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TechCrunch+ roundup: Zendesk rejects $17B offer, sidewalk robots, recruiting survey

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When consumers started buying cars, many predicted the transportation revolution would lead to air pollution, traffic and life-threatening collisions. Image Credits: DNY59 (opens in a new window) / Getty Images. TechCrunch Experts is recruiting recruiters. Image Credits: Peter Cade (opens in a new window) / Getty Images.

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Extra Crunch roundup: Optimized SaaS pricing, recruiting growth experts, VC surveys, more

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COVID-19 has spotlighted many of the weakest points in our transportation system, but some of the rapid shifts in consumer behavior are creating opportunities for tech once considered fanciful, like sidewalk delivery robots and eVTOLs (electric vertical and takeoff vehicles). Image Credits: Nigel Sussman (opens in a new window).

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This European startup is installing 50 traffic-counting sensors across San Francisco

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Belgian startup Telraam designed a device that lets anyone point out of a window a camera-like device that uses on-board tech to count the number of road users. By adding a focus on “livable urban streets,” the sensors also track walkers, bikers and other modes of transport.

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Extra Crunch roundup: influencer marketing 101, spotting future unicorns, Apple AirTags teardown

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As the economy reopens, startups are uniquely positioned to recruit talent. Image Credits: ballyscanlon (opens in a new window) / Getty Images. Art Zeile, the CEO of DHI Group, notes this means it’s a great time for startups to recruit talent. As the economy reopens, startups are uniquely positioned to recruit talent.

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TechCrunch+ roundup: eVTOL takes off, pivoting with agility, when to hire a lawyer

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Transportation reporter Rebecca Bellan interviewed Tortoise co-founder Dmitry Shevelenko about his company’s transition “from using a hardware-as-a-service model to a take-rate scheme that gives it 10% of any sales made from its card payment-enabled bots.”. Image Credits: mohd izzuan (opens in a new window) / Getty Images.

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TechCrunch+ roundup: Cannabis investor survey, product ops, recurring revenue financing

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A black market still eats into the industry’s bottom line, however, and a patchwork of state regulations artificially constrain the TAM for public and private companies managing grow operations, distribution, transportation, inventory control, testing and point-of-sale software. Thanks very much for reading TechCrunch+ this week! .”

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Extra Crunch roundup: Metromile CEO interview, Oscar Health’s IPO plans, our 2-year anniversary, more

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Image Credits: Nigel Sussman (opens in a new window). Today, Alex Wilhelm says both transportation platforms plan to reach adjusted profitability by Q4 2021. Image Credits: Techstars (opens in a new window). Image Credits: Nigel Sussman (opens in a new window). Image Credits: alashi (opens in a new window) / Getty Images.

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