Topic: Zipcar Inc.

Californians Get to Rent Their Cars to Strangers

Ride sharing takes on a whole new meaning today, thanks to a law signed by Governor Schwarzenegger -- and a startup called Spride Share is poised to cash in.READ»

Peer-to-Peer Car Sharing Start-Up WhipCar Is Zooming Down ZipCar's Lane

The firm, which operates out of London's West End, is expecting to take six months to get to the number of vehicles that the U.K.'s "leading car club" took six years to attain.READ»

SoBi Bike-Sharing Goes Completely Mobile

The new bike sharing network, piloting in New York City, raises the bar yet again.READ»

Big Apple Power-Up: Major New York Garage Gets Charging Stations

How can Manhattanites take part in the electric car revolution if they don't have home garages? Icon Parking has about 200 answers for that--and it's good news for Zipcar, too.READ»

iFive: Mobile Video Wars, Facebook's Geo-location, Swine Flu 2 (Infectious Boogaloo), Malaria Nexus, U.K.'s Green Truck Stop

While you were sleeping, innovation resigned in a truly innovative way: It wrote a letter to its boss, and sent it snail mail.1. A couple of "cool new mobile features" are to be unveiled by Google on Thursday for Android phones. It's ...READ»

Web Sites With Personality: What Marketers Can Learn From Zipcar.com

What's under the hood of Zipcar.com? It very well may be a digital blueprint for connecting with customers online.READ»

Enterprise Adds Electric Vehicle Rentals, WeCar Sharing, Massive Tree Planting

Say hello to electric car-renting-sharing fusion goodness.READ»

Greylock Partners on Why You Shouldn't Start a Company in... Boston

"It will take time to change, but Boston must have its Google," said Henry McCance in an interview with Xconomy. McCance is chairman emeritus of Greylock Partners, one of the world's leading venture capital firms, with investments ...READ»

Invincible Apple: 10 Lessons From the Coolest Company Anywhere

Everyone wants to be like Steve Jobs and his powerhouse company. It's not as easy as it looks.READ»

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Zipcar Whizzing Toward an IPO [Update]

Zipcar is going public. The car-sharing firm led by Scott Griffith that lets you "borrow" one of its 6,500 vehicles for as little as an hour at a time, has filed a registration statement with the SEC for an IPO. Last month, the firm ...READ»

Daimler's Car2go Car-Sharing Service Comes to Austin

Dream of driving around in a European-style Smart car but don't want to shell out the cash to buy or lease one? Daimler AG's Car2go car-sharing program has you covered. The pilot program in Ulm, Germany has been ...READ»

Voodoo Doughnut: Getting Noticed in a Crowded Market

You probably compete in a crowded marketplace. You might have to compete with bigger companies who have more established brands. So how do you stand out? Let's take some inspiration from a shop called Voodoo Doughnut in Portland. READ»

Most Innovative Companies - Transportation

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2010 Trend Report

What does it mean to Wave? How is crowdfunding revolutionizing the non-profit sector? What does it mean to make tangible impact? Since our 2009 trend report, Google Wave has turned the tech world on its head, Kiva revolutionized the non-profit business model and Kleiner Perkins is funding eco-innovation with the $500 million Green Fund. While...READ»

Undead Tech: The Computerized Car

The remote-controlled, computer-savvy car is one of those mythological automotive promises (like the flying car) that we all kind of assumed we'd have by 2010. Where's my Will-Smith-from-I-Robot car?READ»

What a Bikesharing Program Should Look Like

Copenhagen unveils two smart bike-sharing systems that capitalize on wireless tech and GPS.READ»

Zipcar Reveals First Ever iPhone App

It was only a matter of time before Zipcar released a tricked-out iPhone app. After all, 27% of all members of the car-sharing service own an iPhone, and the built-in wireless technology installed in every Zipcar is just begging to ...READ»

Zipcar Lets You Unlock Car with iPhone

Zipcar announced a free iPhone app today that lets Zipcar users find and reserve cars, sort cars by model, and--perhaps most amazingly--unlock the car from their device. Zipcar's car sharing service has about 325,000 members in the ...READ»

Three Crowd-Powered Sites Offer Killer Deals on... Everything

As our nationwide economic turbulence continues, discount Web sites are proliferating. They don't rely on the typical economic mechanisms to get their customers deals--they're not about razor-thin margins, or closeouts, or ...READ»

Zipcar Adds Plug-In Hybrid Vehicles to its Fleet

Car-sharing service Zipcar knows that plug-in hybrids are coming down the pipeline fast--witness Toyota's announcement this week that the plug-in Prius is due for release in 2012--and it's wasting no time in positioning itself for their arrival. td8xmcrzw9READ»

Zipcar Takes Its Ads to the Streets--Literally

Zipcar recently conducted a witty new ad experiment on the sidewalks of Washington, D.C.: On two of the city's busiest corners, it installed "street scenes" depicting exactly why you'd need to sign-up for the ...READ»

Six Strategies to Thrive in the Conserver Economy

Where the green economy meets the lean economyREAD»

As Consumers' Demands Change, Designers Are All in the Behavior Business

Over the past few months, I've been busy riling up the design community with a theory that designers are now in the "behavior business," and I plan to explore this further in my posts in the coming weeks. Many of the ...READ»

Letter From the Editor: What We Can't Live Without

When my father was a kid, his family had the first television on the block. Neighbors would come by just to watch the transmission signal. I was reminded of this family lore by Sony exec Steve Haber's comments about e-books in the ...READ»

Myca and Hello Health Preview Their Facebook-like Medical Platform

Today in Boston, at Health 2.0, Dr. Jay Parkinson and Dr. Sean Khozin offer a glimpse of hassle-free health care. READ»

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