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#175 Micromobility, Software Best Practices, Creative Business Models, Seasonality & More w/ Chinmay Malaviya & Charlie Depman (Ridepanda)
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Somil chats with Chinmay Malaviya and Charlie Depman, CEO and CTO of Ridepanda, expanding access and usage of e-bikes, e-scooters, and micro mobility through employer sponsored subscriptions.
Chinmay and Charlie bring a lot of startup and industry experience and were able to speak not only about their growth but ALSO breakdown the technical designs that help them be successful in micromobility.
We talked about:
- How Ridepanda offers benefits platform for employers to subsidize employee transportation
- Why micromobility faces business model and reputation challenges like Byrd’s bankruptcy despite rising demand for micromobility
- How they balance optionality and user choice will still focusing on scaling their inventory
- Analyzing historical data to project future growth and consider seasonality
- Accepting seasonality and overcoming challenges is crucial in the micro-mobility industry
- How they design software for micro-mobility
- & much more
As always, thanks so much for listening and enjoy the episode!
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Topics:
**03:23 Micromobility and its Reputation
**12:10 Employer Business Model
**20:43 Balancing Bike Production and Consumer Choice
**23:42 Accepting Seasonality
**28:55 Lessons from Foodpanda
**32:40 Transitioning to Lime and the Transportation Space
**35:21 Designing Software for Micro-Mobility
**46:23 Advice for Founders
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Links:
**Ridepanda | Chinmay Malaviya | Charlie Depman
**Follow CleanTechies on LinkedIn
**@Silas & @Somil_Agg on X
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Manage episode 415484082 series 2916095
Somil chats with Chinmay Malaviya and Charlie Depman, CEO and CTO of Ridepanda, expanding access and usage of e-bikes, e-scooters, and micro mobility through employer sponsored subscriptions.
Chinmay and Charlie bring a lot of startup and industry experience and were able to speak not only about their growth but ALSO breakdown the technical designs that help them be successful in micromobility.
We talked about:
- How Ridepanda offers benefits platform for employers to subsidize employee transportation
- Why micromobility faces business model and reputation challenges like Byrd’s bankruptcy despite rising demand for micromobility
- How they balance optionality and user choice will still focusing on scaling their inventory
- Analyzing historical data to project future growth and consider seasonality
- Accepting seasonality and overcoming challenges is crucial in the micro-mobility industry
- How they design software for micro-mobility
- & much more
As always, thanks so much for listening and enjoy the episode!
---
🌎 Want the full PodLetter? Go to our substack to see the written content that supplements the audio interview.
---
🌴 https://linktr.ee/cleantechies
📺 👀 Prefer to watch: subscribe on YouTube
🗣️ Take the Listeners Survey
📫 Get Written Summaries of Each Episode in Your Inbox
🌐 Join the CleanTechies Slack Channel
-----
Topics:
**03:23 Micromobility and its Reputation
**12:10 Employer Business Model
**20:43 Balancing Bike Production and Consumer Choice
**23:42 Accepting Seasonality
**28:55 Lessons from Foodpanda
**32:40 Transitioning to Lime and the Transportation Space
**35:21 Designing Software for Micro-Mobility
**46:23 Advice for Founders
-----
Links:
**Ridepanda | Chinmay Malaviya | Charlie Depman
**Follow CleanTechies on LinkedIn
**@Silas & @Somil_Agg on X
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