I-Dutch e-bike startup, i-VanMoof ifake ngokusemthethweni icala lokuqothuka.

I-VanMoof ibhekene nesinye isigaba esimnyama njengoba ukuqaliswa kwe-e-bike kusekelwa ngamakhulu ezigidi zamaRandi ezivela konxiwankulu abasafufusa. Izinkampani zase-Dutch i-VanMoof Global Holding BV, i-VanMoof BV kanye ne-VanMoof Global Support BV zimenyezelwe ngokusemthethweni yinkantolo yase-Amsterdam ukuthi azinamali ngemva kwemizamo yomzuzu wokugcina yokugwema ukuqothuka. Abaphathiswa ababili abaqokwe yinkantolo bacabanga ukudayisela abantu besithathu impahla ukuze iVanMoof iqhubeke.
Amabhizinisi angaphandle kwe-Netherlands ayingxenye yeqembu kodwa awabandakanyeki kulezi zinqubo. Siyaqonda ukuthi izitolo eSan Francisco, Seattle, New York naseTokyo zisavuliwe, kodwa ezinye zivaliwe. Inkampani inolwazi olwengeziwe, okuhlanganisa indlela yokuvula ibhayisikili osuvele unalo (uma liyeka ukusebenza, likuvumela ukuthi ulisebenzise ngaphandle kohlelo lokusebenza), isimo sokulungisa (simisiwe), isimo sokubuyisela (kumiswe okwesikhashana, ngeke sichaze ukuthi kanjani), nini futhi uma) kanye nolwazi ku-FAQ mayelana nesimo samanje nomphakeli.
Ngomhla ziyi-17 kuJulayi 2023, iNkantolo yase-Amsterdam yahoxisa ukumiswa kwezinqubo zokukhokha ezikhungweni ezingokomthetho zase-Dutch i-VanMoof Global Holding BV, i-VanMoof BV kanye ne-VanMoof Global Support BV futhi yamemezela ukuthi lezi zinhlangano zisezimalini.
Abaphathi ababili, uMnu Padberg kanye noMnu De Wit, baqokwa njengabaphatheli. Umphathiswa uyaqhubeka nokuhlola isimo sikaVanMoof futhi ubheka ukuthi kungenzeka yini ukuthi aphinde avele emalini ngokudayisela abantu besithathu impahla ukuze imisebenzi yeVanMoof iqhubeke.
Ukuthuthukiswa kuhlanganisa amasonto ambalwa anzima ukuqala kwe-Dutch. Ekuqaleni kwesonto eledlule, sibike ukuthi inkampani imise ukuthengisa, saqala sathi bekuyinkinga yezobuchwepheshe sabe sesithi ukumisa okwesikhashana ngenhloso yokuthola ukukhiqizwa nama-oda alahlekile.
Khonamanjalo, amakhasimende abenganelisekile angena ezinkundleni zokuxhumana ekhononda ngekhwalithi yebhayisikili, isevisi ngemuva kokuthengiswa nokunye. Konke lokhu kwenzeka njengoba inkampani iqeda izimali zayo ezigciniwe futhi izabalaza ukuthola imali eyengeziwe ukuze igweme ukuqothuka futhi ikhokhe izikweletu zayo.
Ekupheleni kwesonto, inkampani icele inkantolo ukuthi imise ngokusemthethweni imigomo yokukhokha ukuze ibambezeleke ukukhokhwa kwezikweletu ngesikhathi ihlela kabusha izimali zayo ngaphansi kwabaphathi.
Inhloso yalesi sigaba somthetho ukuzama ukugwema ukuqothuka, ukunikeza abakweletwayo abaningi ithuba lokuthola lokho abakukweletayo, nokwenza ngcono isimo sezimali sikaVanMoof nganoma yiziphi izinyathelo ezilandelayo. Ingahlala izinyanga eziyi-18, kodwa kuphela uma inkampani inezimali. Kwaba sobala ukuthi ukuqothuka nokuthola umthengi wempahla kwakuyisinyathelo esilandelayo esingenakugwenywa ngemva kokuba izinkantolo zinqume ukuthi kwakuyindaba yezinsuku.
Ngale kwemininingwane esohlwini lwe-FAQ, akucaci ukuthi hlobo luni lokuqothuka oluzokwenzeka kulabo abathenge ibhayisikili abangakalitholi, labo abalungiselwe amabhayisikili abo, noma uma unebhayisikili iVanMoof eliphukayo. isimo. Njengoba ziklanywe ngokwezifiso, lokhu kusho ukuthi azikwazi ukulungiswa yinoma ubani. Konke lokhu kuyadumaza impela uma ucabangela la mabhayisikili abiza ngaphezu kuka-$4,000.
Kodwa konke akulahlekile kubanikazi bamanje abanebhayisikili elisebenzayo. Ngaphezu kwemizamo kaVanMoof yokugqugquzela ukuvulwa kwamabhayisikili, siphinde sabika ngendlela omunye wezimbangi ezinkulu zikaVanMoof, uCowboy, engachithanga sikhathi ngokwenza uhlelo lokuvula amabhayisikili akwa-VanMoof - okubalulekile ngoba angagcina evaleleke endaweni eyisisekelo , ngoba ukusebenza kuhlobene eduze nokusetshenziswa kwezinhlelo zokusebenza ze-VanMoof, futhi izinhlelo zokusebenza ze-VanMoof zingase zingabe zisasekelwa.
Lokhu kukhomba ithemba elikhathazayo le-VanMoof, abatshalizimali bayo nabaphathi: uma iyunithi yezomnotho yamabhayisikili ingenzeki, kungase kuthuthukiswe uhlelo lokusebenza olungaletha lawa mabhayisikili emakethe ngobusuku obubodwa. "Ubani olungele ukuthatha izimpahla zesiqalo esihlulekile?"