The story of Bird with CEO Travis VanderZanden and Horace Dediu

Oliver Bruce
Podcast
February 25, 2022

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This week we release the interview that Horace did with Bird CEO/founderTravis VanderZanden at Micromobility World conference from January 2022. Itwas his first public appearance since Bird went public late last year andit is an instantly iconic exchange between two of the industry’s mostimportant figures - Travis who catalyzed dockless electric scooters at Birdin California back in 2017 and Horace who coined the term micromobility.Travis and Horace discuss mega trends in micromobility and why, in theirview, the industry still hasn’t produced a bike or scooter as impactful asthe iPhone.Specifically they dig into:- Travis’s background in cell phones and ride-hail- The origins of Bird- Product and business model innovation in micromobility- The chicken-and-egg problem of infrastructure- How cities can accelerate micromobility adoption faster.It’s an awesome discussion, and one you can only hear here on theMicromobility Podcast. Thanks very much for listening!

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