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From the Archives: Rise and Fall of Boosted Board
2024/11/29
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Andrew
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David
波士顿大学电气和计算机工程系教授，专注于澄清5G技术与COVID-19之间的误信息。
Boosted Board凭借其高质量的产品和强大的社区运营，迅速崛起成为电动滑板领域的领导者。然而，由于公司内部管理问题、过度依赖投资者资金、中美贸易战等因素的影响，以及公司后期转型电动滑板车市场失败，最终导致公司破产。
Casey Neistat等知名人士的推广对Boosted Board的早期成功起到了至关重要的作用。
Boosted Board的创始人Sanjay Dastoor最初是为了解决自身交通不便的问题而开发了该产品，体现了其技术创新能力。
Boosted Board的客户支持团队对产品充满热情，并与客户建立了良好的关系，提升了客户忠诚度。
Boosted Board的衰落也与公司文化和产品定位有关，电动滑板车难以保持其酷炫的形象，导致市场竞争力下降。
中美贸易战导致Boosted Board的生产成本大幅增加，加剧了公司的财务困境。
Lime公司被指控在Boosted Board收购谈判期间挖走其员工，加剧了Boosted Board的困境。
结构性资本以低价将Boosted Board的知识产权出售给Lime，并私下获得政府退款，体现了资本运作的复杂性和风险。
Deep Dive
The episode delves into the rise and fall of Boosted Boards, a company that became the Tesla of electric skateboards. It explores the company's origins, its rapid growth, and the factors that led to its eventual downfall.
- Boosted Boards started as a solution to last-mile transportation problems at Stanford University.
- The company gained popularity through a successful Kickstarter campaign and later through influencer marketing with Casey Neistat.
- Boosted Boards faced financial challenges due to low margins and the need to continuously innovate and expand its product line.
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