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Transportation Weekly: Uber’s spending habits, Tesla Model Y, scooters and AVs in Austin

TechCrunch LA

Never heard of TechCrunch’s Transportation Weekly? Catch up by reading the first edition here or check out last week’s edition , which offered the gamut of mobility news from Lyft and Bird to Waymo’s laser bears and cybersecurity. And here, (wait for it) there are ONMs — original news manufacturers.

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My story: Fail locally, one customer at a time.

Berkonomics

We’ve all heard the modern day mantra: Fail Fast. This would serve me very well as my product moved from individual clients to entire Wall Street firms licensing my code. How would they populate these new fancy offices? His personal story is full of lessons for us all. – Dave. I became an entrepreneur by default.

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When Are Business People Entitled To Be Entitled?

Startup Professionals Musings

It’s bad news either way. " We heard this from many of the Wall Street groups that survived a few years ago only with government bail-outs. It sounded to investors like me that they felt a funding entitlement for their startup idea. We notice what we like and what we dislike, so we work to make society match our dreams.

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Women 2.0 Conference 2012 | For The Men Who Missed It

Tech Zulu Event

Just like the sky scraping investment banks of Wall Street, the technology industry tends to be a sausage party. So when I heard about Women 2.0 So when I heard about Women 2.0 A Silicon Valley conference is a room full of suits, with the occasional skirt suite. I was overwhelmingly mistaken. The room was flooded.

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Entrepreneurship: Nature vs. Nurture? A Religious Debate

Both Sides of the Table

You’ve all heard the question before. Notes Wadhwa, “Jason [Calacanis], Fred [Wilson], and Silicon Valley VC’s, I’ve got news for you: you’ve got it all wrong. Notes Wadhwa, “Jason [Calacanis], Fred [Wilson], and Silicon Valley VC’s, I’ve got news for you: you’ve got it all wrong.

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There’s Still Time to Commit to Your 2021 Health & Fitness Plan

Both Sides of the Table

Seems like just a moment ago it was New Year’s Day and we were all committing to our better selves for 2021 as so many of us do. It’s March 1st as I write this*. The year is two months in. It’s been a tough year for people around the world with the pandemic, work stress, crazy elections and uncertainty. You’ve truly made my day.

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US Economic Risks (Sept 2010): Impact on Investors & Entrepreneurs

Both Sides of the Table

This post was originally published in a shorter (more sensible) format in the Wall Street Journal online. I heard an entrepreneur last Friday tell me that after he appeared on AngelList he had a funding frenzy with one investor whom he had never met offering to fund him after just 15 minutes on the phone.