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Driven to Distraction – the future of car safety

Steve Blank

The Department of Transportation was created in 1966 but it wasn’t until 1979 that the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration ( NHTSA ) started crash-testing cars (the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety started their testing in 1995). In 1984 New York State mandated seat belt use ( now required in 49 of the 50 states.).

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Public Hospital Modern Woes – Aging Infrastructure, Unions, Pensions, High Regulation. 

The Startup Magazine

From California, to Illinois, and New York many of the largest U.S. Some of the country’s greatest cities are on the brink of calamity. Felix Rohaytn, widely credited with saving New York City in the 1970’s, recently published “ Bold Endeavors. ” [1] In it he warns: “The nation is falling apart – literally.

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First Days

OnlyOnce

As I mentioned last week , I just started a new chapter of my career journey as CEO of LRN, a SaaS company based in New York City that provides ethics and compliance education software while advising companies on shaping values-based leadership, cultures and governance as sources of competitive advantage.

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Uh-oh! Do you have a “sitcom” startup?

Up and Running

In 1995 Paul started a company that aimed to put art galleries online. Citi bike - a bicycle sharing company based in and serving New York City. Citi Bike was started with the aim of reducing emissions, road wear and congestion. In fact, the company has done so well that it now operates in 13 countries.

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The pioneers of Silicon Valley’s fast culture on how to grow quickly, not recklessly

Reid Hoffman

If O’Reilly had that same insight in 1995, it could have been an amazing blitzscaling opportunity. The second is a lack of operational scalability. Society provides the ecosystem in which you live, and in which your businesses operate, which means that it can rightly claim some responsibility for your success.

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What is Coworking? Everything You Need to Know

Austin Startup

However, the seeds had been planted between 1995 and 1999 with the opening of several hackerspaces and “work clubs” devoted to bringing people together and instilling a sense of community while working. One of the first early coworking spaces (although the term “coworking” wasn’t used yet) was called 116 West Houston in New York City.

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