Agreed. 

I was just looking at the picture in the post. It was as-specd 

$42k grand for a small pickup truck? No thanks.

Lets hope. I still think this Ranger is just too big. My neighbor has a Colorado and it dwarfs my S10. I had an Isuzu pickup (Ranger clone) and it was a good little truck. I just like little trucks better. They can get into tight areas, they are cheap to maintain and they can do almost anything you need them to do in…

My dad just picked up a Quad Cab Ram 1800 V8 Tradesman with some upgrades (chrome bits, wheels, better stereo) for ~$27,000 out the door. Sure there will be some warranty work, but $25K for a lesser Ranger seems like way too much. You can buy a stripper F150 for $22k all day long. This thing is too big to be a little…

Do you know what a “valuation” means? That is simply the value of the shares based on the last investment. If someone gives you $100 for .00001% of your hot dog cart, it means your hot dog cart now has a valuation of $100,000,000. However, you only “have” $100 and a hot dog cart. The founders are “paper rich” until…

You sound like every high-school communist I ever met. 1) I said your computer/internet was cheap because of capitalism 2) Much of my family spent the last 2 decades working in China and my wife and her family is Chinese. You do not want anything to do with a communist government. Whatever problems you think you have…

Agreed. It is astoundingly bad. My father had one. The more “important” a shift was the higher the likelihood you would miss it. It was horrific.

I should also point out I think that picture is from his previous failed...ahem “Acquired by Lyft” startup “Cherry” which was an on-demand car was service. I don’t have any reason to believe that is his car. 

A lot of behavior you describe could also be used to described bike riders here in Austin. They dont’ think stop signs, lights or right-of-way applies to them. I think a solid campaign of enforcement for scooters and bikes might straight this up a good bit. 

And my point is, that is such a pathetic wretched and short-sighted view of the economy, startups and capital investment he should be ashamed to type it out. 1) How are these “fake” companies? 2) You know those investors are not “forced” into giving these companies money, right? 3) The board approves the salary of all…

Right, all capitalism is evil. Got it. If any investor risks massive amounts of money they shouldn’t be rewarded. Totally makes sense. You get into the intro to economics class at 9am this semester?

Define “above average”. Founders and founding partners generally make well below average. Often just enough to pay rent or nothing at all. Certainly much less than their senior employees. Except for a tiny number of boot-strapped companies all companies operate using other peoples money, whether that is a bank, family…

I work in startups. As a general rule, founders make next to nothing. All of their motivation is in the equity they hope to turn into a payday in the future. 95% of them will fail. It is a very very very shitty way to “get paid”, despite what the media might tell you.

Any Jalop would recognize that is an old C class worth about $20k. Second, they guy was the CRO of Yammer (purchased by Microsoft), the COO of Lyft and a VP at Uber. The guy had plenty of money before starting Bird. 

The problem is you cannot put enough docks in place to make it a viable solution. Our docked bicycles in Austin were used exclusively by tourists but had no impact on locals. 

I dont get it either. Yes, some people need to learn to be more respectful, but all transportation has a learning curve (think how dangerous the first 30 years of automobiles were. Being crushed by a wagon was a leading cause of death in the 1890 in NYC) . This is a real attempt to bring a solution to the market.…

Your ignorance of how startups and capital investments work is staggering. These may not be a good business model (I do not think they are) but no “bros” are getting a Maserati out of this. 

The advantage of a scooter over a bike is that you don’t have to bring a bike from home and store it during the time. If you decide you want to get lunch from your offices, or meet a friend at a different bar, you just get on a scooter and you are done with it. These are not intended as commuting tools. 

Uh, well, thats just like your opinion man.