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Nov 2018
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Lyft's John Zimmer At The HIBT Summit

Guy Raz | Wondery
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Next up in our series of episodes from the How I Built This Summit: John Zimmer, co-founder of Lyft. John sat down with Guy Raz in front of a live audience in San Francisco last month to talk about Lyft's visions for the future of transportation – and their fierce competition with Uber. Coming up next month: three more episodes from the Summit – so keep chec ... Show More
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