DriverSide Enters Public Beta Today

DriverSide (www.driverside.com) is a new service that 2 good friends and former business partners, Jad Dunning and Trevor Traina, and I came up with a little over a year ago. Over the last 9 months or so we’ve raised some money, built an excellent team and created the first version of what we think is a very innovative new service in the online automotive space.

DriverSide’s aim is to not only help consumers find a new (or used) car and sell their old car online more efficiently, but to help during the ownership process as well. Car owners get nervous about how much to pay for routine or unplanned service or repairs to their car. People need to know what their used car is really worth on the open market and how quickly it is depreciating so they know better about when to sell. People need a place to turn when it comes time to make modifications or upgrades to their car. We’ve built DriverSide to solve those issues and many others that everyday car owners experience. We like to say, love it or hate it, everyone has a relationship with their car. We’re here to make that relationship go more smoothly.

So, our public beta starts today. We’ll be working out a few bugs and vigorously improving/adding new features throughout the summer.

I also want to thank my family and friends being so supportive through this busy time … and our wonderfully talented employees for bringing it all to fruition.