Kamala Harris appealed to tech leaders in San Francisco, drawing ~700 people and raising $13M on August 11, in her first return to the city since her nomination
and Elite Donors—to Boost Election Bid Akayla Gardner / Bloomberg : Harris Follows Swing-State Tour With Fundraiser in San Francisco The San Francisco Standard : Kamala Harris courts donors at sold-ou...
How Bird is trying to make its unit economics work, experimenting with its business model, developing own scooters better suited for sharing, and more
Zuckerberg Needs a Slap, Google I/O vs. Microsoft Build, Bird Rides the Strugglebus socalTECH.com : Report: Bird Facing Major Issues With Keeping Scooters Alive Tweets: Mike Dudas / @mdudas : This is ...
Lyft S-1: 2018 revenue of $2.2B up 100% YoY, gross bookings of $8.1B from 1B+ rides, loss of $911M, up 32% YoY, 39% market share in the US, up from 22% in 2017
So Are Losses Walter Frick / HBR.org : The Strategy Question at the Center of Lyft's IPO Axios : Lyft files first for IPO in litmus test for the industry Harper Neidig / The Hill : Lyft files to go pu...
Ahead of its expected IPO, Postmates has raised a $100M investment, which a source says values the company at $1.85B, up from $1.2B in September
Examining Facebook's Strengths and Blind Spots Biz Carson / Forbes : Postmates Adds $100 Million In Funding As Food Delivery Co. Prepares For Potential IPO Kate Clark / TechCrunch : Postmates lines up...
How Silicon Valley's rich can defer or even avoid capital gains tax, via a provision that Sean Parker helped craft, by investing in low-income Opportunity Zones
Sean Parker crafted a little-known part of the tax code called Opportunity Zones. Now every one-percenter in Silicon Valley wants in. Tweets: @teddyschleifer and @juliaferraioli Tweets: Teddy Schleif...