Re:Bird lays off up to 5% of workforce
by microdrum on Friday March 15, 2019 @01:02AM
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No, I don’t mean to say that at all. The beauty of Uber is that it stitches together multiple markets on both the supply side of the marketplace and the demand side. For both small, medium, and large distances, riders know they will have a car and drivers know they will have a fare.
Bird investors failed to consider that this isn’t true for scooters. Each catchment area is isolated from the next.
Re:Bird lays off up to 5% of workforce
by s17n on Friday March 15, 2019 @01:15AM
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Yes, I agree with your argument here. But comparing Bird to mom and pop bike rentals is wrong for the same reason that comparing Uber to traditional taxi companies (or comparing Cragslist to traditional classifieds, etc) is wrong.
Bird investors failed to consider that this isn’t true for scooters. Each catchment area is isolated from the next.