Zimride

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7 statements across 3 episodes · 0 bullish · 0 bearish · 1 people on the record · first statement Feb 13, 2017 by John Zimmer · said 47 times in 4 episodes since 2017 · across every show →

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Feb 13, 2017 neutral
Assertion Supported
John Zimmer marketed Zimride at Cornell by wearing a beaver costume
“Our, one of our early purchases was a frog and beaver costume that we put on. I went to Cornell. I was actually going to Cornell on a recruiting trip for Lehman, but I went a few days early, and I was standing on the quad in this ridiculous costume handing out…”
John Zimmer Feb 13, 2017 ▶ 10:12 Lyft: John Zimmer
Feb 13, 2017 neutral
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Zimmer: Discovered Co-Founder Logan Green Through a Mutual Friend's Facebook Post
“And so I started thinking what else I could do, and it was actually about a year into it that I was on Facebook one night and saw Logan, who is now, now my co-founder, who I didn't know at the time, posted on a mutual friend's Facebook page saying that he was …”
John Zimmer Feb 13, 2017 ▶ 4:09 Lyft: John Zimmer
Feb 13, 2017 neutral
Assertion Supported
Lyft founders sold Zimride assets to Enterprise Rent-A-Car
“So we sold Zimride to Enterprise Rent-A-Car, and basically the assets, the contracts with the universities, and retained the entire team, and went all in on Lyft.”
John Zimmer Feb 13, 2017 ▶ 21:52 Lyft: John Zimmer
Feb 13, 2017 neutral
Assertion Supported
Zimride sold private carpool networks to 150 universities and companies
“We were able to, over a few year period, sell to a 150 universities and companies that would pay us an annual fee for this private carpooling network.”
John Zimmer Feb 13, 2017 ▶ 11:08 Lyft: John Zimmer
Jun 25, 2018
Assertion Supported
Zimmer: Zimride sold annual carpooling networks to 150 universities and companies
“And we were able to, over a few year period, sell to a 150 universities and companies that would pay us an annual fee for this private carpooling network.”
John Zimmer Jun 25, 2018 ▶ 12:13 Lyft: John Zimmer (2017)
Jun 25, 2018
Assertion Supported
Zimmer: Enterprise bought Zimride assets while team pivoted to Lyft
“So we sold Zimride to Enterprise Rent-A-Car, and basically the assets the contracts with the universities, and retained the entire team, and went all in on, on Lyft.”
John Zimmer Jun 25, 2018 ▶ 22:54 Lyft: John Zimmer (2017)
Oct 23, 2025
Assertion Open · timeframe Oct 2025
Zimmer wore frog and beaver costumes to market Zimride at Cornell
“One of the kind of funny things we had to figure out was how to quickly market to the college campus, and so one of our early purchases was a frog and beaver costume that we put on. I went to Cornell. I was actually going to Cornell on a recruiting trip for Le…”
John Zimmer Oct 23, 2025 ▶ 48:44 Advice Line with John Zimmer of Lyft
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