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The CEO of pogo stick-sharing startup Cangoroo insists his company isn't a hoax
(no, this is NOT left over from April Fools Day...)
TNW
I just got off the phone with Adam Mikkelsen, founder and CEO of shared mobility startup Cangoroo, who insists that his company is totally real.
Wait, I’m getting ahead of myself. Let’s back up.
Cangoroo is a pogo stick-sharing startup that hails from Stockholm, Sweden. It operates on the same basis as Bird and Lime, with users paying based on their usage. The main difference is, well… pogo sticks.
That alone raises eyebrows. And then there’s the fact that the company is owned by ODD Company, a branding and communications agency that has produced viral stunts for companies like Carlsberg, German travel agency Tui, and the Movember Foundation. Could this be yet another headline-grabbing hoax?
Mikkelsen insists it isn’t. “It is a real venture,” he protested.
Wait, I’m getting ahead of myself. Let’s back up.
Cangoroo is a pogo stick-sharing startup that hails from Stockholm, Sweden. It operates on the same basis as Bird and Lime, with users paying based on their usage. The main difference is, well… pogo sticks.
That alone raises eyebrows. And then there’s the fact that the company is owned by ODD Company, a branding and communications agency that has produced viral stunts for companies like Carlsberg, German travel agency Tui, and the Movember Foundation. Could this be yet another headline-grabbing hoax?
Mikkelsen insists it isn’t. “It is a real venture,” he protested.
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