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From Airbnb to TaskRabbit to Zimride, sharing is becoming big business

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Adam Hertz, a cable company executive in San Francisco , and his wife, Joan, have enthusiastically embraced the movement. TaskRabbit has (people) making over $5,000 a month in San Francisco," says Craig Shapiro, founder of Collaborative Fund, a venture-capital fund specializing in sharing sites. Thats real money."

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Finding a Problem Worth Solving

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It was on a trip to Zimbabwe that Logan saw carpooling being used extensively. The company was generating revenue, and was close to being break-even. Well, you can fly from San Francisco, from San Jose, from Oakland. Both John and Logan had deep rooted passion for transportation. From SF to LA. From SF to Tahoe.