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Let’s pretend for a second that the bike and scooter sharing startups have sound business models. They’ll break even on the bikes/software/maintenance, and make money selling the route data to mapping and advertising companies or something. Have you suspended your disbelief? Great. Now picture the perfect setup for customer acquisition for these startups…
It might look something like this:
A sunny day at Alki Beach in Seattle. A jogging & biking path that goes on for 4 miles of beautiful views and people-watching. A place where it’s really hard to find parking, there are tons of people outside, and they can’t walk all the way back to their cars in flip flops. Where couples and families come specifically to move around in the sun, to see all the views, and to make it all the way from one end to the other and back.