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Startup cynicism and Substack, or Clubhouse, or Miami, or …

TechCrunch

Substack, Clubhouse, and Miami as a major tech hub are compelling bets. And Miami is a bet that you can take a top global city without a massive startup ecosystem and agglomerate the talent necessary to compete with San Francisco, New York and Boston. Is it really so hard to believe that Miami, a metro region of 5.5

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Amazon Fire TV’s news app expands free local coverage to a lot more places

The Verge

Amazon announced today that it’s doubling the number of local stations it supports through its news app on Fire TV, meaning more users will be able to easily find local news coverage for free. The company said in a blog post that this week’s coverage expansion will make local news available in 158 total US cities. Image: Amazon.

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Miami rescinds its short-lived ban on shared electric scooters

The Verge

Varela/Miami Herald/Tribune News Service via Getty Images. The Miami City Commission voted to end its short-lived ban on shared electric scooters Monday after some new safety measures were put in place. Regulate it,” Commissioner Alex Diaz de la Portilla said, according to WPLG Local 10.

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7 questions to ask before relocating your startup to Florida

TechCrunch

Recent data from LinkedIn published in Axios put Tampa Bay, Jacksonville and the Miami-Fort Lauderdale metro areas among the top 10 U.S. Do you need to be local to a target customer base or community? With this in mind, you can begin to establish the kinds of local connections you’re hoping to grow before you make any big moves.

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Letterhead wants to be the Shopify of email newsletters

TechCrunch

You’re probably investing in an email newsletter these days, whether you’re an international brand, a nonprofit or a local news publisher. Letterhead is actually a product spinout of a community publisher in Miami called WhereBy.Us that began life in 2014 by launching a local media site, The New Tropic. Today, WhereBy.Us

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Pittsburgh’s AI expertise may give rise to an already growing startup market

TechCrunch

First, Austin was the next biggest thing, then Atlanta and, more recently, Miami. Having local expertise in the category every VC wants to invest in right now doesn’t hurt, either. Emerging markets tend to go in and out of vogue. Pittsburgh has yet to have its moment, but all the signs are there that it could be next.

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When your town becomes a Nike brand

Fast Company Tech

Nikes use of local color seems to be part of a larger branding trend that emphasizes small-scale authenticity over brute-force bigness. Photo: Nike] And the heel of the shoe is adorned with the words, No Service, which, yes, is supposed to suggest that Flagstaff is a place to get away from it all, but also implies that its a sleepy backwater.

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