus, consistent focus, you go through the history of the company, every aspect, all these potential distractions, or things to spread ourselves too thin, or things that could, you know, have, have killed us sooner. 3 times in the scene