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The Decline of Small Town Media Has Big Implications for the Innovation Economy

Revolution

In our visits to various rising cities, conversations with local investors revealed a reluctance to support or invest in emerging startups, often perceiving them as riskier ventures compared to traditional “safe” investments like real estate.

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Playhouse is TikTok meets Zillow for the next generation of homeowners

TechCrunch

The feed shows videos of homes on the market, as well as a price tag. We don’t need to look online for real estate anymore,’” explained Perelman. Both Perelman and his co-founder Nathan Shinder previously worked at PeerStreet, a real estate tech company based in Los Angeles. What are the neighbors doing?”.

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Discord’s reported $10B exit; Compass and Intermedia Cloud Communications set IPO price ranges

TechCrunch

Our goal will be to vet whether the price tag in question makes any sense, or if it is too low. Second: Real estate tech company Compass has set an IPO price range we need to explore. Discord is a well-financed unicorn that has raised oodles of capital and reportedly sports rapidly expanding revenues.

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Startups have about $1 trillion worth of reasons to love the Biden infrastructure plan

TechCrunch

The sweeping infrastructure package put forward today by President Joe Biden comes with a price tag of roughly $2 trillion (and hefty tax hikes) but gives startups and the broader tech industry about $1 trillion worth of reasons to support it. Real estate consumes 40% of all energy. ” Climate resiliency .

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YC Demo Day did not have a very long list of creator companies, but here’s who stood out

TechCrunch

Platforms like OnlyFans and Patreon have helped creators earn a sustainable income, while Linktree managed to turn a chunk of Instagram real estate into a unicorn. If you filter the list of Summer ’22 companies for startups tagged “creator economy,” it’s not a very long list.

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Q3 outlook forecasts cloudy days ahead for fintech M&A

TechCrunch

For years, the real estate technology company has touted itself as using its pricing technology to provide “more accurate offers and lower costs,” said the FTC. The regulatory action follows a months-long probe into Tag, which offers banking and financial services to users in Pakistan.” ” Personnel. And elsewhere.

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What Angel Investing & Florida Condos Have in Common

Both Sides of the Table

While many of my friends bragged about their 5 condos in Florida I kept talking about how the real estate market was in a bubble – their gains an illusion. I pointed to several Economist articles I had read that mapped historical prices of real estate for 400 years and how on average property values grow at no more 1.5%