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The Truth About the Scooter Economy?—?An Insider’s Perspective

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Act II was “revenge of the luddites” in which some local governments banned them and some annoyed citizens stole them or broke them. In my home town of Santa Monica they painted 19 miles of bike lanes green to help delineate bikes & scooters from cars and they built 3 miles of soft barriers to test how this works with traffic flow.

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What do your VCs care about and does it matter?

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Besides, there were a limited number of places where I could do my job in venture capital anyway—and while I might be a go to for a pitch from super early stage pre-seed and seed founders looking for quick answers and decisive term sheets in New York City, the reality is that I would be pretty far down the list in the Valley.

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You can’t be successful reporting to two managers

Eric Friedman

During breakfast he talked about the MTA, and the governance of the system. Between the city of New York getting the brunt of commuter complaints, the governors actual responsibility, and the federal governments meek involvement – this trifecta has not gotten things done.

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SOPA's Jane Jacobs Moment

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Fifty years ago this year, the New York City Board of Estimate voted down Robert Moses ' plan to build a ten-lane elevated highway across lower Manhattan--leveling fourteen blocks along Broome Street in Little Italy and what is now SoHo, as well as the West Village. Robert Moses got his start as a Parks Commissioner.

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5 Hot Ecommerce Trends to Watch

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Apple Removes Green Certification From All Products. If Hackers Didn’t Exist, Governments Would Have to Invent Them. ← Previous Story Next Story → New iPad Coming to China July 20 Clam Eating Salt Just Looks Wrong [VIDEO]. Like Tweet. 12 Essential Social Media Cheat Sheets. Like Tweet. Like Tweet. Like Tweet.

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Bill DeBlasio's Uber targeting is in danger of making NYC a tech joke

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Don't concern yourself with the fact that it's the city that green lights all of the luxury condos going up all over the city in place of reasonable housing. I don't think I would have ever been able to find a green cab had it not been for Uber.

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7 A/B Testing Resources for Startups and Solo Developers

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A/B testing differs from multivariate testing in that it only tests one variable at a time; in other words, you change only the button color (not the button copy or any images) and see how many users click the red button versus the green button. View More » Entertainment William Shatner Does Cee-Lo Greens ". OpenTable Seated 15.4