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Why regulators love Nuro’s self-driving delivery vehicles

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Department of Transportation, The American Association of Motor Vehicle Administrators (AAMVA) “[wondered] about the description of pedestrian ‘crumple zones,’ and whether this may impact the vehicle’s crash-worthiness in the event of a vehicle-to-vehicle crash. (R2X In a 2019 letter to the U.S. ”

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The Ezra Klein Show: VC Bill Gurley on Transforming Health Care

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Our firm has had the good fortune to invest in many two-sided networks that used information aggregation, supplier aggregation, and user generated content to attract and inform consumers and resultantly disrupt and change different industries. It only seemed logical to us that the same opportunity should exist in healthcare.

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TechCrunch+ roundup: Find your valuation, international visas, hiring for growth

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However, by adopting a “jobs-to-be-done” framework, early-stage startups can define, categorize, capture and organize all their customers’ needs, writes Michael Popchuk, co-founder and CEO of Saldo Apps. Battery startups are working to disrupt more than just cars and trucks. Image Credits: Bill Hinton / Getty Images.

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The Case For & Against Cryptocurrencies (for those tired of all the noise)

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My goal is to lay out a basic framework for anybody unsure whom to listen to as a way of helping you think about a way to orient your own views. But I also believe that the backlash that will happen against ICO fraud will likely burn some people to future participation until and unless there are some frameworks for oversight of the market.

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TechCrunch+ roundup: Finding the right LPs, ocean conservation, inside Uber’s pre-seed deck

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In this article aimed at early-stage founders, Kolluri shares a detailed framework with timelines that can help determine whether it’s time to look for a buyer or keep reaching for the stars. Full TechCrunch+ articles are only available to members. Use discount code TCPLUSROUNDUP to save 20% off a one- or two-year subscription.

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Leaked Uber Files reveal history of lawbreaking, lobbying and exploiting violence against drivers

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The documents, which include 83,000 emails and 1,000 other files including conversations, reveal for the first time Uber’s $90 million-a-year lobbying and public relations campaigns to gain the support of world leaders, such as French President Emmanuel Macron, in order to disrupt Europe’s taxi industry.

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How to Miss By a Mile: An Alternative Look at Uber’s Potential Market Size

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This post was a shortened version of a more detailed post he had written for his own blog titled “ A Disruptive Cab Ride to Riches: The Uber Payoff.” Deep research and quantitative frameworks are sorely lacking in today’s short attention span news approach. Transporting kids. Transporting older parents.