Startup links: ship dates

Companies

• Some questions answered about scooter company Bird and its big fundraising round. (bothsidesofthetable.com)
• Airbnb is coming under increasing pressure from Booking.com. (wired.com)
• Lyft and Uber are battling to provide last-mile solutions, like bikes. (nytimes.com)
• Why e-cigarette maker Juul is worth so much. (theverge.com)
• Why WeWork is overvalued. (ft.com)

Lessons

• Five lessons from the acquisition of PillPack. (hackernoon.com)
• How Salesforce's ($CRM) acquisition of ExactTarget kickstarted Indianpolis' tech community. (venturebeat.com)

Startups

• Option Impact is Silicon Valley's most accurate (and exclusive) compensation database. (wired.com)
• A Q&A with Dick Costolo about his investment in AirTable and his time at Twitter ($TWTR). (fortune.com)
• Why you need to keep your blinders on and stay in your lane. (avc.com)
• How to tell 'authentic AI' from wannabes. (fortune.com)
• How to craft a winning value proposition. (visualcapitalist.com)
• Why "ship dates" are so important. (avc.com)
• Visualizing the best-funded startup in each state. (visualcapitalist.com)