I got an electric cargo bike 3 years ago and it has fundamentally changed the way I move around my little suburban town. I can do pretty much every errand I'd normally do with a car.
If it weren't for the heavy snowfall we get I would be able to get rid of one car; for now it just sits unused for 1/3rd of the year.
Car dealerships are a black box; feel like so much depends on timing and where they are with their sales numbers for the month.
I tried to lease a car last year and after some research knew what was a fair price for a well stocked model; when I suggested a range one sales manager laughed at me.
I emailed a finance manager at a different dealership with exactly what I wanted and told him I could get all of the paperwork done in the next hour if it was a good fit. They agreed and dropped the car off in my driveway a few days later.
Same here - I was suddenly suspended for the following:
"We’re writing to let you know that your account has been suspended—and will remain suspended—due to multiple or severe violations of our platform manipulation rules"
I am a very boring person and there was zero chance I had done anything like this.
I was able to appeal ~5 times over 6 months and finally got my account reviewed by a person. They restored it and apologized that I was swept up in a spam cleanup. I don't tweet much but I am a daily user.
Agree with all of this, and just to add one thing: liability.
Look at the RaDonda Vaught case or the Michelle Heughins case; terrifying to be looking at jail time for a med error.
Many nurses are watching these cases more closely and deciding that since staffing isn't getting any better and they won't be protected, it's not worth the risk.
Do you really think Greylock, A16Z or Azure Capital has no interest in BOD seats and no experience forming a Compensation Committee?
As CEO, the Board is your boss. If you instruct payroll to bump your salary up without proper approval you will probably be looking for another job.
These investors have a basic fiduciary duty to their LPs to make sure there is no blatant fraud, and you don't get to billions under management and not understanding this.
> When you’re the founder of a startup that takes in a $50M investment like this, you’re all set to live off the money however you want. You can pay yourself a “market salary” of $500,000/yr+
This is just not true, even for a venture backed company like this. The Board of Directors should be approving all executive comp; seems like a baseless claim to suggest there isn't some basic governance at play here
How difficult was it to transition into the job market? I have always wanted to make the jump (in finance & accounting now) but the most daunting thing seems like convincing someone to hire you.
My twitter account was banned in March without warning (the reason they provided was "due to multiple or severe violations of our platform manipulation rules). Frankly, I'm way too boring on the site for me to be guilty of this so I appealed 5 times over ~4 months.
I must have gotten through to a person eventually because I was unsuspended with the message:
> We’re writing to let you know that we've unsuspended your account. We’re sorry for the inconvenience and hope to see you back on Twitter soon.
> A little background: we have systems that find and remove multiple automated spam accounts in bulk, and yours was flagged as spam by mistake. Please note that it may take an hour or so for your follower and following numbers to return to normal.
Be careful, my 10 year old account was permanently suspended without warning and support is no help; I suspect it's because I didn't have a phone number on my profile.
I have a standard poodle and the breed is particularly susceptible to GDV (Gastric Dilatation-Volvulus).
My dog got it suddenly at around 1.5 years old and our insurance paid out for the full emergency surgery (about 5k) with no issues; as with any providers the details are what matter.
The main use has surprisingly been family related - we take it to playgrounds, on hikes, school etc.