NEMT Experts Podcast Episode 17: Part 3 How to Grow your NEMT Business with Derrick Edwards, owner of Premier Transit and Bambi CEO Nirav Chheda.
Nirav Chheda the CEO of Bambi continues the conversation with Derrick Edwards from Premier Transit on how as an NEMT owner he successfully grew his NEMT business in Mobile, AL and his plans for the future.
See the full interview at: https://youtu.be/DMrCxL1Yb9Q
Missed Part 1, no worries! Go back and see Part 1: https://youtu.be/E2AewXjxJQ4
And then Check out Part 2: https://youtu.be/0pOXrJSSeJA
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Learn more about Premier Transit in Mobile, AL: https://www.thepremiertransit.com/
Podcast Show Notes:
The podcast episode is a two part interview with Derek, the owner of Premier Transit, a non-emergency medical transportation (NEMT) company. In this part of the interview, Derek talks about his experience growing his business from 1 to 8 vehicles and his plans for the future.
Here are some of the key points from the podcast episode:
- The interviewee runs a non-emergency medical transportation (NEMT) company.
- The company is focused on organic growth, which means growing the business slowly and reinvesting profits back into the business.
- The company is looking to expand its stretcher service, which is a more affordable alternative to ambulance services for non-emergency transportation.
- The interviewee emphasizes the importance of paying employees well and treating them with respect.
- The interviewee also highlights the importance of good customer service.
- The interviewee credits Bambi, a dispatch software company, with helping his business to become more efficient.
Key Quotes:
- "If you pay peanuts you get monkeys" is a quote used by the interviewee to emphasize the importance of paying employees well."
- "I pray this all the time that I ask for multiple streams of income within the same industry and when I something hits me it's like man why didn't I think of that before you know"
Here are some time-stamped show notes:
00:00 Introduction
00:21 Winning with stretchers
02:51 Organic growth
06:15 Compensate staff right
07:38 Helping other NEMT providers
10:23 Negotiating rates
11:35 Bambi software is needed
16:14 "Run Bambi Run" auto-scheduler
21:30 Bambi is the one
