From the restructuring industry newsletter Petition: “Much like most other COVID victims, Hertz could be described as having mild pre-conditions that made it generally more susceptible to the virus. For years now, the company has been attempting to effectively treat […]
Data gathered by Starting Line VC from consumer surveys points to a shift away from, “American families’ reliance on the service economy as they became forced to adapt to the reality of fending for themselves while sheltering in place – […]
I don’t know if the conclusion is right or wrong, but the presentation is frustrating. Lightfoot talks a lot about “the data” in the abstract, but I have yet to hear her talk about any specific data nor her analysis […]
Since the stadium had no fans they decided to use mannequins to fill the stands. I guess they subcontracted the job and didn’t get quite what they expected. “A top South Korean soccer club is apologizing after using sex dolls […]
This is a forecast and they can’t predict the future, but… | learn more
“The grocery delivery startup added 300,000 workers in eight weeks, but Covid-19 is still overtaking it in more ways than one.” | learn more
I learned a lot from this short post. “Virus? …simply a piece of bad news wrapped up in protein. —Jean and Peter Medawar.” | learn more
I didn’t know where to include this link so it’s here. We should remember the strong network effects of cities before we believe that they’ll fall apart in favor of remote work. | learn more
“Sandalphon Capital conducted a survey of Midwest Startup CEOs and founders to gauge the impact COVID-19 has been having on their companies and the ecosystem” | learn more
“May 1st was my last day as a VP and Distinguished Engineer at Amazon Web Services, after five years and five months of rewarding fun. I quit in dismay at Amazon firing whistleblowers who were making noise about warehouse employees […]