113: Learn How to Build the Largest Car Company in The World with Robin Chase of Zipcar

**Nathan Chan** (0:00)
This is episode number 113 with Robin Chase of The Foundr Podcast.

**SPEAKER_2** (0:07)
What you need is thirst.

**Nathan Chan** (0:08)
You need to be a thirsty human. Who is intent on learning.

**SPEAKER_2** (0:12)
It's a really fascinating exploration of human potential. Now.
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**Nathan Chan** (0:53)
Hey guys, thank you so much for tuning in. Before we start today's episode, I just want to let you know that our goal at Foundr is to help entrepreneurs succeed however we can by giving away high quality content in the form of interviews, blog posts, podcasts, YouTube videos, you name it. We put out so much content to help you. And another interesting project that we're working on right now is partnering with world-class founders like Damon John, Alexa Von Tobel, Greta Van Riel, and so many more to teach crucial skills like negotiation, finance, e-commerce, and so much more. So if you'd like to get access to these free trainings with founders like this, which is 100% free, just go to founder.com forward slash free. Okay, so now let's talk about today's episode. Hello ladies and gentlemen, welcome to another episode of The Foundr Podcast. My name is Nathan Chan and I'm coming to you live from hometown, homegrown, born and raised Melbourne, Australia.
So what's happening in my world? I mentioned to this you guys before in some previous episodes, when I give you a little update, kind of documenting the journey, I guess, cause I started Foundr what, three and a half years ago and it's come a long way in three and a half years. And right now we're going through some growth pains. And I wanted to share with you a recent takeaway that I think has been incredible for my growth and progression as I'm making this transition from Foundr to CEO and we start to hire people.
And that transition is when you're looking to scale up your company, you know, and you transition from sole opener to building out a team, you can only take the company so far by yourself and you have to get more help and build out a team. And I think what's really critically important when you do that is it's your responsibility as a leader to show every single person, every single individual in your team what success looks like. Because if they don't know what success looks like, how will they know if they're meeting expectations?
And so this is why it's incredibly important that you set goals for every individual in your team and you track those goals and you show them what success looks like. It's your responsibility as a leader. And I'm learning lots and lots and lots about leadership and how important it is. And I want to start actually bringing in more experts around this topic. Because I think it's incredibly important as a founder and as you make that transition. So that's what's been happening in my world. Now let's talk about today's guest, Robin Chase.
She's an extremely successful founder and entrepreneur. She started a company called Zipcar, which is and still to this day is the largest car sharing company in the world. And this company actually was acquired by another company called Drivy. And it's been absolutely incredible what she's done. And it's another founder and entrepreneur that has disrupted the sharing economy.
If you check out last week's episode, we spoke to Casey Fenton from couchsurfing.com. And this is another amazing entrepreneur and founder that has disrupted an industry through utilizing the sharing economy. So one thing that Robin shares with us is where she really goes back to the roots of how she started this company, how she grew it, how she scaled it, the marketing tactics and strategies she used, leadership, team building, you name it. She doesn't hold back. And this is a really, really in-depth episode that I know you're gonna absolutely love. So if you are enjoying these episodes, please do take the time to check out the magazine, do check out the blog, do check out our website, foundrmag.com. It's where all the fruits of our labour is. All right, guys, now let's jump into the show.
So the first question that I ask everyone that comes on is, how did you get your job?