Who's liable in the share economy? - GigaOM

Who's liable in the share economy?
GigaOM
Luxury peer-to-peer car sharing service HiGear abruptly shut down at the end of last year after a successful launch just four months previous. A criminal ring had stolen $300000 in fancy cars and the HiGear founders felt they just couldn't protect its ...

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A second act for a boy named Trinidad - Boston Globe


Boston Globe
A second act for a boy named Trinidad
Boston Globe
Eventually Koury cast Ramkissoon as a lead in “Hi Gear,'' a play she had written; the plot coincidentally involved a young gang leader trying to find his way out of that life. “He was a natural, brilliant,'' she says of his performance. Before “Hi Gear ...

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The 5 dumbest VC deals getting done right now - MarketWatch (blog)

The 5 dumbest VC deals getting done right now
MarketWatch (blog)
These are all deals that are currently alive, I've excluded ones like HiGear, a peer-to-peer luxury car sharing service that raised $1.2 million only to shut down when a criminal ring targeted them and stole a bunch of high end rides (I guess you never ...

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Leaders of the pack: the best new walking gear - The Guardian


The Guardian
Leaders of the pack: the best new walking gear
The Guardian
£99.99, snowandrock.com Stop your bum getting cold with a Hi Gear Sitmat – from Go Outdoors. £1.49, gooutdoors.co.uk When it's not icy enough for crampons, but too slippy just for grips, YakTrax fill the gap – metal coils attached to stretchy plastic ...

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