Event space rental company Peerspace recently hired a new CEO to lead the company into 2018. Peerspace's Founder and Chief Product Officer Rony Chammas, and new CEO Eric Shoup join to explain how this start-up compares to Airbnb.
"It's a similar model to Airbnb, but the difference is that we specialize in daytime activities such as meetings, events, and even film and photography productions, " says Chammas.
Shoup explains that Peerspace is reinventing the traditional meeting space. "It's bringing to light a whole breadth of spaces to choose from."
Mike Dooley, Co-founder and CEO of Labrador Systems, joins Cheddar News to discuss the company's 'Labrador Retriever' personal robot, aiming to support caregivers and help people with health issues live independently.
Volkswagen U.S. CEO Pablo Di Si joined Cheddar New to discuss record quarterly electric vehicle sales and his reaction to Tesla trimming prices on some vehicles by 20% last week. “We'll continue with our pricing strategy, we're not cutting prices on the vehicle's quality over quantity and product content,” he said.
Microsoft is cutting 10,000 workers, almost 5% of its workforce, in response to what it described as “macroeconomic conditions and changing customer priorities.”
