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Shareconomy (movie excerpt) Lyft COO - John Zimmer: Creating Something New

Name: Shareconomy (movie excerpt) Lyft COO - John Zimmer: Creating Something New
Uploaded: 2014-08-01T02:06:59+00:00
Duration: 44 s
Channel: John Zimmer
Description: In this excerpt, Lyft co‑founder and COO John Zimmer explains that launching a new transportation service inevitably invites scrutiny and questions…

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In this excerpt, Lyft co‑founder and COO John Zimmer explains that launching a new transportation service inevitably invites scrutiny and questions, which he views as acceptable. He emphasizes that Lyft deliberately built safety standards that exceed any government‑mandated requirements for other transport modes. By establishing these higher standards from the outset, Lyft can quickly demonstrate to city officials that its platform is safer than the baseline they currently enforce, facilitating discussions and approvals when entering new markets.

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I think when you create something new, it's oftentimes that you will get different types of scrutiny and questions, and I think that's fine. And I think when we set it up, we knew that would be true. We also knew that we wanted to provide the safest, best platform for the community members. And so when we set up the system, we created safety standards that were more strict than what any government had previously required of other transportation modes. And so when we do get into those discussions in each new city, we're able to demonstrate very quickly that if they really truly care about safety, that what we're doing is more advanced than what they currently require.