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Money Out of Nowhere: How Internet Marketplaces Unlock Economic Wealth

abovethecrowd.com

Unfortunately, either information asymmetry or physical distances and the resulting distribution costs can both cut against the economic advantages that would otherwise arise for all. In 2017, the company reported sales of over $500 million. Benchmark is an investor in Rover through a merger with DogVacay in 2017).

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28 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Business

Hearpreneur

The carefully curated pictures depicted on social media were not anywhere close to what MY real life looked like. Wanting to continue to be super active and independent long into our senior years my sisters and I put our heads together to design, manufacture and distribute adaptive aids for the aging, disabled and special needs community.

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Looking for your summer internship? Look no further.

Austin Startup

Thrillbox Thrillbox is an immersive media analytics platform that provides distribution tools for content generators, advertising agencies, vendors, and networks. It’s getting warmer here in Austin and that can only mean one thing–summer is right around the corner, and with summer comes summer internships.

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Important Lessons Your Startup Or Small Business Can Learn From The World’s Best Brands

crowdSPRING Blog

The 2017 Brandz Top 100 Most Valuable Global Brands report offers important branding lessons for startups and small business. Before we get to the lessons from the 2017 report, we want to be sure that there’s no confusion about the term “brand.” Plan For The Future While Focusing On Today.

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Walmart’s Been On A Buying Spree. Which Company Could It Acquire Next?

Up and Running

Driven by Lore, Walmart acquired e-commerce platform Shoebuy in January 2017, followed by outdoor apparel retailer Moosejaw in February, womenswear site Modcloth in March, direct-to-consumer premium menswear brand Bonobos in June, and last-mile delivery startup Parcel in September. Increase in-store efficiency. Disclosed funding: $27.4M.

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Things I’m Thinking About As We Approach 2017

Rob Go

I started out writing about a couple things I’ve been observing that I think will end up coming to greater fruition in 2017. Next thing you know, I had a 2017 prediction post So, here are three fairly unrelated things I’m thinking about as we approach 2017. I think 2017 will be that year. New New Media.

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Entrepreneurs Bring Propriety Software to Influencer Marketing

Hearpreneur

Influencer collaborations: Clients will contract an influencer to leverage their social expertise in creating a piece of content but will also have them distribute it to their organic following. June 2017 – #paid works with 20+ Fortune 100 brands. December 2017 – #paid has an 8-figure, 3rd full year in business.