Welcome to another edition of The Friday 5 with Steve Greenfield, Founder and CEO of Automotive Ventures, an auto technology advisory firm that helps entrepreneurs raise money and maximize the value of their companies. I hope everyone has been enjoying the Automotive Ventures March Madness contest on LinkedIn, where you get to vote for which […]
Today on CBT News, we welcomed back David Lewis to the show. Lewis is the President and CEO of David Lewis and Associates and host of the CBT original show Straight Talk. Lewis joins host Jim Fitzpatrick to discuss how car dealers can carry momentum into the second quarter of 2021 and beyond. Lewis opens […]
The second quarter of the year just kicked off and reports have shown there are no signs of sales slowing down in the retail automotive industry. This is driving more dealers to sell their stores and more buyers to enter the market. On today’s show, we’re pleased to welcome George Karolis, President of The Presidio […]
The auto industry could start seeing a friendly face in Washington, D.C. come 2023. Successful dealer and technology entrepreneur Bernie Moreno will likely enter the upcoming Ohio Senate race, and seek the Republican nomination to fill the vacancy of retiring GOP Senator Rob Portman in 2022. The Ohio-based luxury car dealer began to seriously consider […]
Welcome to another edition of The Friday 5 with Steve Greenfield, Founder and CEO of Automotive Ventures, an auto technology advisory firm that helps entrepreneurs raise money and maximize the value of their companies. We’ve got a lot of deals to announce this week, so let’s dive right in. Let’s start off with one of […]
Auto dealers have managed to navigate the chaos of the 2020 market to carryover record sales into the first quarter of 2021. So the question has now become, how do auto dealers keep this momentum going? On today’s show, we speak with Paul Faletti, President and CEO of NCM Associates, on ways for auto dealers […]
In this episode of the ‘Dealer Advantage’ series, Lori Wittman, SVP Dealer Software Solutions, Cox Automotive and Kevin Frye, Marketing Director for Jeff Wyler...
The car-buying experience begins and ends with the customer experience. If customers aren’t satisfied early in the process, they likely won’t move forward with a purchase. If customers aren’t satisfied late in the process, they likely won’t be retained for future purchases. Today on CBT News, we welcomed world-renowned sales trainer Bob Burg to the […]
On Friday, two auto dealer associations filed suit in Illinois against the Secretary of State and two carmakers, formally requesting that the legal system enforce state laws regarding automotive sales regulations. The suit has been filed by the Illinois Automobile Dealers Association (IADA) and the Chicago Automobile Trade Association (CATA) in Cook County. They believe […]