We’re building a community rooted in adventure, convenience and security.
About Us
JustShareIt™ is the secure person–to–person vehicle sharing marketplace that provides the insurance, technology and platform to help people safely rent their underutilized vehicles and vessels such as cars, boats and more among a trusted community of members.
The average car is idle for 22 hours each day, yet the average cost of ownership and maintenance totals $8,500 per year. By matching people looking to rent vehicles ("Borrowers") with people who have them to share, JustShareIt™ increases access to vehicles and adventures while generating income for owners ("Sharers").
We’ve made it convenient
We’ve simplified how people share vehicles by providing:
- comprehensive screening
- $1 million insurance policy
- innovative monitoring technology
- 24/7 Customer Service and Roadside Assistance
- mobile app so you can share and borrow on the move
- secure online marketplace where members can safely share vehicles
We’ve made it secure
RideLink™ is our signature in-vehicle technology that provides added security and cool features, like locking and unlocking your car with your smartphone. If you're a fan of Knight Rider, consider RideLink your KITT.
We’ve made it fun
To us, vehicle sharing isn't just about the convenience of getting from point A to point B, it's about the thrill of the ride. That's why our members share more than just cars — like boats, motorcycles, RVs, snowmobiles and more. We encourage different experiences because every vehicle shared is a new connection. Not to mention, vehicle sharing is good for your community.
So the next time you pass a car, truck, motorcycle, ATV, boat or snowmobile that piques your interest, don't just daydream. Join us and make our member fleet your showroom.
With JustShareIt™ your next adventure is just a neighbor away.
Vision
Revolutionize the transportation industry with a technology that changes how people engage with vehicles.
Mission
To create widespread access to high-end goods, enable trusting relationships and build community through sharing.
Founder’s Story
A longtime fan of sharing, Gaurav Kohli conceived JustShareIt while trying to solve a personal problem. He was on his way to a wedding in India in August 2010 when he thought, "Why don’t I stay in India for a while and just rent my house and car in California while I’m gone?"
At the time, he was unable to find services that could actually help him share his property for an indefinite amount of time. His background in the automobile industry and his passion for technology and security inspired him to explore car sharing as a business model. While engrossed in his research, he recalled an expensive boat rental experience at California’s Lake Berryessa and thought, "Why stop at cars?"
Gaurav’s journey unfolded as other person–to–person (p2p) platforms began to emerge, demonstrating that this new shared way of life is more than just one person’s vision. He and his team have worked tirelessly to expand insured and secure sharing to include unique rides so that you and the rest of the JustShareIt community can effortlessly unlock your next adventures.
Of course, JustShareIt™ wouldn’t exist without YOU so thanks for sharing!
Impact
Your car sits idle an average of 22 hours per day. Yet according to AAA, average car costs can total $8,500 per year, including loan/lease payments, maintenance, parking and insurance. Through sharing, you can turn an underused, expensive possession into an asset for your community!
Environmental Impact
When you share a vehicle, you’re benefiting the environment.
Did you know...
- 1 shared vehicle removes approximately 15 personally owned vehicles from the road. (There are 1 billion cars on the road worldwide and 1 car for every 1.3 people in the US.)
- Car sharing members drive 8,000 miles per year while car owners drive 12,000 miles per year.
- 20% of car sharing members either sell their car or delay buying another car.
- Manufacturing a new car takes a lot of resources so abstaining from buying one can save from 6–35+ tons of CO2 emissions!
- Car sharing increases by 20–30% per year—thanks to people just like you!
Community Impact
When you share a vehicle, you’re improving your community.
Sharing leads to...
- More money reinvested in your local economy since neighbors are exchanging cash.
- Decreased pollution–induced illnesses and improved community health.
- Reduced traffic, congestion and parking stress in urban areas.
- Increased trust among community members.
- Limitless new relationships!
Thanks for your interest in sharing the word about JustShareIt!
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Just the Facts
JustShareIt provides the insurance, technology and platform to help people securely rent their underutilized vehicles and vessels such as cars, boats and more among a trusted community of members. Sharers generate income from renting while Borrowers gain access to fun and convenient rides. By connecting neighbors with matching needs, JustShareIt provides a sustainable solution to reduce pollution, traffic and the high cost of ownership.
How it Works:
Press Release
PEER-TO-PEER VEHICLE SHARING COMPANY JustShareIt LAUNCHES WITH RIDELINK
January 4, 2012
The Superior Security of JustShareIt™ gives consumers the safest option for Peer-to-Peer Vehicle Sharing
Vehicle sharing startup JustShareIt™ launched today with a signature, self-developed technology
called RideLink™. RideLink, a new in-vehicle technology, facilitates seamless vehicle sharing and
offers the industry’s most advanced security. It also establishes JustShareIt as the only
completely keyless vehicle sharing marketplace. JustShareIt not only makes it easy to earn
money from your idle vehicle, but also RideLink bolsters security for members’ cars, boats,
motorcycles and other vehicles.
Buzz:
We're a group of techies, security buffs,
sustainability enthusiasts and
adventure-lovers.
Gaurav Kohli, Founder & CEO
Gaurav applied his 13+ years of experience in the automobile industry, product development, security, data analytics and telematics to revolutionize the transportation industry with JustShareIt. Prior to founding the company, he was Director of Product Development for Xtime, an Automotive Service CRM platform, where he was a member of the founding team and helped grow the company from a concept to a very profitable market leader. The scheduling software he developed at Xtime is currently integrated in BMW, Mercedes-Benz and many other dealerships. As a consulting CTO, Gaurav has revived companies in the Bay Area, bringing them from near-bankruptcy to profitability. He is also a partner at Real-Estate Market Analytics (AltosResearch), where his product development prowess helped bring the company to profitability without seeking funding. Gaurav looks forward to achieving similar success with JustShareIt as he believes vehicle sharing is the next big thing. He has a B.B.A. in Finance & Banking from Assumption University, Bangkok (Thailand), an MSIS from Hawaii Pacific University at Oahu, Hawaii and he's been a featured actor on TV and in plays in India. Gaurav currently lives in Brisbane, California with his wife and and infant son who he likes to call JustShareIt's co-founder. His favorite ride is either a Cessna 152/172 or a Harley Davidson.
Members of the Founding Team - Without them, there is no JustShareIt!!
Sameer Kohli, Vice President of Engineering
One of the early Internet, software/hardware and finance technologists, Sameer has over 15+ years of experience in technological advancements at companies such as StoneCastlePartners LLC (as CTO of a $3 billion Asset Management Firm), Bloomberg, Dow Jones & Company (acquired by NewsCorp), 24/7 RealMedia (acquired by WPP), IBM, Intel and EMC. As Vice President of Engineering, Sameer is in charge of software platform development for JustShareIt. He is focused on the enhancement of the existing technology product suite, as well as the development and innovation for new products and platforms. Some of his past key success roles include: a.) Dow Jones - authoring and re-architecting a very complex distributed system, in order to increase the sub-millisecond news feed delivery rate, It is a key component of Dow Jones Newswires and gives Dow Jones an advantage over other Companies in the High Speed News Delivery space because of its existence, b.) 24/7 RealMedia - authoring a new Aggregation and Loading sub-system in order to off-load the responsibility of aggregating and loading to the database from the Transformer in the company's in-house highly scalable ETL distributed system, c.) IBM - (IBM TotalStorage IP Storage 200i) (ISCSI Product development and Protocol RFC Contribution Group), d.) Intel - (Wireless Security Potocol), and e.) EMC - Symmetrix Asynchronous Symmetrix Remote Data Facility (SRDF-A) Distributed System. Sameer holds a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Engineering from the Walchand Institute of Technology in India and he currently lives near Princeton, New Jersey with his wife and son, where he enjoys watching movies, camping and exploring New York City. His favorite ride is his Acura MDX, a superbly handling all-wheel drive vehicle - which he likes to take into New York City with his family on weekends.
Shiv Trehan, Director of Business Development
Shiv brings nearly a decade of experience in the automobile industry to JustShareIt. At Hertz, he handled fleet and rental operations and runs a fuel franchise business for Chevron. He's eager to apply his knowledge to JustShareIt and to help people become sharing ambassadors in their neighborhoods. He graduated from UC Davis with a BS in Psychology (no, he can't read your mind) and studied Eastern philosophy in India for 3 years. Shiv and his wife live near Yuba City, California where he enjoys kayaking, camping and borrowing philosophy books from the library. His favorite ride is his Honda Shadow motorcycle, a smooth cruiser he likes to take on weekend rides to the lake with his wife.
Kshitij Agrawal, Director of Support Services
Kshitij completed a B.B.A at Stamford International University in Bangkok, Thailand, which he followed up with an additional degree in software engineering. His professional history includes such diverse roles as choreographer, casting director, event manager, graphic designer, and director of a luxury lifestyle publication. He's also appeared as a featured performer in music videos and media commercials, in addition to print modeling work. Most recently, he helmed a successful business consultancy company focused on software solutions. Kshitij has managed the development of JustShareIt's customer support platform and QA team. He enjoys staying physically fit and spending time with wife. His favorite ride is a "Royal Enfield" motorcycle
Ali Hart, Director of Community Engagement & Strategy
Ali has crafted engagement strategies for nonprofits, startups and films and has served in creative, sales and marketing roles in the media industry in New York City. She evolved her storytelling know-how while developing original movies for a cable network and working with popular comedians as a talent manager. A fan of adventure, fun and the environment, she's thrilled to be engaging people around JustShareIt's mission to benefit people and planet. Ali received a BA in English and Communication Arts from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and an MBA in Sustainable Management from Presidio Graduate School. Her favorite ride may not exist yet - an electric-assist enclosed bicycle (if you have one, please share it!).
Curtis Stimson, Operations Manager
Curtis is a San Francisco Bay Area native who has also called Los Angeles, London and Honolulu home. He is an excellent project manager who has been honing his marketing & operations skills since 2005 at companies like Wells Fargo. His appetite to learn, grow and do is insatiable. Curtis is a graduate of the University of California at Santa Barbara where he earned a BA in History. When he's not figuring out novel ways to tell the world about JustShareIt, he can be found reading Japanese literature (in English), listening to English rock & roll (also in English) or playing with his obstinate Dachshund, Trent. His favorite ride is James Dean's Porsche 550 Spyder, "Little Bastard."
Mohammad Ashraf Hossain, Mobile Platform Manager
Ashraf brings more than a decade of software engineering experience to JustShareIt, having headed up teams working on tracking & transportation efficiency models. A very passionate engineer, he has been involved in the mobile apps evolution, from Java Midlets and Symbian to Android, iPhone, Blackberry and Windows Mobile. Ashraf has also published research on cluster based IP auto-configuration. He received his Bachelor of Science at Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, followed by a Master of Science degree at Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology. When he's not busy developing the coolest mobile apps on the planet, he enjoys spending time with his wife and daughter. His favorite ride is a Lexus LS 600h
Mohammad Monirul Islam, Senior Software Engineer
Monirul has more than 6 years of experience in both server and client side development for a leading GIS solution provider. Monirul has been a successful leader of a number of core projects like MapServer and Navigators in various mobile platforms. There is no work, technology or platform that he cannot understand. A very thorough all-rounder who can adapt to any technology and master it in days. Since graduating in Computer Science and Engineering from Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, Monirul has infused his passion for new technologies into his work. In his free time Monirul loves to watch movies, play PC games, and spend time by the lake with his wife and son. His favorite ride is a luxury yacht.
Jane Macfarlane, PhD.
Dr. Macfarlane brings more than 25 years of experience in using computing technology to solve problems associated with scientific analysis, mobile services/telematics, geographic information systems, software architectures and business process management. A leader in supply chain analysis, she has lead several process mapping efforts at AT&T and General Motors. Dr. Macfarlane also served as Director of Advanced Technology Planning at OnStar, a division of General Motors. Her position involved evaluating and creating technologies in the following areas: wireless communications, ad-hoc networking for mobile network design, telephony, voice recognition, text-to-speech, voice gateways, web portal integration, software architecture definition, service integration, intelligent algorithms, and customer value definition. She was the lead architect for all projects developed by this high-performance team and co-authored 8 patents in the areas of signal processing, application algorithms, and device design. As a consultant, Dr. Macfarlane developed proposals for DOE funding for a variety of clean technology companies. Currently, she is the VP of Research for NAVTEQ, where she leads a team of researchers focused on geospatial mapping and location-based services.Dr. Macfarlane holds a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Minnesota and Masters degree, also from the University of Minnesota, focused on biomechanical engineering. She earned her bachelor’s degree from the University of California at Los Angeles in Mathematics and Systems Science.
John Lee, Founder, Xtime
John Lee founded Xtime in 1999 and sits on its Board of Directors. Under his leadership, the company navigated the dotcom downturn and successfully pioneered its leadership position in Automotive Service CRM. Xtime currently books over one million appointments a month for over 3,000 dealership and has contracts with Lexus, BMW, Chrysler, Infiniti, and Hyundai. John's high-tech startup experience spans over two decades in Silicon Valley. Prior to founding Xtime, John Lee was the first executive hire at Interwoven (IPO in 1999, acquired by Autonomy in 2009 for $775M), the industry leader in enterprise content management. In over three years leading Business Development, John helped grow Interwoven from five to over 125 employees, raised Interwoven's Series B round of financing, closed critical early reference accounts such as FedEx, Ford, Geocities, and Grainger, and forged strategic alliances with Microsoft and IBM. John's first startup experience was at Precision Navigation, where as Engineering and Manufacturing Manager he successfully delivered a U.S. Army SBIR contract, launched the company's consumer and OEM component product lines, and authored a user interface patent. John has also held engineering, consulting, and marketing positions at SGI, McKinsey, Hughes Aircraft, and Microsoft. John has an MBA from Stanford Business School, where he was an Arjay Miller Scholar and also graduated with distinction from Stanford with a BS and MS in electrical engineering.
Johny Mathew, President and CEO, Scalar Soft Inc.
Johny is a semiconductor veteran with hands-on semiconductor operations experience. The former Director of Planning for Cypress Semiconductor and Director of Operations for Lara Networks, he has held management positions at National Semiconductor, Odium Microsystems and Exar Corporation. Johny has extensive management experience with fab, assembly and test houses managing flows from startups to $1Billion revenues. He holds a Masters degree in Finance from the University of Kerala, India and an MBA from City University, Washington. Johny is Certified in Production and Inventory Management (CPIM) by American Production and Inventory Control Society (APICS).
Careers
Marketing Intern
San Francisco, CA
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Marketing Intern
San Francisco, CA
We are looking for an enthusiastic Marketing intern to support the marketing team, working directly with the Marketing Coordinator. The position will assist in the development of new marketing tools and campaigns, social media development, event planning, marketing analysis, and more.
This is a great opportunity to build your resume and get real working experience in an exciting and growing industry.
Requirements & Qualifications
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills and professional demeanor
- Strong people orientation with the ability to listen, work and resolve issues
- Dynamic self-starter able to succeed with minimal supervision in a demanding startup environment
- Detail-oriented, technically proficient with aptitude for learning new things quickly
- Strong Microsoft Office skills, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook
Preferred Skills
- Design software: Adobe Illustrator, InDesign, Photoshop, Dreamweaver, Wordpress
Education
- Bachelor’s degree candidate (BA/BS) in Marketing, Communications, or related field
This is an unpaid internship, but the benefits include:
A) You’ll be working with some of the coolest people you’ve ever met* (*according to a poll conducted in our office)
B) You’ll learn a lot in a fun, super-exciting atmosphere
C) You’ll receive an all-expenses paid trip to Bora Bora!* (*alright, this is patently false – but we’ll take you out for pizza! That’s cool too, right?)
D) JustShareIt driving credits – you’ll get some each month to borrow awesome rides!
To apply, email your resume and a cover letter to jobs@justshareit.com.
Who are we?
We’re a passionate and driven group of entrepreneurs, tech geeks, sustainability advocates and transportation enthusiasts. We love what we do and, above all, we love sharing: ideas, responsibilities, talents, knowledge and experiences.
Who are we looking for?
Let’s answer that by asking questions: Do you thrive in a fast-paced and every-day-is-totally-different sort of environment? Do you love the innovation that’s born of collaborating with other intelligent and enthusiastic individuals? Do you want to be a part of a movement that’s really changing things for the better? If you answered "yes" we’re looking for you!
Why should you join us?
We’re revolutionizing mobility, that’s why! We’re riding the wave of the next big thing and it’s an exciting time - anything’s possible! Since we’re just coming out of the gates, we’re a small team but we have big ideas. Our size, ambition and open culture foster an environment that inspires and enables us all to shape our growing company.
Interested in a job listed here? Email a cover letter, resume and relevant links to: jobs@justshareit.com.
