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

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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. Inspired in Zimbabwe The founders of Zimride were inspired by drivers in Zimbabwe, who pick up strangers and give them a lift for a few bucks.

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Finding a Problem Worth Solving

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A founder who’s in it to make money will take too many shortcuts. Not many folks know this, but Lyft ‘s co-founder Logan Green has been passionate about transportation for a long time. Logan’s co-founder John Zimmer studied hospitality at Cornell. There are no shortcuts. Logan grew up in LA.