Okpaku: Mayors' First Instinct Is Comparing Ridesharing to Existing Regulations
Joe Okpaku · a16z Podcast | The Case Study of Lyft and Local Governments · Jan 2, 2019 · at 0:38
Joe Okpaku, Vice President of Government Relations at Lyft, describes how local officials initially react when tech startups enter their municipalities.
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“When you're dealing with something like the ride sharing industry, the first inclination from a mayor or from a regulator in a particular city was, well, how is this different than what we already regulate?”
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