In this episode, Oliver interviews Lawrence Leuschner, CEO and co-founder of Tier, one of Europe’s largest scooter operators with over 6 million cumulative rides to date.
Specifically, we cover:
- Lawrence’s background as a successful entrepreneur and his motivations for starting Tier
- the landscape for micromobility adoption in Europe, and why Europe is better placed to adsorb these transport innovations
- we unpack the reasoning behind their unique operational model and more recent moves into custom hardware
- reviews of regulations and data standards across Europe, lessons from Paris and why he thinks Germany is the most promising micromobility market
- capital efficiency of operations, and how/why European operators differ from Lime and Bird
- current and future integrations with public transport systems, and where this is most likely to occur.
All in all, a fascinating interview!