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Message: [QUOTE="Natasha Mascarenhas, post: 3542"] Hello and welcome back to [URL='https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/equity/id1215439780']Equity[/URL], a podcast about the business of startups where we unpack the numbers and nuance behind the headlines. Friends, we’re almost there: the end of the year that felt like a decade. This week, [URL='https://twitter.com/bayareawriter']Mary Ann[/URL], [URL='https://twitter.com/nmasc_']Natasha[/URL] and [URL='https://twitter.com/alex']Alex[/URL] put aside their 2021 fatigue and talked through a week full of news – and candidly, tensions. As always, shout out to [URL='https://twitter.com/gracedenhall']Grace[/URL] and [URL='https://twitter.com/CGates123']Chris[/URL] for producing the show and [URL='https://twitter.com/EquityPod/status/1469003851588120585']making us sound a whole lot better. [/URL] We got into the Lyft mafia, garbage, and why our local truckers are giving us creator economy vibes. Or more specifically: [LIST] [*][URL='https://techcrunch.com/2021/12/05/kenyas-pariti-raises-2-85m-led-by-harlem-capital-to-develop-startup-ecosystems-in-emerging-markets/']Kenya’s Pariti raised $2.85M led by Harlem Capital to develop startup ecosystems in emerging markets[/URL], proving yet again how Africa’s entrepreneurial scene is one not to miss. The empowerment trend continued with TrueNorth’s [URL='https://techcrunch.com/2021/12/07/truenorth-has-raised-50-million-from-sam-altman-and-others-to-empower-independent-truckers/']$50 million fundraise to help biz-savvy independent truckers,[/URL] and freshly-anointed unicorn AgentSync with news, as Alex reminds us, [URL='https://techcrunch.com/2021/12/07/agentsync-raises-75m-for-its-insurance-focused-api-business/']that insurtech is very much alive. [/URL] [*]Opensea [URL='https://techcrunch.com/2021/12/06/long-time-lyft-cfo-departs-to-become-cfo-at-nft-marketplace-opensea/']got a new CFO from Lyft[/URL], which led to IPO rumors, denial, and rumors about why there’s denial about going public. Plus, as Natasha notes, if you’re not leaving Lyft to join crypto, [URL='https://techcrunch.com/2021/12/06/climactic-raj-kapoor-josh-felser/']you’re leaving Lyft to join climate. [/URL] [*]The Trump Media SPAC [URL='https://techcrunch.com/2021/12/06/the-sec-is-curious-about-trumps-spac-deal/']is a mess[/URL], as we anticipated, frankly. [*]Mary Ann is all over the Better.com saga as its comm, marketing, PR heads all [URL='https://techcrunch.com/2021/12/07/better-coms-pr-comms-marketing-heads-submit-resignations-in-wake-of-layoffs-fiasco/']submitted their resignations[/URL] this week and CEO Vishal Garg [URL='https://techcrunch.com/2021/12/07/better-com-ceo-vishal-garg-apologizes-to-current-employees-for-blundering-the-execution-of-mass-layoffs/']issued a poorly-received apology[/URL] for how badly he effed up the [URL='https://techcrunch.com/2021/12/01/better-com-lays-off-9-of-its-staff/']mass layoffs[/URL] [I]last[/I] week — and as she hints, there’s a lot more to come. [/LIST] We disagreed more than usual this episode, which is refreshing. So cheers to more of that next year, and we’ll see you back here on Monday. [I]Equity drops every Monday at 7:00 a.m. PST, Wednesday, and Friday at 6:00 a.m. PST, so subscribe to us on [/I][URL='https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/id1215439780'][I]Apple Podcasts[/I][/URL][I],[/I] [URL='https://overcast.fm/itunes1215439780/equity'][I]Overcast[/I][/URL][I],[/I][URL='https://open.spotify.com/show/5IEYLip3eDppcOmy5DmphC?si=rZDFHv2sQUul_g94iCRgpQ'][I] Spotify[/I][/URL][I] and all the casts![/I] [/QUOTE]

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