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

In this episode, Jason Calacanis talks with Cabana CEO Scott Kubly about the origin and growth of Cabana, an innovative van rental service. They discuss the challenges of asset-heavy businesses, lessons from Scott's time at Lime, and Cabana's future plans, including an XL version for family trips.

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Jason Calacanis

Host • 55%

Scott Kubly

Guest • 43%

Chapters

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
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
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
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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