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Stephen Oddo
on ‘Experiences’ Market Remains Small for Airbnb, Rivals
I don’t believe individual local “hosts” can provide the infrastructure necessary to run complex, high demand products at scale while maintaining quality, and for that reason I believe we’ll see Airbnb embracing reputable suppliers in the experiences space in a more traditional manner some time in 2019.
Vijay Goel
on Uber Might Try to Be a Temp Agency
Given the unpredictable quality control of Uber's driver pool, as a food business owner I would struggle to sign up for a service where I would receive an unvetted set of people with no connection to my values, culture, or service SOPs and have this be the ongoing value proposition as they scale out a large constantly churning pool of gig workers.
In the service business, service is the product, not a sideline (as it may be in their core transportation business).
I would suggest that there are areas closer to their core competency where they may want to focus.
Lei Ma
on Waymo Collision Shows Flaws in Self-Driving Car Tests
As regrettable and avoidable as this incident was, until Waymo's Level 4 self-driving system is perfected, it's still a Level 3 vehicle where the driver is the weakest link. All this real-world testing has inherent risks. Safety measures and more drivers in each car can only reduce but not eliminate the probability of accidents.
Reilly P. Brennan
on Under the Hood on Honda’s Cruise Investment
Honda spends $6B annually in R&D. This agreement w/ Cruise would suggest they are doing $167M/year into this project for the next 12 years, or 2.7% per year of their annual R&D spend.
Going it alone with $167M/year to work on [autonomous vehicles] isn't smart capital allocation. Putting that money to work as a part of a syndicate...makes at least more sense than doing it alone.
Kawika Holbrook
on Conservative Views Sometimes Stifled in Tech, Readers Say
I would be curious to hear, anonymously, what views — specifically — conservatives say they can't express in tech-related workplaces. We employ and work with people across the political spectrum and none seem to hold anything back.
Fred Stevens-Smith
on Conservative Views Sometimes Stifled in Tech, Readers Say
I support and encourage every employee’s right to believe whatever they want to about how to better run our society, and constructive debate is important and good. I also do not want anyone in my company that doesn’t believe in gender or racial equality. In America in 2018, those two principles are increasingly at odds. In my view that’s the fundamental challenge for those of us trying to decide how best to deal with this inside our companies.
Michael Schmitz
on After Fast Rollout, Scooters Hit Supply Bumps
Renting through share operators has been the dominant mode in the short life of the e-scooter era to date, but look for an emerging sales market direct to consumers soon. As enthusiasts get hooked (easy to do) and find friction when looking for their morning connection, the decision to get your own will become one people increasingly make. Already seeing anecdotal evidence of this in Singapore.