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The Truth About the Scooter Economy?—?An Insider’s Perspective

Both Sides of the Table

An Insider’s Perspective “Bird Zero” that are custom designed by the company There is a story arc of the electric scooter market that took the world by storm in 2018, was second-guessed late in the year and has quietly re-emerged as a powerful force of growth where few really appreciate the speed and scale of what has happened.

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10 College Business Incubators We’re Most Excited About

YoungUpstarts

Follow along as we explore 10 of the most exciting college business incubators around today, and be sure to share your own favorites in the comments: Entrepreneurs Hall @ The RIT Global Village. NYU-Poly has not one, but four business incubators, boasting incredible support for fledgling businesses in the greater New York City area.

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The R/GA Connected Devices Accelerator, Powered by Techstars

Feld Thoughts

The newest accelerator, based in New York City, is called the R/GA Connected Devices Accelerator. R/GA is part of Interpublic Group of Companies, one of four global ad holding companies, and is the most award-winning agency in the digital world today.

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All The Questions You Wanted Answered about Bird Scooters and Their Recent $300 Million Funding

Both Sides of the Table

That has allowed the company to launch in many markets, build amazing applications, design future versions of the scooter and monetize while many companies are still just drawing up their go-to-market plans. This is why so many great LA funds like Upfront, Greycroft and B Capital Global have all backed Bird. Why scooters?

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Top 5 Tips To Successfully Recruit Creative Talent

YoungUpstarts

An incredibly talented interaction designer who lacks presentation skills might not be the right fit if she’ll be expected to also pitch ideas to clients. Sometimes hiring managers have fixed ideas that prevent them from objectively evaluating candidates when putting together national or global teams.

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Don't Forget Brooklyn: NYU's plan for the old MTA headquarters needs to happen

This is going to be BIG.

I have no doubt that any new school dedicated to engineering will be a good thing in New York City--one that I will fully support. I think, one day, you'll see more people start their entrepreneurial endeavors in Brooklyn, and as companies mature, they'll move into the city.

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Meet our Startup Chica Committee Members

Austin Startup

She attended Full Sail University in Winter Park, FL to learn about art and design for video games. Nereyda Esparza, Global Program Manager at Facebook Nereyda Esparza Nereyda Esparza’s passion is to improve people’s lives through learning and to mentor, coach and support young women’s careers?—?and Austin, this time?—?to