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Rujul Zaparde

01/09/25

@ Y Combinator

In the early days of FlightCar, we launched without a parking lot by using a local BART station, which led to rapid growth but also caught the attention of the BART police due to the number of cars parked there.

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01/09/25

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We had to be scrappy at FlightCar, even resorting to undercover operations to meet customers and park their cars without drawing attention to our business.

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FlightCar was born from the idea of car-sharing at airports, allowing travelers to rent out their cars while they were away, fully insured.

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Don't park in the designated area; there are other parking options available, including behind the building and on the street, or you can use rideshare services like Uber and Lyft.

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After FlightCar, I joined Airbnb as a product manager to learn how successful companies operate and to gain insights into building a great product.

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Airbnb's founders initially launched the service to solve their own financial problem of making rent during a major conference in San Francisco.

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