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The Station: Via hits $2.25B valuation, letters from readers, layoffs in a time of COVID-19

TechCrunch LA

Via has two sides of its business: a consumer-facing shuttle and a “partnerships” division that sells its software platform to cities and transit authorities that allows them to deploy their own shuttles. A city might dedicate its shuttle service to transporting goods or essential personnel. Other deals: Qcraft.ai

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Down bad

TechCrunch LA

Last week, we talked about layoffs and the Winklevoss rock gods. Subscribe to Chain Reaction on Apple , Spotify or your alternative podcast platform of choice to keep up with us every week. Molecule , a platform where DAOs can back medical research projects, secured $13 million in seed funding led by Northpond Ventures.

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Freelancers Are The New Entrepreneurs For Services

Startup Professionals Musings

Self-employed services specialists are just as important, and most often operate remotely (from anywhere in the world) in this age of the Internet. Then your apps need to run on the new iPhone platform. Tomorrow, a similar change is likely to happen to sales personnel, customer service, even manufacturing and construction jobs.

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How will you ride the next wave?

Berkonomics

We bypass the middle person for services and information. It won’t be long before another round of layoffs comes, and these new tools will create new jobs to fill the gap. The mobile web will become what desktop Internet became in the 1990’s – the standard platform for anyone doing business. We take courses on-line.

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MediaLab acquires messaging app Kik, expanding its app portfolio

TechCrunch LA

“Whether it be a passion for an obscure manga or your favorite football team, Kik has shown an incredible ability to provide a platform for new friendships to be forged through your mobile phone.” . “ Kik is one of those amazing places that brings us back to those early aspirations,” the blog post read.

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Manufacturing startup Divergent 3D reduces staff by one-third

TechCrunch LA

The company developed an additive manufacturing platform designed to make it easier and faster to design and build new cars at a fraction of the cost — all while reducing the environmental impact that traditional factories have. Divergent 3D made Blade — which was on the auto show circuit in 2016 — to demonstrate the technology platform.

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Entrepreneurs Can Thrive on Services or Products

Startup Professionals Musings

Self-employed services specialists are just as important, and are a growing part of this new “ age of the entrepreneur ” that I discussed last week. Then your apps need to run on the new iPhone platform. Tomorrow, a similar change is likely to happen to sales personnel, customer service, even manufacturing and construction jobs.