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NYC: Regulatory nightmare for tech startups trying to conduct consumer friendly businesses

This is going to be BIG.

Companies that make people''s lives easier, should they run into entrenched Big Apple interests like housing and transport, aren''t finding that NYC is as easy a place to offer their services to NYC residents. Government served an incredibly important role regulating ground transportation in the past. It''s better for drivers, too.

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With new cash and a former Apple exec now at the helm, Connect Homes is ready to reconstruct homebuilding

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Not only that, but the homes are able to use standard shipping networks and rail transit to bring their homes anywhere in the country. “We build modules the size of a shipping container, so we can connect to the regular intermodal shipping network,” Leung said. But, there’s an opportunity to infill housing.

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Grab a group discount and take your team to TC Sessions: Mobility 2021

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You’ll cover more ground and discover more opportunities with your whole team at your side. Investors like Clara Brenner (Urban Innovation Fund), Quin Garcia (Autotech Ventures) and Rachel Holt (Construct Capital) — all of whom will grace our virtual stage. Taking your team also makes you a highly efficient networking unit.

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TechCrunch+ roundup: eVTOL takes off, pivoting with agility, when to hire a lawyer

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In a column for TC+ , Ben Tigner, co-founder and CEO of electric aerial mobility company Overair, identified four trends that are changing how investors, entrepreneurs and the market are responding to expanding opportunities in eVTOL: An expanding competitive landscape. Infrastructure bill could promote lean construction via data capture.

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Extra Crunch roundup: Square buys Afterpay, paid search basics, career advice for devs

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Afterpay brings global revenues, global users and a more diverse merchant network to Square,” Alex notes. “It Developers may delight in solving complex technical problems, but the problem of a career path is one many don’t think much about, Juniper Networks CTO Raj Yavatkar writes in a guest column. That seems like a lot.

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S3 Ventures, Tacora close on new funds to boost Austin startups

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It was a great place to live and work, and I believed that over time, it would be a growing venture opportunity.”. Fast-forward to today, and we have fintech, insurtech, proptech, logistics and transportation, all capital-intensive businesses that Tacora is focused on. She is confident that some of them will convert to funding.

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Spain’s ten-year plan to put startups in the economic driving seat

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He highlights a couple of priority projects: One to create a network to link entrepreneurs and policymakers with the wider ecosystem, and another to connect incubators and accelerators to build out a national support network for founders — both of which have been inspired by approaches taken in other European countries.

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