| Date | Title | Description |
| 02.05.2024 | Петербург открыл сезон слежки за самокатчиками | - |
| 16.04.2024 | Carings Appoints Tech Executive Tracey Zhen as Chief Executive Officer | Caring Appoints Tracey Zhen as Chief Executive Officer
Veteran technology executive to lead Caring's next phase of growth
CHARLOTTE, N.C., April 16, 2024 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Caring, a leading senior living referral service and top site fo... |
| 15.01.2024 | 20 Financial Life Hacks for Budget-Conscious River Hawks | 01/15/2024
By Staff Writers
UMass Lowell students know a good deal when they see one. In fact, many of them say they chose UML because it’s a great value.
And while most college students are on tight budgets, those who are resourceful can s... |
| 21.04.2021 | Zipcar Expands Partnership with the City of Philadelphia to Increase Access to Car Sharing | |
| 21.04.2021 | AVIS BUDGET GROUP, INC.
Zipcar : Expands Partnership with the City of Philadelphia to Increase Access to Car Sharing | BOSTON, April 21, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, Zipcar, the world's leading car-sharing network, is building on its partnership with the City of Philadelphia and the Philadelphia Parking Authority with the addition of nearly 50 Zipcar vehicle... |
| 24.09.2020 | What Are Zipcar Up to in 2020? | 0 shares
Share
Tweet
Pin
LinkedIn
By Zipcar UK
2020 has been a challenging year for many businesses, including the transport sector. Our focus has been about continuing to provide our members (consumers and businesses) with access to ... |
| 18.02.2020 | When Retail Startups Get Valued Like Tech Companies, Trouble Follows | Vara Pikor wearing some of the items she rents from Rent The Runway, including her dress and ... [+] earrings. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)ASSOCIATED PRESS |
| 27.11.2019 | Cars-as-a-Service likely to drive auto usage by 2030 | https://d1rytvr7gmk1sx.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/20190905-Veronica-Karen.mp4
Car owners will be among the minority in 10 years, according to 68% of respondents in a new mobility survey of people in Europe and Asia by Avis Bu... |
| 03.11.2018 | How Uber, Lyft, Lime, and Zipcar will get voters to the polls on Election Day | On November 6, millions of Americans will cast ballots for municipal, state, and national candidates at physical polling places across the country. But voting site closures — the result of budget cuts, the shrinking of available venues, and... |
| 03.11.2018 | How Uber, Lyft, Lime, and Zipcar will get voters to the polls on Election Day | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
On November 6, millions of Americans will cast ballots for municipal, state, and national candidates at physical polling places across ... |
| 11.09.2018 | Zero emission vehicles: how reality can match the ambitions | Zero emission vehicles: how reality can match the ambitions
11-09-2018
What will speed up the transition to zero emission vehicles? The CBI asked businesses what they already doing - and what they need to happen next...
The destinations on ... |
| 06.09.2018 | Разделяй и радуйся: как шеринг-экономика меняет мир | Инвестировать в недвижимость или купить дорогой автомобиль? Дом мне может надоесть, и я захочу переехать, а дорогой автомобиль через год перестанет быть самым новым. Зачем тратиться на них, если можно взять в прокат? Так я гарантирую, что в... |
| 29.05.2018 | Zipcar plans all-electric fleet of over 300 Volkswagens in London | Zipcar is rolling out a fleet of 300 Volkswagen e-Golfs in London this year — in what the company is touting as the largest rollout of electric cars in a single English city.
Details from the company are still sketchy, but Zipcar said the f... |
| 12.05.2017 | Automobile Barcelona – A Look At The City’s Urban Transport Tech Landscape | With the car exhibition Automobile Barcelona arriving in town, Cabify closing a $100M investment round a few days ago, and Uber awaiting it’s EU fate this week, it’s a good moment to step back and take a look at the major urban transport te... |
| 16.02.2017 | LA ride sharing gets a charge as Maven brings a fleet of Chevy Bolts into service | Planting its first flag in the effort to make autonmous electrified vehicles accessible nationwide, GM’s car sharing business, Maven, is giving Los Angeles drivers an electric new way to get around the city.
GM is making 100 new fully elect... |
| 04.11.2016 | Uber and Lyft try to get out the vote | Sure, for many of us next Wednesday can’t get here soon enough to finally put an end to this multi-year election cycle, but before that day arrives, it’s time for some civic duty. Uber and Lyft, for their part, are taking steps to remove a ... |
| 13.10.2016 | GM’s car sharing company Maven hits the streets of San Francisco | Maven, a car sharing company out of General Motors, is driving its way into San Francisco today. The announcement made late Thursday evening is one part of a continued roll-out in several cities throughout the U.S., which started at the beg... |
| 07.10.2016 | Hardware to human: An interview with the CEO of Turo | Andre Haddad, formerly of eBay and Shopping.com, talks P2P marketplaces and self-driving cars
Editor's note: Our 6th Annual Vator Splash LA conference is coming up on October 13 at the Loews Hotel in Santa Monica. Speakers include Mark Cuba... |
| 06.07.2016 | How Hardware-as-a-Service will save IoT | Ajay Kulkarni Contributor
Ajay Kulkarni is co-founder and CEO at iobeam, and curates the new Minimum Reliable Product hardware blog.
More posts by this contributor
There is no IoT
Here’s the dirty little secret about the Internet of Things:... |
| 24.04.2016 | How to quit your job the right way | James Altucher Contributor
James Altucher is the founder of Choose Yourself Media.
More posts by this contributor
How to quit your job the right way
How To Win The Day
When I was at a corporate IT job, I kept wondering: What are all these p... |
| 01.04.2016 | We sort through the April Fools’ Day products so you don’t have to! | The tidal wave of April Fools’ Day gags has arrived. And rather than let myself be drowned in a sea of misery, I have decided to grab my board and surf the inanity in the hopes that I can get into the spirit of the day.
After all, some peop... |
| 01.04.2016 | We sort through the April Fools’ Day products so you don’t have to! | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
The tidal wave of April Fools’ Day gags has arriv... |
| 29.08.2015 | M&A roundup - week ending 8/29/15 | BlackRock bought FutureAdvisor; AOL purchased Ashe Avenue; Zipcar acquired Local Motion
Global investment management company BlackRock entered into an agreement to purchase FutureAdvisor, an automated investment advisory platform for “mass-... |
| 05.06.2015 | Lease-tracking agency LeaseAccelerator raises $4.7M [Startup Roundup] | WHO’S MAKING MOVES?
Evolent Health, the Arlington-based outpatient care platform that went public in early May, has increased its offering price from $100 million to a maximum $184 million.
The Web Development Group, a creative agency headq... |
| 04.05.2015 | Learn how Zipcar drives explosive growth | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
Zipcar is doing something right.
Since parent com... |
| 04.05.2015 | Learn how Zipcar drives explosive growth | Zipcar is doing something right.
Since parent company Avis acquired Zipcar just three years ago, the company’s market value has exploded, tripling to a market value of $6 billion. Zipcar is “an engine of growth for us, and we expect that to... |
| 06.03.2015 | Getaround — сервис для аренды автомобилей поблизости Статьи редакции | Каждый день редакция ЦП выбирает один свежий зарубежный стартап, вызвавший резонанс в профессиональном сообществе, и рассказывает о нём читателям. Сегодня в «Идеях для бизнеса» — приложение Getaround, которое помогает найти поблизости автом... |
| 14.01.2015 | Bridj is Raising Up To $15M in Series A Funding at a $60M Valuation | Pop-up bus service Bridj is raising a Series A round of $10 million to $15 million, according to a source close to the matter, who also told BostInno that the round is expected to value Bridj at a cool $60 million.
We're hearing that five o... |
| 11.12.2014 | Ford, Magna, Verizon Help Launch Techstars Program in Detroit | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints
If you’re looking for further validation that Detroit’s tech ecosystem is gaining respect in the eyes of the world, here it is: Ford, in partnership with global auto supplier ... |
| 20.06.2014 | 6 takeaways from ‘Disrupting Transportation’ | Taxi drivers are doomed.
That was one of the big takeaways from a Northside Innovation Festival session on “Disrupting Transportation” led by Transportation Nation’s Alex Goldmark (who is also a contributor to WNYC’s tech podcast, New Tech ... |
| 11.03.2014 | Lanier Parking Solutions Closes Equity Investment from Antarctica Capital | Lanier Parking Solutions, an Atlanta-based parking and transportation management company, closed an equity investment of undisclosed amount from Antarctica Capital.
The company will use the proceeds to accelerate its acquisition growth plan... |
| 05.03.2014 | How To Survive SXSW | Nothing can inspire such a volatile cocktail of dread and excitement in an otherwise technology-loving human quite like South By Southwest.
South By Southwest Interactive—“SXSWi” to acronym-loving geeks—is tech’s premier celebration of itse... |
| 19.02.2014 | Car sharing revving up in Germany | BERLIN - Germans, once a nation of ardent automobile enthusiasts, are not buying cars as much as they used to. Instead, they're sharing them.
The country has become the world's biggest user of one-way car sharing plans, where people can fin... |
| 04.01.2014 | How Technology Simplified My Move To A Big City | Uprooting your life to start anew can be daunting. I came to San Francisco without a plan or place to live, and, after traveling to the city just once before I made a decision to move, the unfamiliarity was mildly uncomfortable. Which is wh... |
| 07.10.2013 | The Collaborative Economy Can Help Save the Planet | By LAURA LOREK
Founder of Silicon Hills News |
| 01.09.2013 | Finding success as a business in the sharing economy | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
Peter Coffee is VP and Head of Platform Research ... |
| 01.09.2013 | Finding success as a business in the sharing economy | Peter Coffee is VP and Head of Platform Research at Salesforce.com.
“I have a large seashell collection,” said comedian Steven Wright in a 1985 routine, “which I keep scattered on the beaches all over the world. Maybe you’ve seen it.” We la... |
| 05.06.2013 | Meet Breather: bespoke room-letting at $20 an hour [LeWeb] | If Airbnb ever had a sibling it would be Julian Smith’s new startup Breather. Launched today at Le Web London, Smith along with CTO Alex Payne (ex-Twitter and former CTO of Simple), launched what they call a “Zipcar for rooms”. Not just any... |
| 05.06.2013 | Meet Breather: bespoke room-letting at $20 an hour [LeWeb] | If Airbnb ever had a sibling it would be Julian Smith’s new startup Breather. Launched today at Le Web London, Smith along with CTO Alex Payne (ex-Twitter and former CTO of Simple), launched what they call a “Zipcar for rooms”. Not just any... |
| 03.04.2013 | Disownership is the new normal: the rise of the shared economy (infographic) | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
“You don’t own me” is not just an idea for 1960s ... |
| 03.04.2013 | Disownership is the new normal: the rise of the shared economy (infographic) | “You don’t own me” is not just an idea for 1960s ballads. “Disownership” is a national trend in America right now, as Internet startups transform the way people consume goods and services.
Consumer attitudes and behaviors surrounding rentin... |
| 20.03.2013 | First glimmers of Avis-Zipcar acquisition appear at NYC airports | Avis wasted no time putting its new fleet of Zipcars to use.
Just five days after the $500 million deal closed, Zipcars are showing up at New York regional airports. Skift reported this morning that the Avis Car Rental pick-up facilities at... |
| 20.03.2013 | Boston Roundup: Zipcar, HubSpot, Hack/Reduce, QPID, Billaway | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints
People getting new jobs leads this roundup of news bits from around the Boston-area innovation sector, with a few small fundraising deals thrown in for good measure:
—Scott Gr... |
| 20.03.2013 | First glimmers of Avis-Zipcar acquisition appear at NYC airports | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
Avis wasted no time putting its new fleet of Zipc... |
| 15.03.2013 | Zipcar CEO steps down a few hours after the Avis acquisition | Just a few hours after its $500 million sale to Avis Budget Group became official, Zipcar‘s CEO has resigned.
Today, Scott Griffith (pictured, above) told employees that chief operating officer Mark Norman will assume the top job. The news ... |
| 12.03.2013 | 10 Things Google Could Have Bought With The $12.5 Billion It Spent on Motorola Mobility [Gallery] | Last week, Google’s Motorola Mobility division axed 1,200 jobs – about 10% of its workforce. These latest cuts were in addition to the 4,000 job reductions Motorola announced last August. In a statement released to the press, Motorola gluml... |
| 03.01.2013 | Why pundits are wrong to trash the Zipcar deal | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
Hats off to Avis Budget Group for closing one of ... |
| 03.01.2013 | Why pundits are wrong to trash the Zipcar deal | Hats off to Avis Budget Group for closing one of the most opportunistic deals in recent years. The company’s $500 million acquisition of Zipcar represents a 180-degree shift in strategy, and may put the company a step ahead in the fiercely ... |
| 02.01.2013 | Car rental biz Avis to acquire Zipcar for $500M cash | Rental car giant Avis Budget Group has agreed to buy car-sharing network Zipcar for $500 million in cash, the two companies announced today.
Avis will pay $12.25 per share for Zipcar, a premium of about 50 percent over Zipcar’s share price ... |
| 02.01.2013 | Car rental biz Avis to acquire Zipcar for $500M cash | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
Rental car giant Avis Budget Group has agreed to ... |
| 02.01.2013 | Car Rental Company Avis To Buy Zipcar For $500 Million | Car rental company Avis has announced its intent to scoop up car-sharing company Zipcar for $500 million, with the acquisition expected to close in the Spring of 2013, according to a press release. Zipcar itself went public in April 2011.
“... |
| 02.01.2013 | Zipcar Sells Out To Avis For $500 Million: A Bad Sign For Innovation | Zipcar is the Apple of car rental services. Like other nimble disruptors (think Square, Uber) Zipcar “just works” in a way that competitors are light years away from matching. But while Apple’s massive success has reinforced its winning for... |
| 05.11.2012 | Uber And Zipcar Offering Discounted Rides On Election Day | Get yourself to the voting booth in style: Uber is offering free black sedan services to the polls on Election Day (for first-time Uber users). Or, if you want to pick up some groceries after performing your civic duty, car rental startup Z... |
| 19.10.2012 | 16 Sharing Startups That Save Money and Reduce Your Consumption | “Unnecessary possessions are unnecessary burdens. If you have them, you have to take care of them! There is great freedom in simplicity of living.” -Peace Pilgrim
A whole host of tech startups today want to rid us of unnecessary possessions... |
| 28.09.2012 | Transportation innovation: How Lyft and SideCar are changing commuting | Lyft drivers sport "carstaches" on their vehicles while on duty.
Carstache reader comments 116 with 80 posters participating, including story author
Share this story
Share on Facebook
Share on Twitter
Share on Reddit
This feature ... |
| 20.09.2012 | With the support of Mayor Rahm Emanuel, Getaround gets to Chicago | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
Getaround has some high-profile supporters. The p... |
| 16.08.2012 | Ridejoy launches mobile app to keep people on-the-go, on-the-go | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
Ah, the road trip. How I love to cruise down open roads with the top down or a trunk filled with camping equipment, belting out America... |
| 15.08.2012 | ViaCycle (YC S12) launches Zipcar for bicycles, coming to SF | ViaCycle, a new Y Combinator-backed startup, wants to be to bike sharing what Zipcar has become for cars. While there are many cities around the world where bike sharing is a fact of daily life, only a few cities in the U.S. currently offer... |
| 15.08.2012 | YC-Backed viaCycle Is A Zipcar For Bikes, Coming To San Francisco Soon | ViaCycle, a new Y Combinator-backed startup, wants to be to bike sharing what Zipcar has become for cars. While there are many cities around the world where bike sharing is a fact of daily life, only a few cities in the U.S. currently offer... |
| 12.08.2012 | Iterations: A New Era in Transportation Systems | Editor’s Note: Semil Shah (@semil) is currently an EIR with Javelin Venture Partners.
There was a time in the United States when federal and local governments could initiate and orchestrate big, sweeping infrastructure projects. One of the ... |
| 17.07.2012 | EMC Execs, iRobot Upgrades, and Zipcar & Denzel: Some Tech Tidbits | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints
A few Boston-area public tech companies we’re keeping an eye on this week…
—Some rumors coming out of Hopkinton, MA-based EMC (NYSE: EMC) and Palo Alto, CA-based VMware (NYSE:... |
| 26.06.2012 | Hail A Fellow Human, Not A Taxi With “SideCar” – The New P2P Uber | You need a ride, someone else has a car and could use the cash, SideCar is the app that will bring you together. New instant peer-to-peer rideshare-finding app SideCar turns anyone into a taxi / Uber driver, and it’s supposedly legal becaus... |
| 07.06.2012 | Getaround Aims to Tackle “Car Overpopulation” | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints
Car-sharing service Getaround burst on the scene a year ago a when it emerged as the big winner at TechCrunch Disrupt in New York, capturing the $50,000 prize. The San Francis... |
| 01.04.2012 | Dirty Pillows: The Unsolved Problems Of Sharing Services | [Editor’s Note: Brenden Mulligan is an entrepreneur who created Onesheet, TipList, ArtistData, MorningPics, and PhotoPile. He’s a mentor for 500 Startups and several startups. You can find him on Twitter at @mulligan.]
When my wife and I tr... |
| 22.02.2012 | Strategic Sharing: Zipcar Leads $13.7M Investment In Campus Car-Sharing Startup Wheelz | Well, you have to hand it to the strategy team over at Zipcar. Arguably the largest on-demand car-sharing network, Zipcar went public last year and not long after saw its market cap cross $1 billion. It’s since fallen back, and with collabo... |
| 22.02.2012 | Wheelz Rides with $13.7M Series A Round |
PALO ALTO, CA, Peer-to-peer (P2P) car sharing company targeting college campus communities, announced today that Zipcar is the lead investor in a $13.7 million Series A round of funding for Wheelz.
>> Click here for more funding da... |
| 22.02.2012 | Wheelz Raises $13.7M in Series A Funding Round | Wheelz, Inc., a Palo Alto, California-based peer-to-peer (P2P) car sharing company targeting college campus communities, has raised $13.7m in its Series A round of funding.
The round was led by car sharing network Zipcar, Inc. (Nasdaq: ZIP)... |
| 30.01.2012 | Akamai to Zipcar: A Snapshot of 10 Public Tech Companies in Boston | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints
As we wind down the first month of 2012, I thought I’d take the pulse of some of the bigger technology companies around town. In addition to tracking startups and entrepreneur... |
| 22.11.2011 | CityRyde leaves for Cambridge: we “just did not fit the investment style of the investors in the region,” says CEO | This is Exit Interview, an occasional interview series with someone who has left Philadelphia, perhaps for another country or region or even just out of city limits and often taking talent, business and jobs with them. If you or someone you... |
| 19.10.2011 | Zipcar goes social with new Facebook reservations app | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
Zipcar launched a Facebook application today, for... |
| 18.10.2011 | Book a Zipcar directly on Facebook | Car-sharing service says 60,000 members are already on their Facebook fan page
Zipcar has brought its car sharing to the social network giant Facebook with the release of a beta reservation application.
The Cambridge, Mass.-based company an... |
| 18.10.2011 | Zipcar Members Can Now Reserve A Car On Facebook | Car sharing network company Zipcar this morning announced the release of a Facebook application that allows its members to ‘reserve their wheels’ on the popular social networking site without having to leave it.
The Nasdaq-listed car-sharin... |
| 16.10.2011 | Reduce Friction, Increase Happiness | Editor’s Note: Brenden Mulligan is an entrepreneur who created Onesheet, ArtistData, MorningPics, and PhotoPile. He’s an mentor for 500 Startups, Advise.me and several startups. You can find him on Twitter at @bmull and blogging at Starting... |
| 05.10.2011 | Car-sharing Startup RelayRides Partners With GM | General Motors is partnering with a car-sharing startup called RelayRides on a new venture that will allow GM owners to rent out their idle vehicles via the OnStar service and their mobile phone. The program will launch first in California ... |
| 10.09.2011 | CrunchFund invests in Getaround’s $3.4M seed round | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
Car sharing website Getaround announced a large s... |
| 31.08.2011 | Ford And Zipcar Partner On Car-Sharing Program For Universities | Ford Motor Company and the leading car-sharing network Zipcar have just announced a partnership that establishes Ford as Zipcar’s largest auto source for Zipcar’s University program. The new, two-year alliance will reach students at over 25... |
| 17.08.2011 | Hi Gear lets you rent your dream car for a day (exclusive) | [Check out the discount offer at the end of the story]
House-sharing startup Airbnb has set off a bit of a craze in the market for renting out your cool stuff. Now everyone is emulating the hot new service, just as daily deal sites started ... |
| 11.08.2011 | Google Ventures funds RelayRides, again | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
Car sharing startup RelayRides has raised $3.6 mi... |
| 14.04.2011 | Zipcar’s $174M IPO and What It Means to the Boston Tech Scene: Some Reactions | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints
Zipcar, the Cambridge, MA-based car-sharing company, has raised $174.3 million in an initial public offering. The company sold about 9.7 million shares at $18 per share—an inc... |
| 14.04.2011 | ZipCar Shares Up Over 50%, Market Cap Surpasses $1 Billion After IPO | Carsharing service ZipCar began the morning of its IPO trading at $18 a share and is now up to $27.96, a rise of over 50%. Based on its 38.6M total shares this means that it is now a billion dollar company (Congrats ZipCar!). Zipcar has rai... |
| 17.12.2010 | Funding roundup - week ending 12/17/10 | Bonobos, Fab.com, Kapitall, RiseSmart, Shopify, Soladigm, SpotXchange, TekTrak, Twitter, Zipcar
Seed
TekTrak, developer of phone-locating apps, raised an undisclosed amount of seed funding from such notable investors as Cyan and Scott Banis... |
| 15.12.2010 | Zipcar raises $21 million for car sharing | $20 million given by Meritech, $1 million from Pinnacle Ventures to expand its locations and fleet
Having a car can be a joy, and a pain. There's nothing quite like driving on an open stretch of highway, the windows down, on a warm summer d... |
| 15.12.2010 | Zipcar Completes $21M Series G Financing | Zipcar Inc., a car-sharing service, has completed a $21m Series G financing.
The round was led by Meritech Capital Partners, which committed $20m, with participation from Pinnacle Ventures, which contributed an additional $1m.
Zipcar intend... |
| 15.12.2010 | Car-Sharing Service Zipcar Adds $21 Million To Its Coffers | Car-sharing service company Zipcar this morning announced that it has raised $21 million in Series G funding. Meritech Capital Partners led the round with a $20 million investment, while Pinnacle Ventures contributed the additional $1 milli... |
| 12.10.2010 | TC Teardown: 13 Ways To Get To $10 Million In Revenues (Part II) | Editor’s note: This post is the second part of an analysis of different consumer Internet business models by guest author Steven Carpenter. It is suggested that you first read Part I.
Most consumer Internet startups fall into a baker’s doze... |
| 22.06.2010 | RelayRides, Out to Be the Community-Powered Zipcar, Hits the Ground With Pilot Rental Program | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints
In 2007 Shelby Clark’s car died just as he crossed into San Francisco, ready to start work with micro-lending nonprofit Kiva.org. He discovered ZipCar once he got to the Bay A... |
| 21.04.2010 | Zipcar buys U.K. car sharing company Streetcar for $50 million | Car sharing service company Zipcar today announced that it has acquired Streetcar, a similar venture that operates in the UK out of London. The terms of the acquisition were not disclosed, but the Wall Street Journal says the deal is valued... |
| 21.04.2010 | Zipcar buys into second European car-sharing company | Cambridge, Massachusetts-based Zipcar announced this morning that Zipcar has acquired London-based Streetcar, a similar car-sharing service. In England, Streetcar is described as a “pay-as-you-go car club.”
Last year, Zipcar acquired a mino... |
| 21.04.2010 | Zipcar buys into second European car-sharing company | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
Cambridge, Massachusetts-based Zipcar announced t... |
| 02.12.2009 | EnerDel, Mazda team to link EVs, solar and the grid | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
In the research center of Tsukuba City, just outs... |
| 02.12.2009 | EnerDel, Mazda team to link EVs, solar and the grid | In the research center of Tsukuba City, just outside Tokyo, the first real world vehicle and grid storage experiments are underway. A collaboration between Mazda, EnerDel and Th!nk Global among others, the project is one of the first to loo... |
| 17.10.2009 | Life in the Slow Lane: Zipcar’s Sputtering iPhone App Release | Sometimes even a do-gooder company flubs something badly enough that it deserves to take some crap. So I give that honor to Zipcar, which over the past few months brilliantly and boldly promoted its iPhone app even though, for all practical... |
| 29.09.2009 | Zipcar finally puts iPhone app in drive | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
Zipcar — the car rental service with a Web 2.0 tw... |
| 29.09.2009 | Zipcar finally puts iPhone app in drive | Zipcar — the car rental service with a Web 2.0 twist — has launched its hotly-anticipated iPhone application. It had stalled for a while in the Apple App Store’s approval process, but today Zipcar users have the power to not only find nearb... |
| 27.08.2009 | GSM, black boxes, and iPhones: the tech that drives Zipcar | reader comments 33 with 27 posters participating
Share this story
Share on Facebook
Share on Twitter
Share on Reddit
Those living in urban environments probably know all about car-sharing service Zipcar. For the rest of the world, Zipcar ma... |
| 12.08.2009 | Accountants & Bean Counters: What The Internet of Things Means For You | Earlier this week we looked at how the emerging Internet of Things, when everyday objects become connected to the Web, will affect product managers and marketers. Today we look at some of the implications for accountants and bean counters –... |
| 21.07.2009 | Ten Philadelphia iPhone apps that don’t exist but should | The iPhone application news has to be getting a little tiresome, no?
Google says the mobile application collection is a fleeting concept. The iPhone store is completely flooded with more than 36,000 and few are making money or much worth th... |
| 12.06.2009 | Bloomberg on Zipcar IPO: Just take our word for it | Did Zipcar chief executive Scott Griffith accidentally announce that the car-sharing service is planning an initial public offering for 2010? Or is Bloomberg guilty of a “gross misinterpretation”? A day after a dispute broke out over Bloomb... |
| 11.06.2009 | Is Zipcar planning an IPO? Depends who you ask | A bit of a kerfluffle has sprung up around car-sharing service Zipcar, and whether Bloomberg misquoted chief executive Scott Griffith that he’s planning an initial public offering for 2010. You’d think it would be a relatively easy dispute ... |
| 22.05.2009 | Chrome 2 browser runs Web 2.0 30 percent faster | I spend most of my workday typing and clicking into a browser window. I hate it. When I see the catchphrases “cloud” or “hosted” or “as a service,” my brain rewrites it as too damn slow.
Google’s Chrome browser soothes my pain a bit. The la... |
