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Philadelphia Shuts Down SideCar, A Ridesharing Startup, In Sting Operation
California's Public Utility Commission fined SideCar, Uber, and ZimRide, the maker of Lyft, another…
Owen Thomas
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How Lyft's cofounders, Logan Green and John Zimmer, went from organizing carpools on college campuses to running a ride-hailing company worth $29 billion
Lyft's IPO won't make the pair overnight billionaires, but it will almost certainly contribute to a…
Katie Warren
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Lyft's cofounders met on Facebook and lived on opposite coasts - here's how they launched a $7.5 billion startup long-distance
"And so I thought, well, getting rides for people who are working at banks - that's definitely not …
Alyson Shontell,Shana Lebowitz
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Lyft's cofounder didn't take a salary for 3 years and slept on a couch in an 'apartfice' before his company was worth $11 billion
"And so we said, 'What if we were starting Zimride over today? What would it look like?' And when w…
Alyson Shontell,Shana Lebowitz
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How Lyft's John Zimmer went from sleeping on a couch and eating frozen Trader Joe's meals to running a $7.5 billion company
We got it to thousands of users and had 150 universities and companies paying us for a closed carpo…
Anna Mazarakis,Alyson Shontell
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Lyft CEO Calls The Car-Sharing Service A 'Mullet App' - Simple Up Front And Complex In The Back
As Green tells Business Insider, this process is much simpler than with Zimride, the app that prece…
Drake Baer
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Here's A Look Inside Lyft's Plan For Disrupting The Transportation Industry
We built Zimride into a small business, with 150 university and corporate clients. We found a coupl…
Drake Baer
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It's not 'winner-take-all' for Uber or Lyft, says the only investor in both
He first invested in Lyft's predecessor, Zimride, when it was a carpooling platform to connect dorm…
Biz Carson
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BANK OF AMERICA: We've reached 'peak car'
"Auto manufacturers and tech companies have been some of the largest investors and movers on ride-h…
Graham Rapier
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Lyft is going green to win the fight against Uber. The executive in charge of that has his work cut out for him.
"And so that's kind of where the frontier is," Eccles went on, "convincing the portfolio managers, …
Graham Rapier
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Defiant SideCar CEO Plans To Keep Fighting In Philadelphia And California
In its home state of California, SideCar got a $20,000 fine from the California Public Utilities Co…
Owen Thomas
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We talked to Lyft's investors - here's how it will compete with Uber's crazy fundraising efforts
In terms of revenue, a September report from FutureAdvisor said Uber's revenue was 12X that of Lyft…
Maya Kosoff
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Lyft Just Made It Even Easier To Get A Ride When Public Transportation Screws You Over
Last month, Uber drove around a mobile billboard in San Francisco with the message "Shave The 'Stac…
Megan Rose Dickey
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Read the letter Lyft's founders wrote to investors that was included in the company's IPO filing
A full shift to Transportation-as-a-Service that offers more safe, affordable, reliable and enjoyab…
Lisa Eadicicco
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This Woman's Husband Just Quit His Job And She Is As Thrilled As She Is Terrified
"I was raised in a very traditional household. You were either a doctor or a lawyer, and that's abo…