DiscoverCar Dealership Guy Podcast#99 The Car Ad Maverick: Secrets to dealership profitability, Racing Porsches with VCs, is there a crystal ball for aged inventory? | Len Short, Co-founder of Lotlinx
#99 The Car Ad Maverick: Secrets to dealership profitability, Racing Porsches with VCs, is there a crystal ball for aged inventory? | Len Short, Co-founder of Lotlinx

#99 The Car Ad Maverick: Secrets to dealership profitability, Racing Porsches with VCs, is there a crystal ball for aged inventory? | Len Short, Co-founder of Lotlinx

Update: 2024-07-09
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Welcome to the Car Dealership Guy Podcast. In this episode, I'm speaking with Len Short, co-founder of Lotlinx where we discuss: The secrets to dealership profitability, racing Porsches with VCs, Markdown doom loops, Is there a crystal ball for aged inventory? and much more.


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Topics:

(00:00:00 ) - Intro

(00:00:53 ) - Len’s previous life selling Porsche’s

(00:02:51 ) - Len’s career in auto

(00:06:25 ) - Founding LotLinx

(00:12:41 ) - Are dealers here to stay long-term?

(00:16:17 ) - What problems are you solving today at LotLinx?

(00:25:46 ) - How much has the business scaled? 

(00:28:07 ) - Why are new cars being mismanaged?

(00:29:56 ) - Will OEMs take more inventory risk?

(00:38:39 ) - What’s next for the business?


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#99 The Car Ad Maverick: Secrets to dealership profitability, Racing Porsches with VCs, is there a crystal ball for aged inventory? | Len Short, Co-founder of Lotlinx

#99 The Car Ad Maverick: Secrets to dealership profitability, Racing Porsches with VCs, is there a crystal ball for aged inventory? | Len Short, Co-founder of Lotlinx

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