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

Both Sides of the Table

We’re at a new watermark because there are now global assets deployed and as the sun peeks out so to do the riders and the revenue. Last year at this time Bird was just planning its multi-city rollout having had tremendous success in Santa Monica & Venice. But springtime is here. Hats off to the teams that have done this.

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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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YSN Launches Global “Build Your Own Virtual SUBWAY® Store” Campaign

YoungUpstarts

Global and country-specific leader-boards will track the highest scoring contestants throughout the six-week challenge and will determine, along with a comprehensive review by a panel of judges, the top five winners. From there, the adventure will continue in New York City and Washington DC.

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

Both Sides of the Table

The more people that see your brand as the innovator the more “earned media” the company gets and the product becomes synonymous with the category. This is why so many great LA funds like Upfront, Greycroft and B Capital Global have all backed Bird. You don’t “Bing” information or “Hulu and chill.” Brand matters. Why scooters?

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What are the advantages of stationing your startup in New York City opposed to Silicon Valley / SF?

Gust

Access to many, many more world market centers (advertising, finance, fashion, media, food, etc.). A city that from the Mayor on down is devoted to helping the tech startup community expand exponentially. A much more tightly knit startup community, compared to the larger but more diffuse West Coast community.

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15 Inspirational TV Shows For New Entrepreneurs

YoungUpstarts

Business experts, Amanda Brinkman and Robert Herjavec work with local businesses to identify the problems and challenges they face and work to help overcome them so that they can survive and thrive in the local and global marketplace. Tech Stars.

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How to get creative with your domain name registration

The Next Web

Not only do you need to come up with something relevant, but you have the added stress of worrying about the verb effect, if it’s easy-to-spell, globally understandable, catchy, memorable and gives off the right impression. The social events startup has spread to major cities in the US, and has just launched across the pond in London. “He

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