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    1. Residential HVAC

    11 Things 'UBER' Can Teach Air Conditioning Contractors

    Aug. 28, 2014
    Uber is the mobile phone based app that connects people who need to get somewhere with drivers of private vehicles. Uber has rocketed to success and holds lessons for residential HVAC contractors. Here are eleven.

    Uber is a venture-funded startup and transportation network company based in San Francisco, California, that makes mobile apps that connect passengers with drivers of vehicles for hire and ridesharing services. The company arranges pickups in dozens of cities around the world. Cars are reserved by sending a text message or by using a mobile app—the latter can also be used by customers to track their reserved car's location.

    Uber's mobile app launched in 2010 in San Francisco, on iPhones and Android phones. It's a very useful app which can be downloaded from the appropriate App stores (Itunes Store/Android Marketplace).

    Uber has rocketed to success and holds some very cool lessons for HVAC contractors.

    Here are eleven.

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    About the Author

    Matt Michel | Chief Executive Officer

    Matt Michel was a co-founder and CEO of the Service Roundtable (ServiceRoundtable.com). The Service Roundtable is an organization founded to help contractors improve their sales, marketing, operations, and profitability. The Service Nation Alliance is a part of this overall organization. Matt was inducted into the Contracting Business HVAC Hall of Fame in 2015. He is now an author and rancher.