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To get a roundup of \u2019s biggest and most important stories delivered to your inbox every day at 3 p.m. PDT,<\/em> subscribe here<\/em>.<\/em><\/p>\n Last week was a hell of a week in startup news, and Henry<\/a> wrote a particularly good summary of everything that went down, including Elon Musk\u2019s Twitter purchase, Meta\u2019s troubles, and a minute of silence for self-driving cars. \u2014 Christine<\/a> and Haje<\/a><\/p>\n Politician turned venture capitalist Bradley Tusk recently spoke at a Live event on how startups should approach regulation, in a session called \u201cHow to launch a startup into a regulated market.\u201d Dibbs CEO and co-founder Evan Vandenberg joined Tusk in the conversation. The event is embedded here and is both free\u00a0and very worth watching.<\/p>\n Invygo, a startup operating in UAE and Saudi Arabia, has raised $10 million in its Series A funding as it works to scale its car rental service in the region. The Middle East\u2013based startup has raised $14.3 million to date, Ivan<\/a> reports.<\/p>\n And, as ever, there\u2019s a handful of additional stories. Just 4 this time \u2014 there were 5, but then a PR person decided to move the embargo for a story that was already published, and Haje got all salty and grumpy about it.<\/p>\n Image Credits:<\/strong> Richard Drury (opens in a new window)<\/span> \/ Getty Images<\/p>\n<\/div>\n As director of Techstars\u2019 startup pipeline, Saba Karim devotes much of his time touting the many ways entrepreneurs can benefit by joining an accelerator.<\/p>\n But is it the right choice for every founder?<\/p>\n \u201cKeep in mind that funding will solve your money problems, but it won\u2019t solve everything else,\u201d he says. \u201cYou\u2019ll still need to figure out how to acquire customers, find the best talent, build an incredible product, assemble a great advisory board and get to product-market fit.\u201d<\/p>\n Three more from the TC+ team:<\/p>\n +<\/em> is our membership program that helps founders and startup teams get ahead of the pack.<\/em> You can sign up here<\/em>. Use code \u201cDC\u201d for a 15% discount on an annual subscription!<\/em><\/p>\n Darrell<\/a> writing that Mark Zuckerberg should drop all that metaverse nonsense and \u201cmake a new Twitter\u201d makes us want to respond with \u201cbite your tongue!\u201d But really, as he puts it, \u201cCloning the features of its rivals\u201d is something Meta is good at, plus it has the best chance at also replicating user base and monetary worth. It\u2019s unlikely Zuck will take the bait, but never say never.<\/p>\n It\u2019s indeed a Twitter world, and we just live in it. First, Devin writes that\u00a0Elon Musk just dissolved Twitter\u2019s board of directors, making him now the sole owner; then Ron<\/a> followed up with what Salesforce co-CEO Bret Taylor can do\u00a0now that he isn\u2019t on the board.\u00a0Sarah<\/a> reports on Twitter Blue\u2019s troubles, namely that the subscription service is feeling blue that it is not bringing in more green. Meanwhile, Amanda<\/a> writes about what happens if Twitter starts charging for that little blue checkmark, and Natasha L<\/a> reports that Musk might be trying to bring back Vine. Over the weekend, Rebecca<\/a> wrote about layoffs at the company.<\/p>\n Don\u2019t worry, there was plenty of other news:<\/p>\nThe Top 3<\/h2>\n
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