{"version":"1.1.0","producer":"fm.getcarcurious","layer":"official","episode":{"title":"Car Guy Coffee Podcast Presents #5Liner feat. Steve Greenfield","url":"http://getcarcurious.com/episodes/car-guy-coffee-podcast-presents-5liner-feat-steve-greenfield","audioUrl":"https://api.spreaker.com/download/episode/72765763/5_liner_with_guest_steve_greenfield_6_30_26_10_17_pm.mp3","description":"Car Guy Coffee Podcast Presents #5Liner feat. Steve Greenfield Welcome to The #5Liner, the show dedicated to the individual journeys that power the automotive industry. It's not about the company; it's about the individual, their career, mindset, and personal story. In each episode, we sit down with a high-quality selection of Car Guys and Car Gals to get beyond the title and into the hard earned wisdom they've gained. Join us as we uncover the wins, challenges, and #5Liner takeaways that have shaped today’s top talent.  In this episode of The Car Guy Coffee Podcast, hosts Lou Ramirez and Fred Lennartz welcome Steve Greenfield, a 25-year automotive veteran and founder of Automotive Ventures, an early-stage venture capital firm investing in entrepreneurs across automotive and mobility. Steve shares his “why,” emphasizing the industry’s human-centric importance and constant opportunity to solve problems, and explains how a 1999 phone call led him from Toronto into automotive through selling Manheim’s early internet tools. He discusses preparedness meeting opportunity, the impact of mentors—especially bosses and his mother—and how great leaders create growth by giving people chances before they feel ready. 📲Stream it. Share it. Let's Brew.  Don’t forget to share and subscribe! carguycoffee.comcertifiedsolutionaries.com"},"annotations":[{"id":470867,"startTime":769.1,"endTime":775.0,"type":"company","title":"manheim.com","url":"/glossary/manheim-com","quote":"And literally it was selling software to car dealers access to a website, manheim.com, which at the time was like $50 a month.","canonicalId":"company:manheim-com","priority":0.25,"confidence":0.75,"source":"gpt-5.4-nano","data":{"explanation":"Manheim.com is associated with Manheim, a major vehicle auction and remarketing marketplace. In the late 1990s, selling dealer access to a website like this was an early example of software and online tools being used by car dealers.","simplifiedExplanation":"Manheim is a big company in the used-car world, especially for auctions. Back then, dealers were starting to use websites and software to manage buying and selling.","sourceStartTime":769.1,"sourceEndTime":775.0}},{"id":470869,"startTime":800.0,"endTime":805.1,"type":"company","title":"true car","url":"/glossary/truecar","quote":"spent 10 years with manheim, five years with auto trader, a couple of years with true car.","canonicalId":"company:true-car","priority":0.2,"confidence":0.85,"source":"gpt-5.4-nano","data":{"explanation":"TrueCar is an automotive shopping platform that historically focused on helping consumers find pricing and offers from dealers. Mentioning it in the context of the speaker’s career points to the broader shift toward online dealer-to-buyer sales tools.","sourceStartTime":800.0,"sourceEndTime":805.1}},{"id":470868,"startTime":800.0,"endTime":805.1,"type":"company","title":"AutoTrader","url":"/glossary/auto-trader","quote":"And the rest is kind of history spent 10 years with manheim, five years with auto trader, a couple of years with true car.","canonicalId":"company:autotrader","priority":0.2,"confidence":0.85,"source":"gpt-5.4-nano","data":{"explanation":"AutoTrader is a well-known automotive marketplace brand focused on connecting buyers and sellers. The host mentions working there after Manheim, highlighting how dealer-focused software and listings became a major part of the used-car ecosystem.","sourceStartTime":800.0,"sourceEndTime":805.1}},{"id":470870,"startTime":846.4,"endTime":851.4,"type":"topic","title":"luck is where opportunity meets preparedness","quote":"I don't think I'm different than anyone else. I think that I've always liked the saying that luck is where opportunity meets preparedness.","canonicalId":"topic:luck-is-where-opportunity-meets-preparedness","priority":0.22,"confidence":0.9,"source":"gpt-5.4-nano","data":{"explanation":"This is a personal-development idea the guest uses to explain career success: luck matters, but only when you’re ready to act on an opportunity. In the episode context, it frames how early internet-era dealer software work led to later career moves.","sourceStartTime":846.4,"sourceEndTime":851.4}}],"speakers":[{"id":"s1","name":"Lou Ramirez","role":"host"},{"id":"s2","name":"Fred Lennartz","role":"host"}],"transcripts":[{"url":"http://getcarcurious.com/episodes/car-guy-coffee-podcast-presents-5liner-feat-steve-greenfield/transcript.vtt","type":"text/vtt"}],"alignmentMode":"scalar","fallbackOffset":0.0}