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Talking startups vs. City of Austin on Texas Standard

By Omar L. Gallaga
March 10, 2016

This week on my Thursday tech segment on KUT's Texas Standard show, we talked about South by Southwest Interactive and the current schism between Austin startups and the City of Austin after two major decisions on short-term loans and ride-hailing services.

The timing was fortuitous: an Austin startup just raised $10 million to expand in the short-term rental space and a filing was made to the Texas Supreme Court on the matter of the May 7 ride-hailing vote.

Give it a listen on Texas Standard or in the embedded sound file below.

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