Sam Harnett

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• Oct 27, 2021

  San Francisco taxi drivers still struggle with medallion debt

  

  Uber and Lyft jolted the taxi business. A credit union that loaned money to drivers lost its case against the city’s transit agency.

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• Jan 20, 2021

  What’s in a name? Company titles for gig workers reveal business models.

  

  “Dasher,” “tasker,” “driver-partner.” How companies pick worker nicknames that reflect the argument that workers are contractors, not employees.

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• Oct 26, 2020

  Gig companies throw lots of cash — and tech — at California ballot measure

  

  The ballot initiative in California would allow companies like Uber and Lyft to keep classifying workers as contractors.

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• Oct 7, 2020

  Smoke damage to grapes is the latest blow to California wine industry

  

  A glut of grapes on the market, the pandemic and fires that damaged or destroyed wineries. Now, grapes tainted by smoke may be unusable.

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• May 25, 2020

  Good luck finding a name for your new company

  

  The number of available company names that hasn’t been trademarked is getting smaller and smaller.

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• Feb 20, 2019

  Food delivery startup Munchery folds, leaving small businesses on the hook

  

  In 2018, U.S. venture capital investment surpassed the 2000 dot-com peak for the first time. According to the financial data company PitchBook, investors put some $130 billion into thousands of U.S. companies. Many of these businesses will not make it, and as some flame out, they’ll leave behind a trail of debt. This is exactly […]

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• Nov 20, 2018

  How delivery apps are changing the restaurant industry

  

  "We have to adapt every single thing we do," one eatery owner says.

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• Feb 27, 2018

  A California city is planning on giving money to some residents, no strings attached

  

  The economically depressed city of Stockton, California is experimenting with Universal Basic Income.

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• Jan 18, 2018

  Small farmers say meal kits cut into their CSA businesses

  

  Some small farms that participate in community-supported agriculture say that meal kit companies are cutting into their profits.

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• Jan 16, 2018

  New barbershops cash in on male grooming trend

  

  Men are shelling out for barbershops that have nostalgic atmospheres.

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