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Micromobility in limbo: Takeaways from Paris and LA

TechCrunch LA

We decided to take a look at two cities that were at the forefront of the e-scooter revolution – Los Angeles and Paris. Los Angeles: City of Autos. A shared scooter parked on a sidewalk in Koreatown, a neighborhood in central Los Angeles, on December 29, 2022. Paris is so dense and has a great metro.

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How the myth of the ‘girlboss’ harms emerging women in tech

TechCrunch LA

“I truly believe the ‘girlboss’ term was created to celebrate an emerging wave of female leaders – which is still rare in business, and was even rarer around 10 years ago when the phrase was popularized,” Green told TechCrunch in an email. . And of course, those startups are by no means innocent when it comes to bad management. “If

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