New York City

“There are no Walmarts in the five boroughs of New York because for whatever reason, The mayor or the people of New York City are not allowing, at least for permit reasons, a Walmart to be there.”

“You know, like in New York City, I think this was New Year's Eve, and they collected statistics on random gunfire, and they used that data to predict where they should deploy, ah, police so that they could ensure safety, right? And what they realized is that t…”

“You could not rebuild Madison Square Garden in New York City if you tried, because of the size of the number of city blocks that it, exactly. So we said there's a barrier to entry here that is pretty significant.”

“And I think that we're moving toward a world where there are between, between let's call it 10 to 15 tier one cities, alpha cities, you know, places, you know, you can think of sort of the San Francisco Bay Area as one of these. You can think of New York City …”

“Dallas now has more bikes in its city than any other U.S. City, period, including New York City that is more than 10 times larger.”

“New York City, this is a 2009 stat, so maybe it's even gotten worse. Spends almost fifty million a year on three one.”

“The reality is you don't always have to do that. Like you don't always have to sell to the same companies in San Francisco. And so what I wanted to try to do is tell founders like, Hey, here's the framework for evaluating which playbook should you be following…”