{"version":"1.0.0","episode":{"title":"From Sales Floor to Seven Stores: Ivette’s Journey to the Top of Colorado Auto Retail — And What's Next | Ivette Dominguez Drawe, Dealer/Owner of Alpine Automotive Group","url":"http://getcarcurious.com/episodes/from-sales-floor-to-seven-stores-ivette-s-journey-to-the-top-of-colorado-auto-retail-and-what-s-next-ivette-dominguez-drawe-dealer-owner-of-alpine-automotive-group","audioUrl":"https://chrt.fm/track/C6AG88/traffic.megaphone.fm/CREUR6484628982.mp3","description":"Today I’m joined by Ivette Dominguez Drawe, Dealer/Owner of Alpine Automotive Group. \n\nWe unpack her incredible journey from the sales floor to building a thriving dealership empire — leading one of Colorado’s top-performing teams and driving a group that now sells one in every three GM vehicles in the state.\n\n\n\nThis episode is brought to you by:\n\n\n1. Lotlinx - What if ChatGPT actually spoke dealer? Meet LotGPT — the first AI chatbot built just for car dealers. 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