More and More – Zipcar

I am seeing Zipcars a lot in DC, Philly and NYC. It looks like a great idea for students and people who live in urban settings and need access to a car but don’t need to own and operate one on a full time basis.

What a great idea. Join a club and own a piece of a car to use at your convenience. Be green, too. Sharing is good.

I congratulate Steve Case for seeing the benefits to social sharing in the physical world a long time before most anyone else did.

This is a hot company with a great consumer proposition.

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Zipcar Files IPO

Congratulations to the Zipcar team and to Steve Case.

This is such great news, a great service for consumers, and a really fantastic deal in the works here.

Steve Case is the largest shareholder of Zipcar and I am proud of him. He had the vision regarding this kind of service for consumers. He has been very enthusiastic about “sharing” and this company is a great proof point.

Zipcar’s Growing Appeal

Kudos to Steve Case and the Revolution team for identifying this business vertical category so many years ago. I remember hearing about this space four years ago and then seeing lots of cars near college campuses with the Zipcar logo a fixed to the bumper.

The merger of Zipcar and Flexcar really made for an amazing and fast growing new company that is poised to really transform transportation in big cities.

Here is a great article in Fortune magazine about sharing and new modes of transportation and fast growth for a new company. Click here to read it.