E-scooter company wants you to front a lot of cash for your very own scooter rental business

As if there weren't enough scooters out there whizzing around, an Austin-based electric scooter company wants anyone and everyone to start their own scooter rental business.

Goat — a relative newcomer to the scooter scene — is spearheading this new business model. It's reminiscent of Amazon's Delivery Service Partner program to get entrepreneurs who normally sell their wares online to get into the delivery business themselves — and pay for it. Goat's model is similar, except it's geared towards avid scooter riders or gig workers who charge the electric scooters to start renting out scooters themselves. Read more...