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“Winners Take None:” Coworking, Self Storage, Scooters Have Burned Billions of Investor Dollars and Maybe Were Never ‘Tech Companies’

Hunter Walk

’ Economies of scale, network effects, soft monopolies/bundling, patent moats: there are many reasons why. The “Uber for X” and “Airbnb for X” largely lacked positive attributes that transportation and travel possessed and accordingly found infrequent usage, low margins, complex processes and so forth.

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Biosafety startup R-Zero acquires CoWorkr to create an ‘OS for the workplace’

TechCrunch

With the acquisition of CoWorkr, R-Zero plans to develop an internet of things-style sensor network to manage both personnel and cleaning in the workplace, says R-Zero founder Grant Morgan. The New York Metropolitan Transport Authority, for example, purchased $1 million worth of UVC lights to disinfect subway cars each evening.

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Ramblings On Time Management

Haystack

I am transported over a decade ago, living in San Francisco, dating a girl who is now my wife, and we had nothing to do most of the time. Social networks were not much of a thing, email was about work, telco’s charged for texting and we had feature phones which were definitely not computers.

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Expanding Our Entrepreneurial Imagination in Indianapolis

Forward Cities

This past April, we invited a group of ecosystem practitioners from Buffalo, Richmond, and Jacksonville to see how different communities in Indianapolis are seeking to provide greater access, financing, and support for entrepreneurs of color and others who are disconnected from traditional business networks.

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What Will Workplaces Look Like After The Pandemic?

Impact Hub

For Impact Hub, it made the liquid and digital elements of our network more important than ever, and at the same time encouraged us to reflect and pivot certain aspects of how we operate and how we provide support to Impact Hubs and our members across the globe. From now on, how we interact will define the space in which we do so.

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Top Detroit Startups and Tech Companies to Watch in 2021

StartupNation

In November 2020, the Detroit tech company announced that they’re developing three new authentication centers in Toronto and Hong Kong, which will expand the company’s global network by 50%. This Detroit tech company created a social networking app to help people make meaningful connections in shared spaces. Petal Transport.

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