Pavan Boobin

Founder & CEO, FleetPanda · 1 appearance on the record.

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He founded Fuel Panda, an on-demand mobile refueling service that pivoted into FleetPanda, a logistics management software platform for fuel distributors. Prior to FleetPanda, he worked in software engineering roles at companies including Salesforce and Workday.

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Disclosure

Boobin: Fuel Panda plans to retrofit delivery trucks for EV charging

“We don't look at ourselves as just, like, doing gas forever. We are more like a mobile energy station, for say. So, like, we would retrofit our trucks with a mobile charging stations. It could be diesel. It could be hydrofuels. So, we actually get to mix and m…”

Pavan Boobin Jul 8, 2016 ▶ 9:15 EP 349: He's Really Smart So Why'd He Quit for Startup?

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Fuel Panda is cash-flow positive on route operations

“So far, like, we are actually, we are running cashflow positive on our operations”

Pavan Boobin Jul 8, 2016 ▶ 10:23 EP 349: He's Really Smart So Why'd He Quit for Startup?

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Boobin: Fuel Panda acquires new customers for approximately $5 each

“Close to five dollars.”

Pavan Boobin Jul 8, 2016 ▶ 12:08 EP 349: He's Really Smart So Why'd He Quit for Startup?

Disclosure

500 Startups invested $125,000 for a 5% stake in Fuel Panda

“No, it's one 25 K for five percent of the business.”

Pavan Boobin Jul 8, 2016 ▶ 3:52 EP 349: He's Really Smart So Why'd He Quit for Startup?

Insight

Boobin: Whiteboards make it impossible to fake abstract business ideas

“I think you know, it's really impossible to bullshit on whiteboards. Like once you have a whiteboard and you make, even if it's an abstract conversation, start drawing pictures, it just makes it so clear.”

Pavan Boobin Jul 8, 2016 ▶ 15:50 EP 349: He's Really Smart So Why'd He Quit for Startup?

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Fuel Panda serves over 100 customers doing 70 to 80 refuels weekly

“So in last few months we are working with you know, more than a hundred customers and we're doing around six, 70 to 80 refuels every week.”

Pavan Boobin Jul 8, 2016 ▶ 2:45 EP 349: He's Really Smart So Why'd He Quit for Startup?

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Fuel Panda has delivered over 21,000 gallons across nearly 1,000 refuels

“You know, we've done more than 20, 20, 21,000 gallons of fuel. We're getting close to a thousand refueled so far in the last few months.”

Pavan Boobin Jul 8, 2016 ▶ 3:08 EP 349: He's Really Smart So Why'd He Quit for Startup?

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Fuel Panda has generated nearly $15,000 in total cumulative revenue

“We made more than 10,000. We made close to 15,000 dollars.”

Pavan Boobin Jul 8, 2016 ▶ 3:23 EP 349: He's Really Smart So Why'd He Quit for Startup?

Disclosure

Fuel Panda raised less than $200k in total capital

“It's less than 200 K.”

Pavan Boobin Jul 8, 2016 ▶ 10:18 EP 349: He's Really Smart So Why'd He Quit for Startup?

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Fuel Panda generates roughly $50 per month per customer

“An average customer would pay us around 20 dollars a month plus also we have margin on the fuel, so we make like 20 dollars more, so close to 50 dollars.”

Pavan Boobin Jul 8, 2016 ▶ 10:45 EP 349: He's Really Smart So Why'd He Quit for Startup?

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Fuel Panda generated close to $6k MRR in May 2016

“Last month we were close to 6000 dollars.”

Pavan Boobin Jul 8, 2016 ▶ 11:04 EP 349: He's Really Smart So Why'd He Quit for Startup?

Appearances (1)

Episode	Date	Speaking time
EP 349: He's Really Smart So Why'd He Quit for Startup?	Jul 8, 2016	8m

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