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Happy to Come on and Talk

I'm Jeff Guzman. I retired after twenty years in the U.S. Army and have spent the last 3 years delivering mobility scooters and wheelchairs around Kansas City, on my own, out of a van.

If that's interesting to your audience, I'm glad to be a guest — podcast, radio, a student project, a local news segment, whatever it is. No fee, and I won't pitch your audience.

Jeff Guzman, founder of KC Mobility Scooter Rentals, in a company hoodie at the Kansas City Visitor Information center downtown. — Jeff Guzman — owner, and the person who would actually show up.

What I can actually talk about

Pick whichever of these fits your show, or bring your own angle:

Starting a business after the Army

Twenty years in the U.S. Army, then a van and a few scooters in 2023. What transferred, what didn't, and the parts of going out on your own that nobody warns a veteran about.

What this industry is actually like

Owner-operated, no staff, no warehouse. The delivery is the business and everything else follows from that. Happy to be specific about margins, equipment costs and where the money really goes.

Accessibility in Kansas City, honestly

Which venues, hotels and districts genuinely work for someone on wheels and which ones only claim to. This is first-hand — we deliver to these places every week and hear what happens afterwards.

Hospitality, not medical

Why renting a scooter for a weekend is nothing like durable medical equipment, and why that distinction matters to families who are trying to work out what they even need.

What families get wrong

The mistakes that come up over and over when someone is arranging equipment for a parent or a spouse — including the expensive ones, and the sales tactics aimed at people who are worried.

Opinions, if you want them

There are things about this industry I'd happily argue about on a microphone. Ask me what I think is broken and you'll get an answer rather than a press release.

Or come and be in ours

We put the day-to-day of this business on YouTube — equipment, deliveries, the parts nobody warns you about. Some of the best of it has involved other people.

People who use this equipment

What actually works and what is a nuisance, from someone who lives with it rather than sells it. Your face does not have to be in it if you would rather it was not.

Kansas City businesses and venues

Show us what you have done to make the place work for someone on wheels. If it is genuinely good, we would like more people to know.

Anyone with something to say

Caregivers, therapists, other small business owners, people who just have a view on any of this. Bring it.

Nobody appears without agreeing to it first, you can see it before it goes up, and if you change your mind afterwards we take it down. That is not a formality — say the word and it's gone.

For reporters

If you are writing rather than recording, everything above still applies and this is the background you probably need. KC Mobility Scooter Rentals LLC is a hospitality mobility rental business — scooters, wheelchairs, transport chairs and rollators delivered across the Kansas City Metro from Leavenworth, KS. It is deliberately not a durable medical equipment provider: no prescription, no insurance billing, no medical documentation. That distinction is usually the part a reader has never had explained, and it is the one we are most useful on.

Quick facts

Business name: KC Mobility Scooter Rentals LLC
Based in: Leavenworth, KS — serving the Kansas City Metro
Founded: 2023, by Jeffrey Guzman (U.S. Army, retired after 20 years)
Owner-operated: No staff and no warehouse — the person who answers the phone does the delivery
Equipment: Mobility scooters, manual wheelchairs, transport chairs, knee scooters and rollators. No electric or power wheelchairs.
Positioning: Hospitality rental, not DME — no prescription, insurance or medical paperwork
Contact: jeff@kcmobilityrentals.com · 913-775-1098
Website: kcmobilityrentals.com

Assets

Logo files, a founder headshot and photography of the equipment are available by email — say what you need and the publication, and it normally goes out the same business day. If you have published something that mentions us, send the link and we will point people at it.

Two things worth knowing before you quote us. We will not claim a media history we do not have, and we will not speak for venues we have not delivered to — but where we do have first-hand data, such as which Kansas City venues actually work for someone on wheels, we will share the specifics rather than a line about being committed to accessibility.

Get in touch

Tell me what you're making and who it's for. If I'm not the right guest I'll say so, and I'll usually know someone who is.

Straight answers

Have you done a lot of interviews?

Not many — I'd rather say that than pretend otherwise. What I have is a van full of stories from actually doing the work, and no media training to get in the way of telling them. If you want a polished professional guest, there are better bookings. If you want someone who will answer the question you asked, I'm useful.

Remote or in person?

Either. Remote is easy and I can usually do it with a few days' notice. In person works anywhere in the Kansas City metro, and I can make Lawrence or Topeka work with a bit more warning. Further out than that let's do it remote — I'd rather be a good guest than spend the day driving.

What do you charge?

Nothing — I don't charge to come on, and I won't pitch your audience. I'm putting together a course for people who want to start a rental business, so if you ask about it I'll answer straight, but I'm not coming on to sell it. What I'm after is that more people know this kind of business exists and that renting is an option.

Can we film at your place, or on a delivery?

Yes, and it makes for a better segment than a talking head. You can film the equipment, a van load-out, or ride along on a real delivery — with the customer's permission asked first, every time, and a no from them is the end of it.

What if our audience has nothing to do with mobility?

Then the business is probably the wrong angle and the story isn't. Small business, veterans going out on their own, or what it's like to run something single-handed where every delivery is your own reputation — those work for a general audience. Tell me who's listening and I'll tell you honestly whether I'm a fit.

How do I actually get hold of you?

The form below, or straight to jeff@kcmobilityrentals.com. I read them myself and normally come back within a business day.