The international behind Donkey Republic: how a Turkish systems thinker reimagined urban mobility in Denmark

Erdem Ovacık, co-founder of Donkey Republic, built one of Europe’s leading bike-sharing companies from Denmark — but success as an international entrepreneur hasn’t come easy

Photo: Erdem Ovacık, Donkey Republic.

If you’ve ever rented an orange bike in a European city, chances are you’ve used a Donkey Republic bicycle — a service co-created by Erdem Ovacık, a Turkish-born systems thinker and entrepreneur focused on societal change. But while the bright bikes are now a common sight in cities across Europe, few know they were born […]


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