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7 EO members share how to mitigate rising transportation costs and shipping delays

Entrepreneurs' Organization

Global supply chain issues, increased transportation costs and shipping delays are an ongoing post-pandemic problem. Our small business has absolutely been impacted by higher transportation costs and shipping delays. Utilized lesser-used ports, other modes of shipment (air, rail), or a mix—to diversify the risk. “As

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Bolt raises $182M to expand its on-demand transportation network in Europe and Africa

TechCrunch

on gross merchandise value (GMV: the total figure transacted on Bolt’s platform), à la the recently listed DoorDash, than it is closer to “others” in the transport space that are seeing valuations closer to 0.5x Its current list of biggest markets reflects that mix: Villig said they were the U.K., billion ($4.3

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5 top investors in Dutch startups discuss trends, hopes and 2020 opportunities

TechCrunch

In Amsterdam, rich people take public transport, not private buses. Elastic, the provider of subscription-based data search software used by Dell, Netflix, The New York Times and others, was another gangbuster IPO in 2018. What are some overlooked opportunities right now? More overlooked founders than opportunities.

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Local Motors, the startup behind the Olli autonomous shuttle, has shut down

TechCrunch

The autonomous vehicle space is an exciting emerging market with plenty of opportunity. Experiencing first-hand the skill and dedication of the people I worked with, I have no doubt AVs (like Olli) are the future of transportation.” I made some great friends, both locally and globally, which makes it worthwhile.

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The Station: Arrival slashes EV targets, more Tesla FSD controversy and NHTSA loses its captain

TechCrunch

The Station is a weekly newsletter dedicated to all things transportation. I don’t have much to say about this since anyone who follows the most basic tenets of society and uses logic understands it is wrong and ridiculous. 63% of riders said they used micromobility to connect to public transit.

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Oxbotica raises $47M to deploy its autonomous vehicle software in industrial applications

TechCrunch

While the world continues to await the arrival of safe, reliable and cost-effective self-driving cars, one of the pioneers in the world of autonomous vehicle software has raised some substantial funding to double down on what it sees as a more immediate opportunity: providing technology to industrial companies to build off-road applications.

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Daily Crunch: State-sponsored hackers target private email addresses of Ukrainian military

TechCrunch

From the mobility front: Beam raises $93M, proves that the e-scooter market is not kaput : Beam, a Singapore-based company, rents out e-scooters and other electric personal transport machines. Why I’m using a credit facility to grow my startup. Why I’m using a credit facility to grow my startup. You can sign up here.).

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