Bird CEO explains why the scooter startup needed $300m to rev up growth

A person rides a Bird Rides Inc. shared electric scooter on the Embarcadero in San Francisco, California. Photographer: David Paul Morris/Bloomberg Photo by Bloomberg

Eric Newcomer

29 June, 2018

Bird Travis VanderZanden

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