Sentences with phrase «at lyft»

He served at Lyft from 2014 to 2015 and had also worked as the legal director for Google X, working with states on legislation around autonomous vehicles, Google Glass and drone delivery.

«This partnership with Generali Global Assistance enables us to get one step closer to our mission of improving people's lives with the world's best transportation,» said Dan Trigub, Head of West Coast Healthcare Partnerships at Lyft.

«This partnership with Generali Global Assistance enables us to get one step closer to our mission of improving people's lives with the world's best transportation,» said Dan Trigub, Head of West Coast Healthcare Partnerships at Lyft.

David Mack, the director of public affairs at Lyft, said on Tuesday that Uber's campaign was «a continuation of a conversation that has been going on for many months.»

«New York is now one step closer to enabling increased transportation options for riders; allowing for greater economic opportunity for drivers; and creating benefits to the community like reducing impaired driving and CO2 emissions,» said David Mack, the senior director of public affairs at Lyft.

The drivers weren't able to achieve «global changes» at Lyft, but those changes are still possible at Uber, explained Shannon Liss - Riordan, the attorney representing both Lyft drivers and Uber drivers in their respective cases.

The $ 7.5 billion valuation marks a sharp increase from the $ 5.5 billion valuation at Lyft's last financing more than a year ago.

Laura Copeland, the head of community at Lyft, describes having created an «advisory council» of seven drivers to make sure that the people on the street have a voice in the company.

Featured speakers include Gina Ma, Director of Marketing Strategy & Operations at Lyft, Jeremiah Owyang, the Founder of Crowd Companies, and Anita Roth, Head of Policy Research at Airbnb.

Bird, based in Santa Monica, was founded in 2017 by Travis VanderZanden, a former chief operating officer at Lyft who left for Uber and was sued for allegedly stealing confidential information.

Seth Melnick started at Lyft in October 2014, just months after Lyft launched in New York City.

Emily Castor, director of transportation policy at Lyft, said in an interview the company had «a pipeline of dozens of public transit agencies» that are discussing partnerships with the ride service.

A Lyft driver at the Lyft Driver Rally event in January 2015.

Like many other early employees at Lyft, I used my personal dropbox to collaborate on files.

Before co-founders Logan Green and John Zimmer honed the concept of ride hailing at Lyft, which has 1,000 employees, operates in 200 cities, and has raised more than $ 2 billion in venture capital, they built its predecessor, a ridesharing upstart called Zimride.

Bird's vice president of operations, Stephen Schnell, previously worked at Lyft, as did its head of growth, Ryan Fujiu, and head of launch, Ryan Hupfer.

In April, Trump tapped Derek Kan, a general manager at Lyft, for that crucial policy post.

From a swivel chair in one of the many identical 10 - by - 10 conference rooms at Lyft's labyrinthine offices, Zimmer declined to comment specifically on the rumors Lyft is entering merger and acquisition territory.

Not exact matches

A source at ride - sharing start - up Lyft told Inc. there are at least two initiatives in the works that that will bring together policy (and potentially lobbying) efforts to the sharing economy.

Earnest looked at loan applications from tens of thousands of people who got at least some of their income by working through Airbnb, Uber, Lyft, Etsy, Postmates, Doordash, and others.

The Express Drive program, which we'll see expand rapidly around the country through 2017, takes aim at recruiting and retaining drivers for Lyft, Uber's biggest rival.

In practice Lyft, with a present valuation of $ 5.5 billion, looks like a smaller Uber, last valued at $ 66 billion.

The timing of Lyft's big expansion is interesting — while it surely took months of planning, the announcement comes at a time when Uber is embroiled in a number of controversies.

Late in July at its new headquarters in San Francisco's Mission Bay neighborhood, Lyft served pink martinis and prosciutto to around 40 reporters, public relations specialists, driver partners, and Lyft staff at an early - evening happy hour celebrating the ride - hailing startup's four - year anniversary.

A recent study from ConsumerAffairs looks at the safety of Uber, Lyft and taxi cars in cities around the U.S.

Although time will tell how this will affect their businesses in the long run, at the very least, traditional Uber loyalists now have the Lyft application on their mobile devices.

Uber riders also spend 12 times as much money as their Lyft counterparts, which helps explain why Uber is valued at more than $ 15 billion and how Kalanick has raised a reported $ 1.5 billion in venture capital.

The company also announced several new partnerships that are aimed at benefiting Lyft drivers, including a linkup with eHealth.

• Lyft, a San Francisco - based ridesharing service, is seeking to raise at least $ 500 million in new funding at a valuation between $ 6 billion and $ 7 billion.

Now, it appears Lyft is preparing to expand into Canada, according to The Information, which based its report on three unnamed people who have been involved with or briefed about the discussions at the company.

Weiss notes that Andreessen Horowitz partners have met with teams at Sidecar and Uber, but what set Lyft apart, and ultimately earned the investment, was their strong community and transparency.

Ride - sharing company Lyft has expanded its operations in the United States by more than 50 % in the past eight months, taking advantage of problems at rival company Uber to capture new market share.

Lyft's creative director, Jesse McMillin, who was formerly at Virgin, played a big role in the launch of the new logo, which is aimed at helping give the company's brand a more sophisticated look.

The investment puts Lyft's post-money valuation at $ 11 billion.

The funding round, which values Lyft at approximately $ 5.5 billion, had been in the works for some time.

At the very start of 2016, Lyft took $ 500 million from General Motors, in exchange for a 10 percent stake in the startup.

Lyft, constantly the underdog to Uber in the race to overhaul the ride - hailing space, has been in its financial shadow since Uber recently filed to raise another $ 2.1 billion round of funding at a $ 62.5 billion valuation — putting it at 12 times the size of Lyft.

VanderZanden served as the first chief operating officer of Lyft and the vice president of driver growth at Uber.

The company's ranks include numerous employees who got their start at the ride - hailing companies Uber and Lyft.

Among them is its founder and CEO, Travis VanderZanden, who was Lyft's first chief operating officer before becoming vice president of driver growth at Uber.

Lyft offers its drivers similar perks, but it also touts options for more novel deals, like gym memberships and coffees at Starbucks.

From creating software to spy on its competitor Lyft to tracking the whereabouts of law enforcement officials, the company takes extraordinary measures to put itself at the top.

Namely, he said, Lyft is beating Uber at carpooling in San Francisco.

General Motors and new business partner Lyft are launching a short - term car rental program aimed at bringing on more drivers to the ride - hailing service.

In October, the company announced a partnership with Hertz that will provide very short - term car rentals to Lyft drivers at rates it claims are low enough that they can still make money after they pay the fees.

Under Lyft's rules, a car must be a 2004 or newer (in some cities the vehicles must be at least a 2008 model), have four doors, and pass other basic safety requirements such as functioning lights and seat belts.

On Monday, Lyft confirmed it had closed a $ 1 billion funding round at a $ 5.5 billion valuation, more than double its last valuation of $ 2.5 billion in March 2015.

GM also invested $ 500 million into Lyft at the time.

The new money is specifically aimed at stealing market share from Uber in the U.S., and Lyft plans to do so by providing better customer service and building loyalty with passengers.

Logan Green, CEO of on - demand ride - sharing company Lyft, spoke during a fireside chat at the Play Conference 2013, an event organized by students from the Haas School of Business at UC Berkeley.