Company Spotlight: GasBuddy
Company Spotlight: GasBuddy
Planning a roadtrip? These guys will have you covered. Meet GasBuddy – a company that provides sources of accurate, real time fuel prices. Here’s Joshua Herzig-Marx, VP of Product for GasBuddy on why they’ll always be a small organisation managing a big product.

GH: What is GasBuddy?
JH: GasBuddy is the source for accurate, real time fuel prices. Founded in 2000 and now with over 11 million monthly active users spotting 2 million prices per day. GasBuddy was an early pioneer in crowdsourcing and gamification.
GH: How did GasBuddy get started?
JH: GasBuddy started back in 2000 in a small town in Saskatchewan in the middle of the Dot-com boom by two middle school friends. They had an idea to make it easy for consumers to find the best prices on gas by going to a local website. Over the years they turned a site into a community of users and introduced gamification by adding points, challenges, and a leaderboard. When iPhone and Android smartphones became popular, GasBuddy pivoted to become a mobile-first company.
GH: How did you build your team?
GH: What is the company philosophy driving your company culture?
GH: What is the Boston ecosystem provided you?
GH: What is the ecosystem lacking in your perspective?
GH: What’s the best/worst piece of advice you were given along the way?
GH: What was the best thing that happened to you last year?
JH: Taking this job! I sold my prior company to Google back in 2012 and stuck around for a few years. But while Google was an incredible place to work, it stopped being the right place for me. GasBuddy is the most fun I’ve had in years.
GH: What does the future hold for GasBuddy?
Learn More about GasBuddy at gasbuddy.com
