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Micromobility in limbo: Takeaways from Paris and LA

TechCrunch LA

Lime told TechCrunch that 90% of its fleet in Paris is used everyday, and a scooter trip starts every four seconds in the city. One study from 2021 found that e-scooter users in Paris are mainly men aged 18 to 29, have a high educational level, and usually jump on a scooter for travel time savings. In 2021, over 1.2 million car trips.

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Choose Your VC Investor Carefully

Both Sides of the Table

This is part of my ongoing series Startup Advice. In these many exchanges similar questions crop up. Either you’re not a good leader and he shouldn’t be investing at all, or he has no clue what it takes to build a startup.&#. They speak up on every topic. I guarantee this is a bad VC. One quick example.

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DefCon 22 | DISOBEY!

Tech Zulu Event

Whatever your perception may be, an estimated 15,000 attendees showed up for this year’s DefCon 22 , an annual event with talks, contests, vendor-booths, charities, workshop training areas and more. Must show judge before starting and when completed.). ” In addition to a paper list, teams were also given a 3.5″

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The Most Important Book I Read This Summer

Both Sides of the Table

If you haven’t read Diamond, though, I’d recommend starting with “Guns, Germs & Steel” & then “Collapse” but all three are worth reading. 60% of African American men who don’t graduate high school will be incarcerated and 75% of African American men grow up in a household without their father.

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