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Gettaxi USA CEO Jing Wang Herman weighs in on her app that helps users order taxis from smartphones and the web.
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- Date Jul 27, 2012
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My next guest has a Smartphone app that already making big ways and fifteen cities overseas.
But now thanks to twenty million dollars in new funding -- at the Big Apple in the next.
Few months joining me now for this week's small business big ideas is James Wong Herman CEO of get taxi.
USA.
Now the company all uses an iPhone -- instead of the old phone call or taxi dispatcher to get your your taxi right.
Yeah and in fact is actually -- cross on the Asia -- plans iPhone android Blackberry so very simple you apply their son.
You can't touch the button -- pick up very location we scanned the area to see if they'll what taxis around -- We matching up when address very can watch the Caricom -- you.
Any campaign finance -- I -- a little -- -- assessed in London couple weeks ago -- my American American and American credit card where it seamlessly in London.
Fantastic now you're not doing that she's a week but it's not human beings it's actually software and automated is that -- let this all happened.
That's exactly -- it that is where tech company its technology gently had a -- algorithm that matches passengers with Travis.
And -- -- and Monday in Moscow and -- Now you're thirteen cities in Israel and you have some Israel of backing that talk of one BC guy Israeli rated VC guys who put some money do you guys and they keep saying this is gonna.
Revolutionized the taxi industry how could revolutionize -- -- business in New York.
Plus RA planning -- and maniac and the next few months added and then after that the rest of the countries -- reports put -- together at the plaza for the TLC.
Any activity and -- some areas you have national -- -- taxi but other parts of town in them.
Lots of people you know yeah you have plenty of trouble plane taxis have -- yellow taxis where it today it's street -- only.
Will be it looks at pet.
Other cars and on the passengers on our Smart great.
So that instead of just seeing down the block drivers and passengers will be -- -- -- within a certain radios and a -- generously 5%.
You know spend less country's name get a fresh gas and made more money.
How -- would get regulatory approval in the US in New York City.
Well ever looking to partner with the -- to make that happen next intense yet they -- in the next few minutes.
Oregon and why give thirteen season Israel what is -- really easy start -- new stuff and Israel to open while.
As a as a great test market with payments taking out -- country in the last fifteen months they've completely transform the entire industry and it's around.
Consumers now have this amazing.
You know experience getting -- at.
At taxi instantly and pave way instantly and driving sent out much -- how you make good money.
-- -- -- -- -- -- Drivers -- had to -- a bail out and get them back to jobs.
But I think about it taxi that would have enterprise solution for businesses to track our management -- sort of watch for in New York thank you very much.