This Week in Startups: E982: Karmic Bikes Founder Hong Quan on creating the “Tesla of E-Bikes” with OSLO, bootstrapping through Kickstarter, lowering costs as a strategy, insights on U.S. resistance to widespread E-Bike adoption, & why this vehicle is the future of transportation, plus Office Hours with Jason!

Jason Calacanis Jason Calacanis 10/1/19 - Episode Page

1:10 Jason intros Hong Quan from Karmic Bikes

2:55 What is the OSLO bike?

4:10 Why are there separate classifications for e-bike laws?

9:15 What does OSLO cost?

12:35 How Karmic bikes are different

14:55 Why e-bikes haven't taken off in the US?

16:52 Is Palo Alto the most bike-friendly city in America?

17:28 Hong shows the OSLO Kickstarter Video

21:45 Why not go the scooter route?

27:34 Hong raps for Jason (yes, really)

33:06 Open Office Hours with Jason

33:18 Jason intros Mark from ZenSports, a P2P sports betting startup

40:22 Mark asks Jason how to attract investors as a "Vice tech" company