San Francisco’s rate of population decline was No. 1 among large U.S. counties from July 1, 2020-July 2, 2022. That distinction underscores the challenges the city faces after ending 2022 with a 27% office vacancy rate.
On this week's Inside Transportation Podcast,
@TheRideshareGuy
joins the pod to discuss some of the benefits and drawbacks of
@Uber
and
@Lyft
drivers being classified as company employees.
Listen now >
@JeffBezos
shared details about the first recipients of his $10B Earth Fund, which supports initiatives to combat climate change. Grants will go toward 16 recipients, who will receive a combined $791M in donations.
⭐️ Join us tomorrow at 11am PT! ⭐️
📢 AMA with
@at_mwagner
, CEO & Co-founder of
@staratlas
!
Michael will be answering all of your questions about
#blockchain
technology,
#decentralized
governance and more! 🚀
Save your seat! 👇
25% of U.S. jobs across industries could be at risk to replacement by AI, according to a recent report from Goldman. Exposure varies by industry, though.
⚡️
@RFOX_VALT
launched yesterday in a bid to marry virtual reality with digital currencies. The
#metaverse
intends to become a viable digital economy where visitors can socialize, shop, and game. 🚀
Learn more:
On this week’s episode of the Inside Transportation Podcast, Jim Koenig and Jim Gregoire of
@FenwickWest
join
@jason
and
@dudejohan
to discuss autonomous vehicles + more!
Listen now >
"The metaverse is going to come, whether in 5 years, 10 years, 20 years, and Facebook should not own all of it" -
@rohamg
You're not going to want to miss this episode of
@TWiStartups
🔥
Travel app
@ShareRingGlobal
will collaborate with cloud services by China's Tencent to improve digital identification for those traveling during the pandemic.
ShareRing will now use Chinese optical character recognition (OCR) and facial recognition to "help" Asian travelers.
Twitter threads generate 63% more impressions and 54% more engagement than a single tweet.
So...here’s a thread on how to craft a great thread…
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@PackagePortal
for supporting our newsletter!
@PackagePortal
uses blockchain tech to incentivize consumers to rate their delivery experience. Shoppers give instant, contactless feedback & earn tokens to redeem or swap for other crypto.
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📅 Tomorrow @ 11am PT! AMA w/Quinn Campbell, VP of Growth
@SkyMavisHQ
🚀
Quinn built the world’s first-ever web3
#creator
program, launched a fully on-chain referral program, & dev'd
@AxieInfinity
’s
#web3
growth framework.
Post your Qs for Quinn here 👇
President Donald J. Trump has been permanently suspended from
@Twitter
. According to
@TwitterSafety
:
"After close review of recent Tweets from [Trump] and the context around them we have permanently suspended the account due to the risk of further incitement of violence."
1/
@Uber
will acquire
@Postmates
in a $2.65b all-stock deal to be finalized in 2021. Following the acquisition, Uber will control ~30% of the market share in food delivery companies(including dominos).
Cryptocurrencies trading platform
@Coinbase
has been valued at more than $100B in a secondary market valuation. The company is likely to go public at the largest valuation of a tech company since Facebooks ($FB) $104B IPO.
The Amazon shareholder letters are quite literally the best business writing there is.
I learned so much from them I compiled all of them into a single PDF:
Earlier this week,
@Facebook
took out a full page ad in the
@WSJ
attacking
@Apple
.
@Tim_Cook
responded with this tweet.
Are you choosing sides in this battle of Big Tech?
We believe users should have the choice over the data that is being collected about them and how it’s used. Facebook can continue to track users across apps and websites as before, App Tracking Transparency in iOS 14 will just require that they ask for your permission first.
North American startups secured $46.3B in VC funding in Q1 2023, up 31% QoQ.
Despite the slight rise, funding was still 46% lower than the same period a year ago.
On this week's Inside Transportation Podcast,
Michael Burtov, founder of
@GeoOrbital
, joins the pod to discuss the future of micromobility.
Listen now >
Google’s advertising business brought in nearly $225B in 2022 and has been growing steadily over the last 10 years.
What factors do you think have contributed to this growth?
🚨 ANNOUNCEMENT TIME 🚨
MEET OUR FUND IS BACK!
We're back for Round 2 on October 26th & 27th with a brand new lineup of Investors pitching their services to YOU.
Register for free at
Let's meet a few of the presenters at
#MoF2
⬇️
NEW POD ALERT 🚨
@DougDeMuro
joined
@jason
and
@dudejohan
on the Inside Transportation Podcast for a lively conversation on the automotive space, Doug's new auction website Cars and Bids, as well as his take on Tesla and EVs.
Listen now > 🎧
Our next virtual event, Meet Our Fund, is only a week away and the schedule for the event has officially been released 🚀
Who else is going?
Register today for free at
Eric Zhu (
@ericzhu105
) and Christian Elam (
@ChristianElam6
) from
@BachmanityFund
brought a fresh perspective to Meet Our Fund 5, discussing the future of venture capital.
They envision an automated VC landscape, with their firm leading the charge as a quant fund. 🧵
Inside writer
@jigneyp
recently interviewed
@macconwell
from Rarebreed Ventures to discuss investing, innovation, and diversity in startups. Also, Mac shares his tips for Founders and Aspiring VC's.
Read (or listen) to the interview here:
Apple is doing layoffs.
That's important because this has been Apple's headcount going back to before the first iPhone launched. Now, put this growth in context.
Netflix reported its Q1 2023 earnings after market close on Tuesday, with mixed results.
The streaming giant earned $8.16B in revenue, up 3.7% YoY. Net income was $1.3B, or $2.88 per share, down from $1.6B, or $3.53 per share reported in Q1 2022.
📢 ANNOUNCEMENT TIME: We are launching a brand new podcast called INSIDE BUSINESS.
Join our hosts
@LiamGill_77
and
@MacConwell
as they get deep into the decisions you’ll face as a founder or business leader.
The premier episode launches March 8, 2021.
1/ Eastman Kodak, the historic camera and film company, is receiving a $765m government loan through the Defense Production Act to manufacture ingredients for generic drugs. The purpose of the loan, ostensibly, is to decrease U.S. reliance on drugs produced in China or India.
We're hosting "Understanding the NFT Opportunity" on April 8th!
The event is FREE for the first 500 to signup, $100 a ticket after that.
BONUS: You'll get a free year of the Inside Crypto newsletter & added to our Crypto SLACK channel as well.
👉
1/ TikTok is leaving Hong Kong, losing its ~150K users, after China passed a new law banning anti-Chinese acts in the region.
TikTok has been downloaded over ~2 billion times globally, and in Q1 2020, it had the most downloads for any app ever in any quarter with ~315 Mn.
In 2020, 210 SPAC companies went public. Compare that to the years 2012 and 2019, when only 203 SPAC IPOs occurred.
Here's the latest in the world of SPAC 👇
1/ Lemonade is entering pet insurance, an underpenetrated and growing industry with two dominant incumbents. With $480m raised before its IPO and a further $319m in IPO, it's introducing a low-cost product to attempt to take market share in a new vertical.
This Thursday, join
@VinnyLingham
as he discuss investing in the NFT infrastructure and emerging startups in this space at our "Understanding The NFT Opportunity" virtual event.
Register today at 🎟
🚨 Coming August 3 - AMA with Jason Fried, Founder & CEO
@37signals
🚀
Join us to ask
@jasonfried
(the maker of
@basecamp
and
@heyhey
) all of your questions and learn something in the process!
Save your seat 👉
With our upcoming Meet Our Fund virtual event a few weeks away (June 8 & 9), we think it's time to meet our incredible lineup of speakers.
Also, don't forget to register at
📅 Coming July 27! AMA with Quinn Campbell, VP of Growth
@SkyMavisHQ
🚀
Quinn built the world’s first-ever web3
#creator
program, launched a fully on-chain referral program, & dev'd
@AxieInfinity
’s
#web3
growth framework.
Post your Qs for Quinn here 👉
Meet Our Fund 2 goes live TOMORROW! There's more - we've got
@WillJamesAllen
, Partner at
@magaracvc
, joining us! Tune in to hear about his work managing high-performing teams and investing in successful founders at
#MOF2
. Register at !
Coming Sept 7! AMA with
@agazdecki
CEO of
@microacquire
🚀
Ask Andrew anything about all things SaaS, startup exits, and getting acquired!
Check out Andrew's full bio and post your questions here 👇
🚨 Coming Sept 7! AMA with
@agazdecki
CEO of
@microacquire
🚀
Ask Andrew anything about all things
#SaaS
,
#startup
exits, and getting acquired!
Check out Andrew's full bio and post your questions here 👇
@lululemon
announced the acquisition of connected fitness company
@getthemirror
for $500m. Mirror’s last valuation stood at ~ $300m when it raised $34m last year in the funding round led by
@p72vc
and
@sparkcapital
Capital. Lululemon invested $1m in Mirror last year.
@Tesla
🔸 With UFOs 👽 in the news this week, listening to "That
#UFO
Podcast" might do you some good. Host
@ufouapam
brings credible guests to discuss the world around UFOs.
1/ Snapchat announced its Q2 2020 earnings yesterday – it posted revenue of $454m, down 2% from Q1 2020, and up 17% from last year’s $388m. The company had a net loss of $325m, 30% more than last year’s $255m.
Why are companies so eager to jump into the Metaverse? We're discussing that and a lot more at "Understanding The Metaverse" event on Jan 27! Tune in to hear from
@borgetsebastien
,
@mdudas
, Stephen Zhang,
@hrishlotlikar
and
@gmattu7
- Register for FREE:
⚡️
#meetourfund3
Speaker Feature ⚡️
Catch
@MacConwell
from
@RarebreedVC
at
#MOF3
May 24 & 25, where he'll take you through his journey as an investor and what he looks for in underrepresented pre-seed & seed funds. 🚀
Save your seat here 👉
Ready to join the DeFi revolution?! Make sure to attend our FREE DeFi event on May 27th with featured speaker
@CamiRusso
from
@DefiantNews
🤩🤩 to register today!
At Meet Our Fund 5, Sheel Mohnot (
@pitdesi
), co-founder of
@btv_vc
, shared how BTV acts as a key member of your founding team.
With $300M AUM and a $150M seed fund, they're writing checks between $500k and $4M, focusing heavily on pre-seed.
🚨 Over 500 people registered within the first hour, so we've upped the free limit to the first 1,000 attendees!
Register now to lock in your FREE event ticket to "Understanding The NFT Opportunity!" 🚨
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We're hosting "Understanding the NFT Opportunity" on April 8th!
The event is FREE for the first 500 to signup, $100 a ticket after that.
BONUS: You'll get a free year of the Inside Crypto newsletter & added to our Crypto SLACK channel as well.
👉
Welcome
#KristaKim
to the stage 👏 Krista is the founder of Techism and the first digital artist to mint a virtual house which was sold for 288 ETH (~$500,000 USD).
@Dropbox
CEO Drew Houston and
@Splunk
CEO Douglas Merritt are preparing to move from the Bay Area to Austin. Fintech startup Brex’s co-founders, Henrique Dubugras and Pedro Franceschi, have also left San Francisco for LA, and will not renew their company’s office lease next year.