Zipcar and uber and Exclusive Resorts and other sharing enterprises are really growing fast.
Here is information on a great new entrant called Portico. Live the dream, travel around the world and stay in great houses, without ownership, be a part of a club. Smart and efficient. Click here. Thank you.
Zipcar. IPO. Check this one out. Nice and congratulations to those who have created this industry.
Now you can rent software vs. buying it. See here.
You can do so for music, just go to iTunes.
Movies – hello Netflix.
You can rent a plane vs. own it. NetJets.
And a car? Go Zipcar.
And a vacation home? Exclusive Resorts.
What is next?
Tell me. Comment away. What is the next category to rent vs. buy? Thank you.
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.
Click here and here for more info.
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.
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.