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Sonder's sales channel was and is primarily airbnb itself which could easily turn it off if they determined them to be a threat. So it's a business highly dependent on future compe…

Progress is defined by enabling people to do more. Do we really want to go back to making energy with coal? It creates lots of jobs. Jobs that can replace with new better ones. I t…

Yes but the lack of jobs is a political problem. It's a problem of vision and goals. Just like a housing crisis. These can be resolved by changing the rules and goals of the group.…

UBI is lazy tech guilt thinking. Not to mention it's arrogant. The idea that we've solved all that needs to be done is remarkable. Just look around you. Do you think we are in a pl…

What percent of ios users never create a passcode / pin ? I'm just thinking that if face id is defaulted on it would be better than the crowd that never create a pin. I agree it is…

Biometrics is closer to a username.

Curated odesk/elancer/freelancer is area of strong need. Original thesis around fixed price generic development was a false offering that did not work well for clients or them - lo…

Totally agree 100% and wrote about this in 2015 but on a different tack. https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/americas-disastrous-mass-tran... Reality is California is terrible at the me…

The human mind wants freedom and to have options. That's why the grass is always greener. Spend a month traveling and being back at home will sound ideal. Get stuck in an office an…

Small minded to think or act like a cabal

Personal experience. It's fairly obvious if you have been using the service for any length of time in cities like SF, NYC, LA, Berlin, Paris, Barcelona, really any large city that …

If you are down voting why not offer some opinion so it can be a discussion..

The hogging of VC funds by airbnb, uber, and many other not startups is super unhealthy for the startup ecosystem. The public markets will eventually punish these companies for val…

Agree completely that our space program needs a new significant mission to stay relevant. However, I don't think going to space matters as much as it did last century. During JFK's…

anyone out there ? Thanks for feedback !

Did you try the move office and find route feature ? Those 36 are the buildings in San Francisco where we have instant book (many properties per building). There are about 400 buil…

Appreciate any feedback on our mapping / route implementation. Thx! Sam

They focused on themselves (what the city could do with their money) rather than the people voting and what mattered to the voters. Really terrible ad fail. Worst this year.

Text as UI success I believe is tied to how connected the related task is to the messaging tool you are in and how easy the platform makes it for the user. There are a number of ta…

It's never wise to boast as a startup regardless of your funding and prior success. I get the vibe that they expect success. This is such a terribly bad mindset to approach a new v…