rentoid
Talk to this rental guru. You’ll never view the ladder in your garage the same way again.
In this week’s interview, Leon and Garry talk to Shannon Cooper, entrepreneur and rental guru from the startup Rentoid. He shares what drives his passion and how his company, dubbed “the eBay of renting”, enables users to rent out a wide range of products and services – everything from corporate jets to Rubik’s Cubes.
Five nuggets of entrepreneurial wisdom, courtesy of Steve Sammartino (and my not-so-lucid memory)
Sammartino has a way of making you understand that those entrepreneurial dreams are not so fanciful. That they are achievable, no matter who you are, and that life is too short to fly a desk all your life.
Sammartino and Liubinskas discuss startup momentum
A couple of weeks ago Pollenizer’s Mick Liubinskas put in a video call to Rentoid’s Steve Sammartino to pick his brain about the concept of startup momentum. Fortunately, Mick recorded it for the benefit of us all. Watch Steve discuss his views on the important role iteration plays in emerging businesses.
Offer less choice to get more sales
Regular Anthill contributor Steve Sammartino published an interesting post on his blog this morning. Steve is in the process of tweaking the pricing model for his company Rentoid and relayed a nugget of advice offered to him by fellow entrepreneur Chris Pearson (founder of Skitch and Comic Life).
Ross Hill, 2009 Anthill 30under30 winner
Ross Hill doesn’t turn 30 for another eight years, but he’s crammed more entrepreneurial activity into his 22 years than many people twice his age.
Website of the Week: Don’t buy – save your cash and rent at Rentoid.com
While Rentoid contains the everyday items you’d expect to see listed (chainsaws, ladders, laptop computers, air conditioners, etc.) there are also some deliciously oddball items. You can rent an island, sports cars, private jets, a unicycle, a driveway, a full-size wrestling ring, an R2D2 projector, even a wife (listed in the “antique” category).
Stephen Sammartino RAPS out
Stephen Sammartino is an occasional columnist for Anthill, known for delighting us with his often strange and always controversial takes on business (eg. What startups can learn from terrorists). Last week, Steve hit the streets in a ‘kinda lame’ but funny attempt to win new customers for Rentoid.com, an online renting service (like eBay but [...]
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