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Ernie Bray
Ernie Bray, the CEO of AutoClaims Direct (ACD), discusses auto claims improvement, the future of claims in a world of self driving cars and Ernie's book The Entrepreneur's Field Manual!
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INTRO
On episode 12 of the InsurTech Geek Podcast, talking about Clarity with with Ernie Bray from AutoClaims Direct
INTERVIEW
JAMES: Happy day, happy day, happy day! I have all of you guys out there in listener-land are enjoying yourselves. That you have been geeking out on insurance tech since our last episode. I know that was an exciting one. We got to really- dive deep in and get geeky on InsureTech and this week will be no exception. From beautiful San Diego California, we have Ernie Bray, CEO of AutoClaims Direct. Ernie, how are you doing?
ERNIE: Doing great James, thanks for having me on!
JAMES: Man, we are fired up to have you on here! And you and I share a common set of passions. We are passionate about technology, we are passionate about insurance, we are passionate about entrepreneurship and we are both Boot-Strapped entrepreneurs which make us complete weirdoes!
ERNIE: That's right man! Hey, we did it all on our own!
JAMES: Yeah, it is like a start-up and end-up with that rapper - startup from the bottom now we are here. Start from the bottom now a whole team here! I always like, thank of that song whenever I think about Boot-strap, because, the MO in business school now, it just makes me ill, is, get an idea, go to pitch competition, go to angel networks, raise money, do you, you know angel grounds, series A, series B, series C. Dilute that crap out our yourself, lose all control, and then exit before you have to prove you can make money on the company. Doesn't that seem to be the MO these days?
ERNIE: I mean I see a lot of companies do it that way, and I told people before, hey, to ease their own, if they want to do it that way, hey, all power to them. But from day one, I've kind of had that mindset that you know I want to build something to last, I want to build something long term. And so, hey, you know what, that is what I did.