Topic: Zipcar Inc.

Digital Matters - Issue 41

"The future of the auto industry is building your own car over the Net."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»

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»

25 Ways to Jump-Start the Auto Business

Life-saving ideas from genomics whiz J. Craig Venter, Pimp My Ride star Xzibit, the GEICO gecko guy, the founder of Zipcar, Cisco's smart-garage guru, and more.READ»

Voodoo Doughnut: Getting Noticed in a Crowded Market

If you're curious, check out Voodoo Doughnut and Zipcar--both businesses have managed to stand out brilliantly in crowded, mature marketplaces. My favorite book on the topic of standing out is Seth Godin's Purple Cow--it's a ...READ»

Zipcar Makes the Leap

The car-sharing darling makes its play for the mainstream by emphasizing economics and lifestyle over environmental impact.READ»

• Infographic: With Car Sharing, More Means Less

Four Leaders You Need To Know

They may not be CNBC regulars, but this fab four represent what's needed today: CEOs with vision who also aren't afraid to get their hands dirty.READ»

Give 'em Something to Talk About

Your product may be good, but will it spark a conversation?READ»

Freedom Ride

Recently no less an authority than Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, stated that the issue of "energy independence" is one of the nation’s major needs. In a letter dated October 17, 2008, she ...READ»

Feedback

The World's 50 Most Innovative Companies / Our March cover story -- and particularly our choice of Google as the most innovative company of the year -- got a heated reception. There were complaints ("Your latest issue reads like a ...READ»

• The Untipping Point

In Today's Papers

From the reading pile: A Popular Strategy For Church Growth Splits Congregants "Across U.S., Members Divide On Making Sermons, Music More 'Purpose-Driven'" Business Strategist Adds to Resume By Writing Blurbs for Book ...READ»

Internet for Everyone

  Yesterday, at the Personal Democracy Forum in new York, a coalition of media, policy, and advocacy experts launched a new initiative that calls on Congress and the president to act in the public interest by enacting a ...READ»

A Brilliant Primer on Sustainable Design

  If you missed the Compostmodern sustainable design conference in San Francisco last week, you can get an excellent taste here of one of the top presentations. Nathan Shedroff is the chair of the Design Strategy MBA ...READ»

The Fast 50 Reader Favorites of 2008

You nominated companies. You rated them. You commented on them. In the end, we have the 50 companies that you, our readers, have chosen as the most innovative.READ»

• The 2008 Fast 50

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»

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»

Disruptive or incremental innovation?

‘Radical’ or ‘disruptive’ innovation is a prominent topic for many companies. Innovations that fundamentally change or create new markets are both emotionally attractive and fundamentally appealing. Whether from 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»

New Kids on the Bloc

A training corps for young change makers.READ»

Fast 50 Follow-Up: 10 Companies We Missed

When we last checked in with innovation expert Dev Patnaik, CEO of growth-strategy firm Jump Associates, he was chiding us for heralding company innovations--as opposed to innovative companies--on last year’s Fast Company 50. ...READ»

Fast Company... on the Air!

Fast Company contributing editor Scott Kirsner will host a one-hour radio show this week from 1-2 p.m. on the Bloomberg Radio affiliate in Boston, WBIX 1060 AM. The show won't have a strong technology focus but will cover Boston ...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»

• The Doctor of the Future

Six Strategies to Thrive in the Conserver Economy

Where the green economy meets the lean economyREAD»