The David Spisak Show
The David Spisak Show is hosted by David Spisak where he discusses a variety of topics impacting retail automotive, entrepreneurs, investors, and the market.
Brian Ankney: AI Found Your Customer First
We talk about why 30–40% of car buyers are already finding dealerships through AI search — and why your SEO budget is becoming irrelevant. Why your empty service drive at 2am is actually a revenue opportunity sitting right on your lot. And why the dealers who figure out the mobility dollar shift now are going to look like geniuses in five years.
Jim Fitzpatrick: The FTC Trap Dealers Are Walking Into
Jim Fitzpatrick sits down with David Spisak, CEO of Disruptive Growth Solutions, and they don't soften it. Sixteen categories of violations. Salespeople's Instagram posts counted as advertising. Third-party listings you don't control triggering fines you can't afford. Vendors with zero legal exposure leaving dealers to absorb every hit alone.
The Scoreboard That Actually Matters [ASOTUCON Keynote]
This episode is the keynote David delivered at ASOTUCON, and it's the most personal thing he's ever said on a stage.
Paul Faletti: The Silent Killer of Dealer Growth
Paul Faletti has led NCM Associates for 17 years — the company that invented the automotive 20 Group. He came into NCM in 2009 with an outsider's eye and an operator's instincts. And instead of riding a 78-year winning formula into slow decline, he started dismantling what was working before anyone told him he had to.
Matt Ober: Data, AI, and What's Actually Coming Next
In this episode Matt Ober Shares what the world's smartest investors figured out about data that most businesses are only now waking up to. The decision separating winners from everyone else over the next five years. Why EQ is overtaking IQ in the age of AI. And the one thing most companies are doing right now they'll deeply regret.
From $400 to $50 million company: the Danny Chaves story
Danny Chaves didn't go to college. He didn't have a business plan. He didn't have investors, a mentor, or a safety net. What he had was $400, a couch in his mother's house, and a stubbornness that would quietly build one of the most remarkable service companies in the automotive industry.
The Trade-In Con Costing Dealers Thousands Per Deal with Frederick Grimm
Every day, dealerships across the country are writing checks they don't know they owe, buying trade-ins with hidden mechanical problems, guessing at reconditioning costs, and unknowingly rewarding the customers who know exactly how to game the system. One group scanned over 2,000 vehicles last month and discovered the average reconditioning cost was double what they'd been accounting for. Double.
The $1M Trade-In Blind Spot with Keith Benkel
In this conversation, Keith pulls back the curtain on what separating a great used car operation from a mediocre one actually looks like at scale.
The FTC Just Changed the Game for Dealers!
Whether you're a dealer who's always done it right and wants to stay protected, or you're somewhere in the gray zone wondering how much longer you can operate there, this episode is the conversation you didn't know you needed to have today.
Love People More Than You Love Cars with Paul Daly & Kyle Mountsier
This conversation covers what Will Guidara's number one restaurant in the world teaches us about human connection, why most managers would lose a third of their team if they asked 12 simple questions, and what it looks like when an entire industry decides to stop hoarding its secrets.
How CarEdge Is Making Car Buying Simpler for Everyone with Ray and Zach Shefska
In this episode, Ray, who has spent 43 years on the inside of the automotive industry, and his son Zach sit down with David Spisak to share exactly how CarEdge is simplifying the car buying experience for everyday people across the country. What they've built, why they built it, and where it's heading next is something every car buyer needs to hear.
Why Dealers Are Paying for Their Own Data?
In this episode I'm pulling back the curtain on something I call the Hidden Data War, who's behind it, why it's been allowed to go on this long, and what it's actually costing your dealership every single day in lost productivity, blocked innovation, and a customer experience that should be far better than it is.
The Hidden Math Problem Killing Dealership Profitability Right Now with Matt Lasher
This week I sat down with someone who not only found it... he built the solution from the inside out. Matt Lasher, is the President of Streamline.auto and let me tell you, this conversation hit different.
The Startup Odds Are 9,000 to 7. What That Says About the Future of Automotive with Quin Garcia
This week, I sat down with Quin Garcia, Founder and Managing Director at AutoTech Ventures out of Silicon Valley, one of the sharpest minds in automotive and mobility investment, and I'm telling you right now, this conversation will change how you see the road ahead.
How Dealers Are Accidentally Wasting Millions Because of Bad Data with Todd Smith
In this episode, David Spisak and Todd Smith break down why most dealerships are unknowingly renting their data—and how data ownership is becoming the foundation for AI, efficiency, and profitability in automotive retail.
Why AI Is Useless Without This One Thing — And Most Dealers Don't Have It | Danny Zaslavsky(NADA26)
AI is everywhere in dealerships—but why isn’t it working? In this episode Danny Zaslavsky breaks down the missing piece most dealer tech stacks don’t have.
How Dealers Are Losing Six Figures in Fixed Ops with Mark Queen (NADA26)
Live from NADA 2026, David Spisak and Mark Queen reveal how service-lane acquisition, dealership AI, and cycle time leaks cost dealers six figures.
The 2026 Dealer Reality Check with Inga Maurer (NADA26)
Live from NADA at the Encore in Las Vegas, I sat down with Inga Maurer of McKinsey & Company to cut through the noise and talk about what’s really shaping the automotive market right now. Flat volume. Rising costs. Affordability pressures that 0% financing can’t solve. And an AI gold rush that could either sharpen your strategy — or make you look exactly like everyone else.
How Tekion Is Redefining AI in Car Dealerships with Jay Vijayan (NADA26)
Live from NADA 2026, David Spisak sits down with Tekion Founder & CEO Jay Vijayan to unpack what real AI innovation looks like in automotive retail. From unified data platforms and secure AI agents to service scheduling automation and technician intelligence.
How Smart Dealers Are Beating the Used Car Shortage (Without the Auction) with Dom Pope
Used car acquisition is still the biggest challenge facing dealerships. In this episode, Dom Pope shares how dealerships can compete with Carvana and CarMax without relying on auctions.