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Assertion Contradicted
Burton: Recovered Stolen Bikes Lack Owner Identification
“Because a large majority of stolen bikes are recovered. They just have no way to associate them with an owner.”
Mike Burton Mar 5, 2025 ▶ 19:17 Bike Theft is a $1B Crisis—Watch This Founder’s $1.5M VC Pitch
Assertion Partly supported
Burton: Half of US Daily Car Trips Are Under Two Miles
“The billion car trips that we take in the United States each day, half of those are within two miles of their destinations, and cities are trying to figure out how to solve this problem.”
Mike Burton Mar 5, 2025 ▶ 4:16 Bike Theft is a $1B Crisis—Watch This Founder’s $1.5M VC Pitch
Assertion Supported
Burton: Lockstop gets two months of battery life on a self-contained unit
“This is entirely standalone. It has its own battery in there. We do GSM connectivity. All of that is self-contained in this device, and we use a lo-fi Bluetooth chip that allows us to get two months of battery right now, and we're adding a solar trickle charge…”
Mike Burton Mar 5, 2025 ▶ 8:49 Bike Theft is a $1B Crisis—Watch This Founder’s $1.5M VC Pitch
Assertion Supported
Burton: Municipalities pay between $5k and $20k for trip counters
“And then we realized our cities are already paying between five to 20,000 dollars for trip counters.”
Mike Burton Mar 5, 2025 ▶ 10:00 Bike Theft is a $1B Crisis—Watch This Founder’s $1.5M VC Pitch
Assertion Supported
Burton: Only half of bike thefts are reported and 5% returned
“Only half of bike thefts are actually reported. Because only five percent of those bikes were returned.”
Mike Burton Mar 5, 2025 ▶ 18:56 Bike Theft is a $1B Crisis—Watch This Founder’s $1.5M VC Pitch
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