Set 3 - Rep 8 with Danita Moses

Episode Summary

Danita Moses is really working on the sharing economy.  After working for Uber for some time, she decided to get her master’s in entrepreneurship. When she tackled that, she started UBorro. With this app, she is solving a problem for those contractors that don’t have the tools to complete a job. Based on the sharing economy, Danita is taking the world by storm. 

Go check out UBorro and get the latest updates on their new features! 

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M-T:
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M-T:
What's going on, everybody? Man Welcome to the podcast. This is your boy Brother MT. And as I always say, I'm kind of tired of saying that, I've got to find something else to say. But I try my best to bring you some of the most amazing people that I can find through my journey in this entrepreneurship with Metric Mate. Shout out Metric Mate. We're going to be on sales soon, we're coming to everybody. So make sure you keep your eyes out. Go to TheMetricMate.com to sign up for the email list. You definitely don't want to miss out on this, but I try my best to find people that are aligned, that are amazing, that are doing positive things and continuing to keep that positive attitude while keeping that healthy mind, body and spirit to come on and tell you all about themselves so you know who they are. You can gain some inspiration from what's going on and continue to live your best life because that's what we want everybody to do here at Metric Mate. And definitely on the Metric Mate podcast, this lady here is amazing. She's come up with an amazing concept. She has done amazing things. Again, I'm not the one to be able to tell you all the most about these people. They are the ones who know themselves. I just know the snippets that I've been able to read and research and I'm at a high at it, but they can definitely give you the skills. So Danita, thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you for coming on to the podcast. You could have been anywhere else.

Danita Moses:
Absolutely.

M-T:
You could have been doing anything else. You have so much stuff going on. But the fact that you decided to take this time to spend it with us is astronomical. We appreciate it so much, but go ahead and introduce yourself to the folks. Let them know more about you and all the amazing things that you're doing.

Danita Moses:
Well, I'm Danita Moses and I am founder of UBorro, UBorro is a subscription-based app, is built specifically for contractors. It will allow contractors to order the tools that they need on-demand while they're at the job. This way they can have the tool delivered to them or they can pick it up. Either way, they get the job done and I came up with this idea based on a problem that I had just recently with some ceiling repairs that I needed done. But if I go back, I could tell you how I even came up with the shared idea period. Back in 2016 I drove for Uber and I was so impressed with the sharing economy, it just blew my mind. And then I decided to go back to school to get my master's degree And this is something I need to learn how to do. So I went back to my master's degree in entrepreneurship and when I graduated I said I must start a business in the shared economy. It has to be something to do, like an Uber-type situation. And I think what it has to be is your passion, something that that you are passionate about. And I like to do things around my home, but sometimes I do have to call a contractor to do some work and the contractors come to my home and they don't have the tools that they need. One job that should have taken all in one day literally took three weeks for them. They were in and out of my house. The moment they didn't have the tools, the contracting company ended up canceling them out. Then the next guy came, and the next guy. And I was just done by the third time. So I was like, you know what? I really need to create an app that's going to help contractors, because I know that there are current apps that are out there that help everybody. But in this particular case, ones that actually accommodate contractors, because in most cases, and just based on my research, if they don't have the tools that they need, they have to go purchase them. With the new contractors, they don't always have the money to go purchase. And then you get some they have to borrow from their face, but in most cases they have to come back. So that's why I created the UBorro. That's why I'm creating a UBorro platform this way. In the future, they'll be able to just push buttons and have that tool delivered to them or pick it up. So I wanted to be in a close radius, too, so they won't have to do too much travel.

M-T:
There you go. There you go. Find a niche finding somewhere that is exposed to being taken advantage of. Because I'll be honest, I get, like I said when I first heard about this and I started to read it on it, I have tools in my garage that I probably use one time. Is like I have no other use for you. I had to use you for this one project and I needed you and you were very efficient and you did the job very well, but now you're just collecting dust. And I had to find a reason to use you.

Danita Moses:
Yeah

M-T:
Why? Why do that? And like you say on the contractor side, I know is probably even worse because they have specialty jobs and they want to be able to take advantage of that opportunity or something breaks. And they and they hardly ever use it, but they use it this time again. And it broke.

Danita Moses:
Right.

M-T:
And now I need something else to where can I go to get something in it, not affect the bottom line of this project and not kill my profit? So I can't pay somebody out or I can't do something I'm supposed to do. So.

Danita Moses:
Right.

M-T:
Will come in great handy, right there. How did that, I want to go back because you said that you recognize the crowds, the crowds sharing, the ride-sharing economy and how that was becoming a thing and went back and got education to understand and develop in that way. How was that thought process? Like, how did you go through from being a part of it and seeing where it's going to go to dedicating a part of your life to learning about it and going forward and being a part of it?

Danita Moses:
Oh, yeah. Just every day that I drove, which was only on the weekends talking to people, I love the experience of it. I mean, if I could start an Uber, I would start an Uber. But I met so many incredible people. And I think that just the sharing economy would literally create a community of people, even with the contractors, they are their own community and with a shared at the different features that I plan to develop into the app, I really do believe that they could be even a closer-knit community to be able to communicate with each other more and just be able to share a lot more of their ideas. Of course, their tools. And then, of course, they're going to make some money in this process. So I honestly feel as though this app is going to allow them to create a whole new stream of income that they didn't even know they could create by lending their tools out. So I guess that's the main thing, is building that community and, of course, the rating system so they'll have that opportunity to see who they can trust. And for those who don't have great ratings, we may have to kick those people off the butt. Yeah. Community, I feel it's all about the community and growing that community bigger than it currently is.

M-T:
Got it. Interesting. Interesting thought process. OK, and so being a student of this economy, you've definitely seen where it's come from because you are a part of that movement, but also how is adapted to everything that's been going on in the world. How have you seen being a person educated in this, the community of ride-sharing and sharing in general? How is that change? How has that the ... because of the way that everything is going currently in the world?

Danita Moses:
Well, I think, honestly, that the sharing economy has literally disrupted the world norms like we're used to the regular retail and we need to buy something, we go to the store and buy something. But then here comes the shared economy, Airbnb, for example, you're being able to rent somebody's home. So I just think that it has disrupted and it has created so many opportunities for people to grow their own income. And in most cases, they don't have to do a lot of work to do that. They're somewhat stress-free to do these things. I would think that like, for example, an Airbnb, if a person owns a home, they just rent out. They send a cleaning person to clean up the house and move in. The next person could go home in. So it's a great way for just the average Joe to make some money. And average individuals are creating additional streams of income that they never knew that they could. So that's why I believe that it's a disruption. It's, a lot of people are making a lot of money in the sharing economy. And there's not a whole lot of regulations right now from the government. But I think soon there will be. But right now, just enjoy being able to make that additional income that you didn't.

M-T:
Definitely, no, that is real, to help them understand because that was. Yeah, no, that's exactly what I'm seeing as well, is that the shared economy is changing the way that we view the traditional ways, the interactions and transactions we're done. And as far as the pandemic is kind of giving a blossom to being able to be a part of the ecosystem, the economy in that shared system because now everybody gets to help everybody. Now, instead of giving to the corporation a lot, which you do, give some to your Ubers and your UberEats and your door dashes and things of that nature. But you're also helping somebody, and my tip goes directly to a person that is delivering a service and being safe about it. So we're trusting each other. We're showing that there is a lot of trust in the world through this, even though there are bad apples everywhere. Hopefully, this is expounding on some of the positive qualities of the society and the human system that we've got going on. So that's real.

Danita Moses:
For sure.

M-T:
That's real.

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M-T:
So UBorro is coming up, is doing a lot of great things. What's next? What do you see for UBorro down the road as it continues to mature?

Danita Moses:
Well, I have a total of about twenty-eight different benefits and features that I would like to add to this app. But of course, in the Founders Institute, we have to start off with our MVPs. Start off with just the minimum viable product and then you move it from there. So I would say first and foremost, to do a lot more research because research is critical when starting any company. So we have one mentor who mentioned Mercedes. She wants any product you want to come out with, interview at least three thousand people get at least three thousand surveys. So I'm really working towards that number is to get three thousand contractors to say, absolutely, this is something that I need or a high percentage of three thousand to say yes, to give me a way to move forward. My product or service is actually a viable service that people really want to be able to use. And then one of my contractors that I spoke with is also a homeowner, property owner, landlord. And she was like, you really need to add us in there in the mix, because a lot of times we go and we fix our own properties. So she wants to be a part of that and use it as a category. So I just finished, we had our wireframe put together for a demo app, Vira. Make sure you get that demo app because she's in the property and all that. And one of just I was talking about the contractor or the property owner, she's just like, yeah, you need to add that category in there because we do go and we fix properties too. So I do see a lot of different features and options once that the MVP is out there. That's the way that I plan to tell investors that we are going to scale the business. So we'll start off with small subscriptions. And then, of course, as we add on, we want to add stores onto this. It's really something how I've had two mentors and one contractor say you need to get stores in on this. So if a lot of times they have those use products that they, people buy them, use them and return them when they really should use the service like UBorro, because the stores can't no longer, they can no longer sell those items as new items. And one of the mentors was just like, yeah, I wonder what they have to do with those things. And in most cases, they just toss them in a box because they can't sell them used in the stores. But I'm thinking maybe we can help those stores by talking to them about recycling and lending those tools out to people. So, yeah, you can come and borrow this tool instead of buying this tool for fifty bucks, you can come in for all those tools for ten bucks and bring it back the next day. So it's just a lot of different beakers benefits that I want. I'm looking forward to it getting it started and then, then showing those investors how I want it to grow. Hopefully, they'll be all of my size saying yes, we could do this.

M-T:
No, I can definitely see it, I can definitely see it. And especially with that category of do it yourself because I fit in that category as well. Again, you're out there doing a specially job. You don't have to pay anybody to do it. It's like it's simple enough, but I need this specific tool to do it. And it would be great, UBorro, even incorporating some of the ride-share delivery into that to kind of disperse out how the tools get to the site and kind of make it more efficient and having to back it at that triangulated the closest place with that tool and equated that to the distance it needed to get to the job site.

Danita Moses:
I need to take some notes. That's a great idea right there. Oh, my.

M-T:
Hey, I think about stuff like this all the time. And that's the beautiful part about being an entrepreneur, is that I get to do that, man. And as soon as I heard this is when going through my mind. So now it kind of just came together like, oh, yeah, OK, there it is, I see it, I see it as I work.

Danita Moses:
I love that, thank you.

M-T:
Yeah no, without a doubt and I found this is true baby and for all the audience, for the community, if you don't know about the founder institute, it is a great program. We are going through it right now. This is how we got introduced. And I found out about this amazing company. So I had to share this with you all. So if you know somebody that could use it, it is coming. If you can use it personally, you know where to go to find out about it and we'll make sure that Danita gives you more information about where to keep up with her and where to find all that stuff once we get closer to the end. But this is what it's about. This is the about that community that's built through all these incubators and accelerators and precede accelerators and all of that stuff, being able to come together and help each other figure out things as well as patronize each other. Because I know once this app hits the market, it's going to be on my phone. And I got a couple of contractor buddies too, my brother's a contractor, I'ma let them know, like, hey, if you don't need it for real, you can get it from me. I have it to use somebody, drop it off and it'll be in a Honda Civic, but they'll drop it off and they'll get it to you.

Danita Moses:
That's awesome. I love that. Seriously, that's so awesome.

M-T:
Good stuff. I love it. I love it. I love it. I love that part. So you see down the road, you see where this is going. You've got a great introduction to strategy as far as bringing UBorro to the public. You talked a little bit about what made you dive into this, but what did you see so far that has given you the motivation to pursue this and drive through bringing UBorro to the people?

Danita Moses:
Oh, just my experience is what I've seen so far, just those guys coming to my home and they, you know, once they've canceled out it's like, they don't make any money from doing the work. And I just use one of those apps to hire them to get here. And then as soon as that company found out they were canceled and these guys just, again they just weren't making the money that they thought they were going to make coming to my house. So I kinda felt bad.

M-T:
Because they literally lost that time,

Danita Moses:
Yeah, I felt horrible for those people. You know, I wasn't upset that they didn't do the work, I was more upset as you know, they just got canceled out. What I'm said, I'll come back tomorrow. And the contracting company said, no, they're not. It's basically like they're never coming back to your home. And that was kind of like a shocker to my system that the fact that he didn't have what he needed, they canceled him out completely like he was a bad apple or something. And he wasn't. I was expecting him to come back the next day. Because he was a nice guys, a very first ... He was a nice guy. And I just want him to finish the work. You know, he was professional and everything. But so I think that's more that's got a lot of motivation for me, too, because I just don't think that any contractor deserves to go through with what they went through. And then homeowners shouldn't have to go through that either, because I couldn't even leave the guy a rating. So I didn't want to because it would look bad. He did finish the work. But I really think that it was my empathy that I had for the contractors. You know what? They need some help, I think. I think that is still a pain that they have especially seen the pain and feeling a little bit of it myself.

M-T:
Yeah. One hundred percent. Excellent. I can't wait to see what this thing does. I am so excited for you, I am so excited for.

Danita Moses:
Me too

M-T:
Indeed. So I got a question that I asked all of my guests, and this is a question, the kind of power on to the jewels and gems that you drop because you dropped some major jewels and gems throughout this entire conversation. But if you had one big, like four-story, hell size jewel that you could drop on the community, that kind of ties in all of your experience before you started uber and you made this transition to be a part of the sharing economy and now moving forward into being an entrepreneur with an amazing idea. What jewel, what gem, what piece of knowledge would really bring you across all of that and help the community become better themselves?

Danita Moses:
Well. As far as the community is concerned, I mean, I don't know where they are spiritually, but I would say start your day off every day with some praise and worship. The moment, you don't, at least from my experience, is the moment you fall all over your day. I mean, I've experienced it, not doing that and falling and fumbling through my day, the whole entire day. So I think that will be my biggest jewel to drop is to start your day just being grateful and thanking God, if that's who you thank every day, will you worship. Thank him every single day and start your day off with him and it's almost guaranteed the rest of your day is going to go well, at least in my case.

M-T:
There we go. Keep it simple. And that is one hundred percent. You've got to be thankful no matter what because there are ups, downs. There's a lot of whirlwinds in this journey, period.

Danita Moses:
Right.

M-T:
finding entrepreneurs for corporate people, for everybody. Anybody that's living through this world, those whirlwinds, there's ups and downs. But you have to say thankful. You have to stay thankful

Danita Moses:
Definitely.

M-T:
For whatever effect, whatever effect you fight. You have to stay thankful

Danita Moses:
Right.

M-T:
For that. And that is amazing. But speaking of that spirituality, speaking of being connected, you definitely have to have a fit and sound mind, body and spirit to continue to drive, to continue to push, to continue to be innovative, to continue to be thankful, to see all of the pivots and turns and things that you'll need to take advantage of in some cases and to be able to avoid in other cases. How has maintaining a fit mind, body and spirit helped you continue to be a leader?

Danita Moses:
Well, I tell you, without it you would lose your mind. You're in the Founders Institute and you know how stressful, is really like boot camp for businesses. And one thing I do like is that if I, they actually advise us to do things like meditate and believe it or not, a lot of celebrities and leaders in the world, that's one of the ways that they can take away a lot of the stress that they're going through is by meditating. So I would say if you want to maintain and control yourself and the stress that you go through every single day, even if you're in a bad situation, just pull yourself away for a second and just say, hold on for just one second, go off in the room. Even if you've got to meditate for two or three minutes just to ask, please take this away from me. It works. It really does. I've been in stressful situations where I've literally had to leave the room for a couple of minutes just so that I can get that... Going on and to be able to come back and get focused on what I need to focus on without losing it honestly. And I think that that's probably one of the biggest challenges is just people can lose it and they need to be brought back down with just a little bit of meditation just like that and Founders Institute, they give us the resources and tools as well as send out information to everybody, let them know, use your resources. They really work.

M-T:
That's at one hundred percent. I could have said it better myself. I would be honored to say that the second time that I've talked on mute Today. ... Are so good about it because I don't know what the background noise, but it's like I'm losing it. But know that that was one hundred percent correct, man. You got to make sure that you take care of your temple and give it everything that it needs to maintain as you drive through this hectic schedule and everything that's going on. Because, I mean, we want to succeed. We want to definitely.

Danita Moses:
Definitely.

M-T:
And change the world forever and be a part of the story. But you've got to make sure you take care of the now, as many thoughts that we have down the road. Got to take.

Danita Moses:
That's right.

M-T:
I love it. I love it. Danita, this has been amazing. You have given so much positivity and so much information about the process. And I'm sorry, community, if y'all weren't scooping up these jewels that she was dropping, is this information about entrepreneurship, about being able to pivot, about being able to see trends in the market and understand where they're going and make the commitment to be able to see them through and be a part of that revolution. Like these are all things that entrepreneurs need. These are all things that we as humans should utilize to make sure that we are progressing and moving forward as everything else is. And she's exuding all that. She gave you all of them jewels. So gotta scoop them up, put them in your backpack, carry on with you when you need one, polish it up, look at it and make sure it gets you right. But that's what we're here to do at the Metric Mate Podcast is to give you the opportunity to hear these stories, not from these astronomical figures that are highlighted in society, but that the people that are actually in the background making things happen and just being about their business and being amazing. So, Denita, thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you so much.

Danita Moses:
Absolutely.

M-T:
For being a part of our tribe and spending your time with us. Thank you for inviting your tribe to be a part of this experience, and it was absolutely amazing. Sandy, thank you. Thank you. Thank you. So community, thank you. Denita, thank you. Tribe, thank you. We have just completed another Metric Mate Podcast, definitely check out Metric Mate at TheMetricMate.com. We want to be the future fitness. We are the future of fitness. So stay in touch and make sure that you know when the future is going because the revolution will not be televised, as they say. So until next time. This is your boy Brother MT. We will bring another amazing guest because we don't do anything but amazing guests. So join us next time here to Metric Mate Podcast, until then, peace!

M-T:
Man, thanks everybody, for joining us for another Metric Mate Minute. We appreciate everybody that comes through and shows us love in the Metric Mate community. Make sure that you stop over at TheMetricMate.com to find out more information about the podcast, about what we're doing, any of our blog information, the transcript of the show and just to show us massive support. Also, remember to follow us on social media at Metric Mate. Check us out, y'all. Peace!

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Get to know Danita Moses

Danita Moses is the Founder & CEO of UBorro, Inc. 

She’s a huge fan of this amazing planet. That’s why recycling is a big deal to her. UBorro is an app and a green company that's coming soon. Recycling is vital for the sustainability of the planet, not only does it reduce greenhouse gas emissions, it helps reduce climate change.

She is passionate about saving the planet for the children & grandchildren to come.

Please email her at uborroapp@gmail.com to help with a few survey questions and perhaps even beta test their app. 

Source: https://www.linkedin.com/in/danita-moses/ 

Key Take-aways: 

• If you have old tools collecting dust, get in contact with UBorro. 

• Sharing Economy is a model in which resources are shared. 

• Sharing Economy has disrupted the world. 

• Airbnb is a great example of a shared economy.

Resources:

• Connect and follow Danita on LinkedIn here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/danita-moses/ 

• Know about the Founder Institute here: https://fi.co/