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Charmaine de Lazo · · 3 min read

What scooter-sharing startups can learn from bike-sharing

This is a Discuss post, where we feature short but insightful opinions from the Asian tech community on startup, entrepreneurship, and tech topics.

Bike-sharing startups are a phenomenon, but have had their share of problems—whether its theft and illegal parking of bikes or the fact that these startups end up getting acquired, shutting down, or imploding.

As scooter-sharing startups start popping up everywhere from China to Singapore, what can they learn from their spiritual predecessors? What are the challenges they may face in Asia, and can they become sustainable businesses?

Jianggan Li

Jianggan Li

Momentum Works

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Eddie Thai

500 Startups

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Sean O’Sullivan

SOSV

What can scooter-sharing startups learn from bike-sharing?

Can they eventually become sustainable businesses?

What are some of the challenges scooter-sharing companies may face in Asia?

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