{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"The Climb - Cross Roads & Defining Moments","title":"The True Life of an Entrepreneur - George Baker - Founder of ParkHub","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":3187,"description":"George has nearly 17 years of hands-on experience in the parking realm, focusing on managing the parking operations of class-A office garage facilities and comparable top-tier parking operations across the continental United States. He prides himself on deep domain knowledge of the event parking space and providing a comprehensive suite of services both software and hardware to support his ever-growing clientele therein. In order to consistently exceed customer expectations in the event-parking space, ParkHub provides logistics and occupancy management services, as well as cutting-edge insights into parking operations for management.We discuss:- Hot topics in 2024- George's upbringing- Building ParkHub- The future of TechnologyLinks:ParkHubGeorge on LinkedInTopics:(00:02:00) - Immigration, Ukraine, Russia, Israel, and inflation(00:08:07) - George’s upbringing(00:11:40) - The Parking industry(00:16:49) - Building ParkHub(00:27:41) - Defining moments(00:33:07) - Getting comfortable with selling the company(00:34:36) - Empathy, humility and being lonely at the top(00:38:15) - The future of technology(00:41:46) - Selling the business(00:44:02) - What’s next for George(00:45:15) - Advice for entrepreneurs(00:48:00) - What’s something few people know about you?(00:50:00) - Fatherhood","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/G6r_B3SoNMKEt0-Py7mURjb6F0pkRmiR3HR5v519328/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9zaG93/LzEwNzU0LzE1ODk1/NTI4MTMtYXJ0d29y/ay5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}