Tag: bicycle sharing

Colombia and its first steps towards a collaborative economy

In this post, Gustavo Palacios, our curator from Colombia maps out Colombia’s current economic environment and how it’s gearing up to be collaborative economy ready in terms of tech, infrastructure and more. Colombia is developing an attractive economic environment with great business opportunities specially boosted by free trade agreements recently signed with different countries. The…  Read more

10 Questions for Will Dennis, Founder of Spinlister

The easiest way to explain Spinlister is … a marketplace that lets individual bike owners rent out their bikes to travelers and locals looking to explore.       I believe it is the right moment for Spinlister to take off because… we’re seeing a shift in both consumer behavior and transportation. People are starting…  Read more

Cycle Chalao is a membership-based bike-sharing and rental startup in India

10 Questions for Raj Janagam, Founder of Cycle Chalao

The easiest way to explain Cycle Chalao is… that is it is a member-based bicycle sharing system in India. The buses and trains do not pick you and up and drop at the doorstep of your home or office, so we we want people to register as our members and we give you bicycles to…  Read more

10 questions for Ryan Rzepecki, founder of SocialBicycles

SocialBicycles (SoBi) aims to …transform urban transportation by using mobile technology to make bikeshare more affordable and convenient. How does it work?… Social Cyclists find and unlock bikes using their mobile phones, or unlock them by entering their account information directly into the keypad on the lockbox. A central server verifies each unlock request and…  Read more

Spinlister is a bike rental marketplace that allows you to find a great bike to rent or list your bike to earn cash (or hopefully both!)

3 Reasons why Social Bicycles is not ‘Zipcar for bikes’

It’s happened dozens of times. I finish my two-minute elevator pitch and the person I’m speaking with pauses and then says, “Oh, so, Zipcar for bikes.” I will then shrug my shoulders, smile, and say, “Yes, Zipcar for bikes.” I get it. People like to distill complex concepts down to their simplest parts and compare…  Read more