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I have a lot of love for Sidecar. When I first moved up to SF, 'ridesharing' was truly in its infancy as Uber was still Black-car/Taxi only and Lyft was still a
by awad 8y ago
I have a lot of love for Sidecar. When I first moved up to SF, 'ridesharing' was truly in its infancy as Uber was still Black-car/Taxi only and Lyft was still a part of Zimride. Uber might have taken most of the market while Lyft might have won as the 'not-Uber' but, having had all three in the early days, it really stood out to me how much Sidecar was innovating ahead of the other two product-wise, only to be immediately copied thereafter and eventually driven out of business. Off the top of my head, they were the first to debut real time price quotes, line/pool service, some kind of delivery integration, and if I am not mistaken was the original 'rideshare' wherein a regular person could pick up passengers. Might be a few more I'm missing. I've always held the belief that they had the best product team of them all in the early days.
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