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12- Taco Carlier @VanMoof: How this designer disrupted the bike industry with a bike subscription
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12- Taco Carlier @VanMoof: How this designer disrupted the bike industry with a bike subscription
Fromd.MBA
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Length:
45 minutes
Released:
Jul 11, 2018
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
Taco Carlier is a co-founder and CEO of VanMoof, an Amsterdam-based company that design and manufactures awesome commuter bikes. Taco is an industrial designer who turned his love for bikes, design, and business into a successful company, which is disrupting the bike industry. The company has recently launched VanMoof+, a subscription service for bikes, disrupting its own business model. In the episode we talked: how VanMoof prepared its business for a launch of a subscription service, how the company introduced an innovative Bike Hunter service that helps their customers when their bikes are stolen, and what are the advantages and disadvantages of a closed design system (VanMoof design all bike parts in-house)
Released:
Jul 11, 2018
Format:
Podcast episode
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