Consumer Services

Lime Scooter Corporate Office

LimeBike was founded in January of 2017 by Toby Sun, Brad Bao, & Adam Zhang. The first location chosen for these electric scooters was the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. The company operates a fleet of electric scooters and bicycles for rent in urban locations.

In July 2017, the company expanded into other states and cities including South Lake Tahoe, California, and South Bend, Indiana. Later that same month, the company put 500 bicycles on the streets of Seattle, Washington.

In May 2018, the company rebranded itself simply as Lime, although most people refer to the company as Lime Scooters.

In early 2018, the city of Coronado, California, impounded more than 100 Lime Bicycles, forcing the company to $9,300 to recover them.

In August 2018, the company signed up with Uber to provide Uber with electric bikes for their spin-off company, Uber Bike Service.

In May 2018, the company announced that they planned to deploy “transit pods” in 2019. Transit pods would be very small electric cars capable of holding no more than 2 persons.

The company has been widely criticized as their scooters and bikes are often dumped on sidewalks and other public spaces, creating a nuisance.

After talking to city officials, Lime dropped off 500 scooters in Virginia Beach on July 13, 2019. While city officials admitted that they had discussed a deal with Lime, they insist that nothing was firm and that they were just as surprised as residents to see the scooters.

Company headquarters were recently relocated to the building that Uber occupies in San Francisco, California.

Lime Scooter

History

In May 2018, the company rebranded itself simply as Lime, although most people refer to the company as Lime Scooters.

In early 2018, the city of Coronado, California, impounded more than 100 Lime Bicycles, forcing the company to $9,300 to recover them.

In August 2018, the company signed up with Uber to provide Uber with electric bikes for their spin-off company, Uber Bike Service.

In May 2018, the company announced that they planned to deploy “transit pods” in 2019. Transit pods would be very small electric cars capable of holding no more than 2 persons.

The company has been widely criticized as their scooters and bikes are often dumped on sidewalks and other public spaces, creating a nuisance.

Company headquarters were recently relocated to the building that Uber occupies in San Francisco, California.

MSC Cruises Corporate Office

MSC Cruises was founded in 1960 in Naples, Italy, by Achille Lauro originally under the name Lauro Lines. The company had two cruise ships in the 1960’s. In 1979, the Angelino Lauro burned to the ground in St. Thomas and in 1985, the Achille Lauro was hijacked by the Palestinian Liberation Front. In 1989, the company was sold to the Mediterranean Shipping Company and renamed to MSC Cruises in 1995.

The company currently has 15 cruise ships, with two more launching in 2019 and an additional 12 being built and scheduled to launch by 2026.

MSC Cruises is registered in Switzerland and is the world’s largest privately held cruise company, with more than 16,000 employees. The cruise line is the 4th largest in the world.

In 2017, the company launched “Seaside”, a cruise ship built especially for Americans and is the first MSC ship christened in the US.

In July 2018, the company announced that it was building a second port in Miami for their World-Class cruise lines. Company headquarters in the USA are located in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

MSC Cruises

The company currently has 15 cruise ships, with two more launching in 2019 and an additional 12 being built and scheduled to launch by 2026.

History

MSC Cruises is registered in Switzerland and is the world’s largest privately held cruise company, with more than 16,000 employees. The cruise line is the 4th largest in the world.

In 2017, the company launched “Seaside”, a cruise ship built especially for Americans and is the first MSC ship christened in the US.

In July 2018, the company announced that it was building a second port in Miami for their World-Class cruise lines. Company headquarters in the USA are located in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

GoFundMe Corporate Office

GoFundMe was founded in 2010 by Brad Damphousse and Andrew Ballester. Originally called CreateaFund in 2008, the pair changed the name in 2010 after making numerous updates and changes to the site.

The company is a for-profit, crowdfunding platform, where people list a need or want, along with the dollar amount they wish to raise, and others can donate to their cause. Since its inception, the company has raised more than $5 billion for more than 2 million campaigns.

One of the stars of the television show Gilligan’s Island, Dawn Wells, recently accepted nearly $200,000 in a GoFundMe account started in her name to help her pay for medical bills.

GoFundMe originally charged a 5% fee, taken from the money donated, however, in 2017, the company said that it will now accept donations or “tips” from people who are donating, so the recipient can receive the entire amount.

Although medical problems top the GoFundMe list, due to the coronavirus crisis and quarantine, there have been multiple requests ranging from an ice cream shop employee in Mashpee, Massachusetts, who quit after being verbally abused by customers upset by a long wait, to a Utah mother who lost her daughters in a flash flood, to a Dallas hair salon owner who was jailed for not respecting the quarantine.

In January 2022, a group called Freedom Convoy 2022, collected funds to protest Canada’s requirement of vaccination against Covid for cross-border truck drivers. The company shut down the account, which had reached $10 million in donations, saying that it was not a verified charity and that GoFundMe would refund all donations within 10 days.

GoFundMe was founded in San Diego, later noting a PO Box in Redwood City, California, only as their “corporate office address.”

GoFundMe

GoFundMe was founded in 2010 by Brad Damphousse and Andrew Ballester. Originally called CreateaFund in 2008, the pair changed the name in 2010 after making numerous updates and changes to the site.

History

One of the stars of the television show Gilligan’s Island, Dawn Wells, recently accepted nearly $200,000 in a GoFundMe account started in her name to help her pay for medical bills.

GoFundMe was founded in San Diego, later noting a PO Box in Redwood City, California, only as their “corporate office address.”

A Place for Mom Corporate Office

A Place for Mom was founded by Pamala Temple, John Temple, and Brian Trisler in 2000. The company operates a senior living referral service.

The company generates revenue when a senior who was referred by an advisor moves to a provider within A Place for Mom’s partner network. The company works with over 17,000 partner communities as part of its partner network. APFM reviews licenses and violations of partner communities twice a year.

The company is the largest senior referral service in both the US and Canada. Free to families, the company makes an assessment of the seniors’ needs and then matches them with one of the 18,500 retirement communities within the network.

In July 2018, the company announced that it had been acquired by Silver Lake, a global leader in technology investing, and General Atlantic, a leading global growth equity firm.

Company headquarters are currently located in Seattle, Washington.

A Place for Mom

A Place for Mom was founded by Pamala Temple, John Temple, and Brian Trisler in 2000. The company operates a senior living referral service.

History

In July 2018, the company announced that it had been acquired by Silver Lake, a global leader in technology investing, and General Atlantic, a leading global growth equity firm.

Company headquarters are currently located in Seattle, Washington.

Bird Ride Scooters Corporate Office

Travis Vanderzanden founded Bird Ride Scooters, usually referred to as Bird or Bird Scooters, in 2017 in Venice, California. Vanderzanden says that he has been fascinated by transportation since he was a kid. His mother was a bus driver and he often went along with her on the route after school. He watched (and wondered) with fascination at how people managed to get to the bus stop or get home after getting off of the bus.

Believing that bicycles are a thing of the past, Vanderzanden found that people were extremely interested in renting electric scooters, which provide a simple, economical, and green way to “catch a ride.” Scooters can be left virtually anywhere and picked up the same way. The company charges $5 for the rental, then charges by the minute. Vanderzanden solved the recharging problem by adding a section to the mobile app showing which scooters needed charging and where they were located. The company pay $4 per scooter for people to pick them up, take them home and recharge them. All scooters are picked up and put back in their original rental spaces after 9 PM when it’s illegal in most places to ride them due to a lack of lighting on the scooters.

Vanderzanden says that more than 1 million people have taken rides on his scooters, which are now found in 7 metropolitan cities, including San Francisco and Washington, D.C.

Many cities, however, are unhappy with the electric scooters, claiming that riders violate the laws and that scooters are dumped anywhere and everywhere, causing a nuisance. Vanderzanden says that the company tries to educate people on scooter laws and etiquette but the company itself is not to blame if people don’t obey the laws.

Bird Ride currently has headquarters in Santa Monica, California, known as the “Beach Silicon Valley” since numerous startups have offices in this city on the ocean.

Bird Ride Scooters

History

Vanderzanden says that more than 1 million people have taken rides on his scooters, which are now found in 7 metropolitan cities, including San Francisco and Washington, D.C.

Bird Ride currently has headquarters in Santa Monica, California, known as the “Beach Silicon Valley” since numerous startups have offices in this city on the ocean.