Hailo Quits ‘Unprofitable’ North America
Hailo, the taxi hailing app has announced that it is pulling out of North America because it says the price war between local ride-sharing startups Uber and Lyft is making it "impossible" to be profitable there. The Financial
Freakonomics on Regulating the Sharing Economy
We recently had Steve DelBianco of Netchoice on our podcast, to talk about the regulatory and legislative challenges facing disruptive "sharing" innovators, specifically Lyft and Uber and the proposed California legislation regarding insurance. This week's Freakonomics podcast and
Ridesharing Companies Face ‘Resistance to Innovation’ – an Interview with Steve DelBianco of Netchoice [Audio]
Steve Del Bianco is the guest on today's podcast (42:16; 24MB; MP3). He's the executive director of NetChoice, "a trade association of eCommerce businesses and online consumers all of whom share the goal of promoting convenience, choice, and commerce on the net".