Why BlaBlaCar isn’t scared of Uber’s problems in India
Jan20
on January 20, 2015
at 11:06 am
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web, BlaBlaCar, India, Insider, Profiles and Interviews, ridesharing, uber
When BlaBlaCar announced last week that it was launching its ridesharing platform in India, commentators immediately leapt on the question of safety. Would the latest company trying to disrupt transportation on the continent find itself dealing with the same horrific issues as Uber? Naturally, that was the first question I put to BlaBlaCar’s COO and co-founder Nicolas Brusson when I sat down with him at the DLD Conference in Munich. He says the big difference between Uber and BlaBlaCar is choice and community: “There are two issues: culture – will people use it – and safety. On the safety issue,…
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