How The World Works

Alex Danza, the Bus Guy

Kevin D. Williamson Episode 34

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Kevin Williamson is joined by Alex Danza, founder and CEO of the luxury bus company Vonlane. They discuss Danza’s unlikely path from delivering newspapers in Staten Island to reinventing bus travel for business and leisure passengers alike. The conversation explores the challenge of changing people’s perceptions of bus travel and how Vonlane built a loyal following by focusing obsessively on comfort and customer experience. Along the way, they also discuss entrepreneurship, the risks of building a transportation company from scratch, changing travel habits, and why some of the best business ideas begin with industries everyone else has written off.

Watch the conversation on YouTube.