Connie Loizos / Techcrunch::
An interview with Nextdoor PDG Nirav Tolia on the construction of the “Next Nextdoor”, and not license data to IA companies for the moment, its relationship with Bill Gurley, and more– Social media is often a question of scale, but Nextdoor Bet a long time ago on something different: that he could develop a large company of smaller local communities.
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