E1116 Cabana's Scott Kubly is building a fleet of hotels-on-wheels & scaling an asset-heavy business

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Show notes:

0:00 Start

0:51 Jason intros Cabana CEO Scott Kubly

3:22 What is the origin of Cabana? What is the 1.0 version of the van?

8:16 Cabana's water system

10:45 Silicon Valley Bank - For over 35 years SVB has helped thousands of tech and life science companies plan for the future. Learn more at https://SVB.com/next

11:51 Pricing, average rental length, restrictions around parking in cities, use cases

17:01 Who is the early customer?

22:30 MainStreet - Startups: you’re owed over $50,000 by the IRS, get it back at https://mainstreet.us/twist

24:07 Challenges of asset-heavy businesses

29:58 Lessons from working at Lime, what Scott likes about his business

34:06 Masterworks - Skip the 5000+ person waitlist by going to https://i.masterworks.io/twist

36:19 Launching California cities in the late fall, creating a concierge service & pop-up hotels with fleets of Cabana vans

40:18 Creating an XL version for family road trips

41:52 Scaling Cabana

46:27 What milestones will Cabana need to hit for Scott to know it's a success? What are they hiring for?

49:25 Jason's issues with expensive modern hotels

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