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Bill DeBlasio's Uber targeting is in danger of making NYC a tech joke

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It's also hard to argue that anyone who supports NYC's tech community wouldn't have rather had Uber build their company here versus in San Francisco. Regardless of how you feel about Uber as a company or their management, it's really hard to argue that New Yorkers don't want this service. Has Via, the new bus service come under fire?

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Bitwise Industries lands $80M to expand its sprawling software dev business

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Olguin and Soberal’s latest venture through Bitwise is commercial real estate — the two develop and turn previously blighted buildings into coworking spaces, restaurants, theaters and more. Historically, female founders have received just 12% of venture capital investment for their businesses.

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Remote Work, Not Taxes, Threatens Cities: Why That Threat has Peaked but Others Remain

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The wealthy are also more likely to own mortgaged real estate—so they get tax write-offs on their interest payments and real estate taxes that renters do not, additionally padding their bottom line. You are gone and never coming back. So yes, we are going to see a shift—most likely of young and wealthy Manhattan families.

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How VCs, Accelerators, and Coworking Spaces Put Communities in Buildings vs. Buildings in Communities

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Back in the late 90's, a lot of money and real estate brokering went into trying to make it so, however. These are people whose business it is to support startups. It's not quite the same when you're putting government money to work supporting new companies. I'll bet you didn't know that--mostly because it never was.

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Colabs gets $3 million seed to expand across Pakistan, launch back-office SaaS solution

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Lahore-based coworking space startup, Colabs , is set to roll-out a SaaS product to enable businesses meet back-office needs including company registration, talent sourcing and management, payroll processing and legal and tax compliance. The family-owned real estate firm develops Colabs spaces. Planned national expansion.

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Thynk wants to upgrade hotel stays with a vertical software platform

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Hospitality’s end goal is nothing more than a new way to generate income on real estate assets,” Petit said. In addition to hotel rooms, many hotels now have fancy restaurants, sophisticated cocktail bars, conference centers, coworking spaces, spas and various paid experiences. It is a sector that comes from asset management.

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‘Co-warehouse’ company Saltbox closes $35M Series B

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Coworking and warehouse space company Saltbox announced today the closing of a $35 million Series B led by Cox Enterprises and Pendulum Holdings. Saltbox also faces the changing tides of the real estate and e-commerce markets. The news comes more than a year after Saltbox closed a $10.6