Giovanni Smith

Founder and CEO, Subskryb · 1 appearance on the record.

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Giovanni Smith co-founded Toronto-based startup Subskryb alongside Kendell Johnson and Preston Martelly to provide a subscription-based vehicle access platform. He bootstrapped the software platform to rent out vehicles on subscription, achieving an initial milestone of $24,000 in ARR.

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5 assertions · 1 opinion · every statement was checked. The predictions and assertions are the 5 claims: statements the public record can support or contradict. 1 is resolved, and 4 name no date, number or outcome precise enough to check. Everything else (opinions, insights, what ifs, disclosures) can never be settled by the record, so it carries no assessment.

The record, in short

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Their most notable supported claim

Assertion Supported

Auto OEMs and dealerships are attempting to adopt subscription models

“More of the OEMs, they're trying to get into the subscription model. The car dealerships are trying to get into a subscription model.”

Giovanni Smith Jun 26, 2022 ▶ 9:26 They want to rent out your luxurious car using software, hit first $24k in ARR

What they said6 Episodes1

Everything Giovanni Smith said on Top Founders that made the record, most notable first. Filter by type, assessment or year in the ledger →

Opinion

Turo delivers a poor customer experience and leaves users unsupported

“The difference is that Toro has like a marketplace where people can control the prices and the customer experience is not not the best. Right. So, and when there's an issue or a problem on, on the platform for Toro, you know, you're really left on your own to …”

Giovanni Smith Jun 26, 2022 ▶ 2:02 They want to rent out your luxurious car using software, hit first $24k in ARR

Assertion Supported

Auto OEMs and dealerships are attempting to adopt subscription models

“More of the OEMs, they're trying to get into the subscription model. The car dealerships are trying to get into a subscription model.”

Giovanni Smith Jun 26, 2022 ▶ 9:26 They want to rent out your luxurious car using software, hit first $24k in ARR

Assertion Not checkable as stated

Luxury cars earn $2,000 to $3,000 monthly on Subscribe

“We see that you can actually get, get between two to 3000 dollars, give or take for that month for that car, right? Depends on, you know, the customer, the time of year. There's so many different factors that will reflect or affect the price for the month.”

Giovanni Smith Jun 26, 2022 ▶ 10:40 They want to rent out your luxurious car using software, hit first $24k in ARR

Assertion Not checkable as stated

Subscribe takes a 20% to 30% fee on car rentals

“Yeah, we take roughly between 20 to 30%, give or take. Depends on the situation.”

Giovanni Smith Jun 26, 2022 ▶ 7:14 They want to rent out your luxurious car using software, hit first $24k in ARR

Assertion Not checkable as stated

Subscribe has over 30 cars listed exclusively in Toronto

“So right now we have over 30 cars right now. [257] Nathan Latka: Okay. [257] Giovanni Smith: And we're growing. [258] Giovanni Smith: So right now we're just based in Toronto right now.”

Giovanni Smith Jun 26, 2022 ▶ 4:12 They want to rent out your luxurious car using software, hit first $24k in ARR

Assertion Not checkable as stated

Insurance accounts for roughly 25% of Subscribe's total revenue

“I would say more, more, maybe 25% or so.”

Giovanni Smith Jun 26, 2022 ▶ 5:36 They want to rent out your luxurious car using software, hit first $24k in ARR

Appearances (1)

Episode	Date	Speaking time
They want to rent out your luxurious car using software, hit first $24k in ARR	Jun 26, 2022	7m

Giovanni Smith

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