Zimride, every mention
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Advice Line with John Zimmer of Lyft
TaskRabbit: Leah Solivan
- ▶ 38:34 Leah Solivan He runs a company called Zimride.
Lyft: John Zimmer (2017)
- ▶ 5:09 John Zimmer and so I started thinking what, what else I could do, and it was actually about, 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… 2 times in the scene
- ▶ 9:15 Guy Raz Ok, so you guys, uh, start working on Zimride together, and at this point you're, you're still at Lian Brothers, right? 4 times in the scene
- ▶ 13:57 Guy Raz So you moved to Silicon Valley in 2008 to go full time on Zimride with Logan Green? 4 times in the scene
- ▶ 15:33 Guy Raz Because with Zimride you had to go on a website and you had to find the date and the person going, right?
- ▶ 19:05 Guy Raz So, it's 2012, and John and Logan were still working on this carpool concept called Zimride, and they were doing pretty well. 6 times in the scene
- ▶ 21:12 John Zimmer Before we launched it, the working title was Zimride Instant, but while going through, it was actually really a three-week period that the Lyft app, the original Lyft app was built.
- ▶ 25:51 Guy Raz Because you had sold off Zimride, and you put all your eggs in this basket, and it could have been shut down. 2 times in the scene
- ▶ 33:35 Guy Raz John, when you look back at, you know, contacting Logan over Facebook, and then, like, working on the side project, and moving to Menlo Park, and pouring your heart and soul into the, into Zimride, and then starting Lyft, and watching it… 2 times in the scene
Lyft: John Zimmer
- ▶ 4:09 John Zimmer and so I started thinking what, what else I could do, and it was actually about, 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…
- ▶ 5:47 John Zimmer That would connect people going the same way to be able to sell a seat in their car, and that's why he called the website Zimride.
- ▶ 8:16 Guy Raz Okay, so you guys, uh, start working on Zimride together, and at this point you're, you're still at Lehman Brothers, right?
- ▶ 8:30 John Zimmer He's working on Zimride as a side project. 3 times in the scene
- ▶ 12:58 Guy Raz So you moved to Silicon Valley in 2008 to go full time on Zimride with Logan Green? 3 times in the scene
- ▶ 14:34 Guy Raz Because with Zimride you had to go on a website and you had to find the date and the person going, right?
- ▶ 18:02 Guy Raz So, it's 2012, and John and Logan were still working on this carpool concept called Zimride, and they were doing pretty well. 2 times in the scene
- ▶ 20:05 Guy Raz Like, when did it go from, from being called Zimride to Lyft? 6 times in the scene
- ▶ 20:09 John Zimmer Before we launched it, the working title was Zimride Instant, but while going through, it was actually really a three-week period that the Lyft app, the original Lyft app was built.
- ▶ 24:48 Guy Raz Because you had sold off Zimride, and you put all your eggs in this basket, and it could have been shut down. 2 times in the scene
- ▶ 32:32 Guy Raz John, when you look back at, you know, contacting Logan over Facebook, and then, like, working on the side project, and moving to Menlo Park, and pouring your heart and soul into the, into Zimride, and then starting Lyft, and watching it… 2 times in the scene