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The Start-Up Secret Sauce
The Start-Up Secret Sauce
August 25, 2017  |  Startup Roundup

For all the wonderful things to be said for entrepreneurship, there remains this fact: It is extremely hard work that carries with it no guarantee...

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Millennials Still Prefer Snapping Over Instagramming
Millennials Still Prefer Snapping Over Instagramming
August 25, 2017  |  Facebook

A new report shows that Snapchat is the third-most popular app among 18- to 24-year-olds in the U.S., two spots ahead of Instagram. YouTube and...

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Wells Fargo Selects Beverly Anderson To Run Cards And Retail Services
Wells Fargo Selects Beverly Anderson To Run Cards And Retail Services
August 25, 2017  |  Banking

Wells Fargo announced Thursday (Aug. 24) it has named Beverly Anderson as head of its cards and retail services. Get the Full Story Complete the...

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Wearable Market Set To Grow 16.7 Percent Thanks To Smartwatches
Wearable Market Set To Grow 16.7 Percent Thanks To Smartwatches
August 25, 2017  |  Wearables

Market research firm Gartner announced Thursday (Aug. 24) it expects 310.4 million wearable devices to be sold around the globe this year, marking a 16.7...

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Square Goes Brick-And-Mortar In New York
Square Goes Brick-And-Mortar In New York
August 25, 2017  |  Retail

Square, the mobile payments processor run by Jack Dorsey, opened its first physical, brick-and-mortar store to offer hands-on support for merchants, as well as showcase...

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Uber Investors Fighting Benchmark Lawsuit Against Former CEO
Uber Investors Fighting Benchmark Lawsuit Against Former CEO
August 25, 2017  |  Ridesharing

Uber investors are trying to fight a lawsuit by shareholder Benchmark Capital against former CEO Travis Kalanick. Get the Full Story Complete the form to...

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MoviePass On Saving The Movie Theater Model
MoviePass On Saving The Movie Theater Model
August 25, 2017  |  Subscriptions

Movie theaters may have been under the impression that services like Netflix and Redbox were to blame for declining attendance, especially from millennials. After all,...

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Shake Shack Shakes Up Ordering, One Step At A Time
Shake Shack Shakes Up Ordering, One Step At A Time
August 25, 2017  |  Mobile Order Ahead

Sometimes slow and steady wins the race. While the rest of the restaurant space is racing to the mobile order ahead finish line, Abbey Reider,...

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Emailage: The Underbelly Of Enterprise Security
Emailage: The Underbelly Of Enterprise Security
August 24, 2017  |  Startup Check-In

It can be argued that “Shoot me an email with the details” has become an all-too-common phrase among not just friends and family members, but...

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