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Elon Musk Shows Off LA Tunnel Construction

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Elon Musk has released several videos of tunnel construction at the SpaceX , showing the installation of an elevator designed to take cars or "pods" down to a newly completed tunnel. The tunnel's entrace is apparently being built in SpaceX's parking lot.

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The Boring Company Will Bid For High Speed Transport Loop In Chicago

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Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel said this week that the city will begin taking requests for qualification to design, build, finance, and maintain an express train to O'Hare. READ MORE>>.

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JumpStartFund Names Hyperloop Effort

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JumpStartFund--which is based in El Segundo--said its community has voted to name the company Hyperloop Transportation Technologies , and also has tapped into ANSYS, GloCal Network Corporation, and UCLA"s Architecture and Urban Design program SUPRASTUDIO to work on the effort. READ MORE>>.

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Everything You Need to Know About Hyperloop

Tech.Co

The company, along with its partners at PreistmanGoode also released the design for its passenger Hyperloop capsule at the London Design Festival. Former SpaceX rocket designer Brogan BamBrogan was one of the initial cofounders of Hyperloop One.

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All The Questions You Wanted Answered about Bird Scooters and Their Recent $300 Million Funding

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Ah, but Bird doesn’t have network effects! That has allowed the company to launch in many markets, build amazing applications, design future versions of the scooter and monetize while many companies are still just drawing up their go-to-market plans. There is nothing viral! Anybody can launch a scooter service! Not really.

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OK, So Maybe Not ALL MBA Entrepreneurs Are Oxymorons

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” – Elon Musk, Founder Tesla Motors and SpaceX. MBA’s are trained to design, organize and manage such large-scale, complicated operations. Large Capital Requirements – MBA’s, especially those from top schools, have access to significant amounts of capital, primarily through their alumni and peer networks.

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Free Yourself at the UnCubed Startup Job Festival

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One that they would want to attend that was hip, fun, had great speakers and promoted networking. Talent needs often range from engineers, UX/UI designers, biz dev, marketing/pr, project managers and community managers. Companies like Fullscreen, Honest Company, Subblime, Daqri, Factual and SpaceX will be attendance amongst others.

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