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Data Enablers: Spreadshirt, Data-Driven T-Shirts

PYMNTS

Germany- and Boston-based Spreadshirt uses data, analytics and even social media information to build a product and spread news among communities while printing more than 3.6 We automate complex payment and tax regulations in over 180 countries and offer a variety of payment checkout options,” said Smoter.

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Predicting the Next Banking Crisis Is a Fool’s Game. Not Learning From the Last One: Equally Foolish

Jeff For Banks

The dot-com bubble recession began in March 2001 and lasted only 8 months. percent of all jobs in 2001 to 11.3 By comparison, non-high-tech industries lost 689,000 jobs between 2001 and 2002 but recovered the lost jobs by 2004. High-tech employment fell from 12.1 percent in 2004, a decline of 1.1

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Fools Rush In: 37 Of The Worst Corporate M&A Flops

CB Insights

That skyrocketing popularity is likely what made Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp think it was worth spending $580M to acquire the social network. And in the short-term, that would have looked like a good deal, as the social media site hit its peak in 2007 at a value of about $12B. Date: September 3, 2001. HP and Compaq.

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Tech Cos Making M&A Deals Amid Pandemic

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billion deal for a minority stake in Indian telecom startup Reliance Jio, giving the social media giant a larger foothold in the region. Last month, Facebook closed a $5.7

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When Corporate Innovation Goes Bad — The 116 Biggest Product Failures Of All Time

CB Insights

eVilla, Sony (2001). Aztek, Pontiac (2001). Wave was an ambitious platform designed to keep people connected as a combination text and social media platform. in revenue in 2017, and $68M in earnings before interest, tax, depreciation, and amortization. Only 42,000-100,000 units were sold. Segway, Segway Inc.

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From Alibaba to Zynga: 21 Of The Best VC Bets Of All Time And What We Can Learn From Them

CB Insights

It wouldn’t be until almost exactly one year later that investors really started flocking to the early social media startup. went public in March of 2017 at a $25B valuation, it was the second-highest valuation at exit of any social media and messaging company since 1999. When Snap Inc. Between 1999 and 2004, $1.8T

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