 20040924 Excited about...
Zipcar. Still have yet to see one in New York. Curious if I should sign up for a Zipcard.
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alexandra said... they have them in boston and they are great! 3:10 PM Zach said... Have you or your friends ever used one? 3:13 PM alexandra said... we took one on a mini-trip to the cape. they are all over the place in boston/cambridge. the one hold up is i think there is an age limit of 25 to register to drive one ... i am sure their website has all the details though. happy motoring! 4:29 PM Zach said... Fortunately, the age minimum in NY is 18. 5:49 PM Nick said... From Venturewire... via TJ's weblog "Short-term car sharing? It's a bit of a kooky idea, but the two companies - Zipcar and Flexcar - that have been making it their business since 2000 seem to be doing more than just idling in neutral. Zipcar just announced it has reached profitability in its three markets - Boston, Washington, and New York. Flexcar plans to meet this target in early 2005. They've both come fairly far in the past few years: Zipcar, which started out with a dozen cars in Boston, now has a fleet of 400. Flexcar, which began in Seattle with four cars, has expanded to 350 cars and operates in five metropolitan areas. Both companies have ambitious expansion plans: while Flexcar hasn't given specifics, Zipcar hopes to tackle another 20 metropolitan areas. Are they filling a niche? "Our model offers convenience," Flexcar chief executive and president Lance Ayrault said. "Traditional car rental companies are filling a different need and are more cumbersome." Zipcar is backed by $10 million in three rounds from Boston Community Capital, Gravestar, Seed Capital Partners, Evercel Inc. and individual investors. Flexcar plans to look at VC after it hits break-even." 2:07 PM Post a Comment |
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 Hi, I'm Zach. I grew up in Fort Wayne, Indiana and graduated from Wake Forest. After college, I moved to Manhattan to get serious about a company I ran with friends. We sold it to Barry Diller's InterActiveCorp in 2006. I just wrapped up with a project I co-founded called Vimeo and left CV to focus on being a twenty-five year old. I have another blog called Copy and Taste, where I post about learning to cook. I live in Brooklyn now.  Del.icio.us My Flickr Me on Flickr Last.fm Linked in MySpace Netflix History Vimeo  Amir Blumenfeld Chris Bodenner Mareen Fischinger Fort Wayne Observed Nick Gray Hype Machine Jake and Amir Jakob Lodwick Oh My Rockness Jonathan Marcus Youngna Park Megan Scheminske Eliot Shepard Shorpy Signal vs. Noise Alex Soth Stereogum Ricky Van Veen Khoi Vinh Eugene Wyatt   Postal Skype SMS (via AIM) |