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Verizon Buys Drone Operator

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In a press release , Verizon said Skyward, which is based in Portland, adds drone management to the Verizon IoT portfolio, making drone operations easier to manage for any size company. companies rely on Skyward to manage drone operations, improve safety and lower operating costs. According to Verizon, outside of the U.S.,

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Real Estate Startup Bungalow Secures $64M In Funding

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Residential real estate startup Bungalow announced it has secured $64 million in funding: a $14 million Series A led by Khosla Ventures, Atomic, Founders Fund, Cherubic Ventures and Wing Ventures, as well as a $50 million debt facility. Since its launch, the company has operated in the Bay Area, Los Angeles, New York, San Diego and Seattle.

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For This Startup, Scale Was A Matter Of Necessity

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Well, according to Cofounder and CEO Eric Breon, scaling was a matter of necessity when Vacasa first started out because rental homes were illegal in the company’s home turf of Portland, Oregon, in all but commercial areas (which greatly limited the company’s initial reach). Italy, Spain, Belize and Chile.

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Accelerating To The Future?

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With more than 700 now in operation across the United States, small business accelerators are becoming increasingly crucial engines of the U.S. And the financial benefits of these accelerators may only be the start of the equation, at least according to Joe Munk, program manager at the Portland State University Startup Accelerator in Oregon.

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A Continued Decline in Housing Inventory

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If you are looking to buy a house, you have likely observed that the real estate market is very competitive, with increased bidding activity leading to higher prices. One reason that the real estate market is so hot is that there is very low housing inventory available. Prices have continued a very strong increase thus far in 2021.

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Vacation Rental Home Startup Vacasa Isn’t Just An Airbnb Knockoff

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First, according to Breon, Vacasa tends to operate in smaller towns and more affluent communities, where people have vacation or second homes, as opposed to larger cities and urban centers, where Airbnb typically dominates the market. And Vacasa is serving a vastly different clientele than the one Airbnb caters to.

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iBuyers – Whose Side Are They On?

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Zillow Offers, a subdivision of the company, had been speculatively investing in the residential real estate market even as the company was also providing real estate listing and internet home pricing services. The data for Portland, OR and Seattle, WA — markets in the Washington Trust Bank footprint — observed iBuyer market share of 2.3%