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Under Armour Wants To ‘Reinvent’ Baltimore, But Not Everyone’s Feeling It

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When the park was rejected by local voters, Allen suddenly controlled a very valuable piece of property in the middle of downtown Seattle. He now owns a LOT of land in Seattle, and several of the major league sports teams in the area.

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Can Atari Turn Nostalgia Into New Hotel And Gaming Success?

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More locations are planned for Las Vegas, Denver, Chicago, Austin, Seattle, San Francisco and San Jose, though no additional timetables were announced. GSD Group is handling hotel development and design. Can Nostalgia Carry the Day? After all, malls need every bit of help to attract shoppers and otherwise justify their continued existence.

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Microsoft Marketing Vet Jeremy Korst Joins Avalara as New CMO

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Starting in 2017 former Microsoft executive Jeremy Korst will be the man driving the message at tax compliance innovator and FinDEVr alum , Avalara. The Seattle-based company announced this week that Korst will join Avalara as its new chief marketing officer and executive vice president.

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Avalara Raises $96 Million in New Funding

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Avalara , an innovator in automated tax management for small businesses, raised $96 million in new funding from a group of investors including Warburg Pincus, Sageview Capital, and Technology Crossover Ventures this week. Avalara calculates $100 million in taxes daily, and remitted $14.4 billion in taxes in 2015.

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Stripe Teardown: How The $35B Payments Company Plans To Supercharge Online Retail

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As a result of its product innovation efforts, Stripe has seen explosive growth in product adoption and valuation. A decade of online payments innovation. A decade of online payments innovation. One key catalyst for online payment innovation was the introduction of the Payment Facilitator, or “PayFac,” in 2010.

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The Future Of Housing: From Home Building To City Planning, Tech Giants & Startups Are Reimagining Where & How We Live

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Forward-thinking startups and large tech companies like Facebook and Google are focused on innovation in single-family and multi-family residential construction. Vulcan Capital, the private equity arm of Vulcan, made early bets in Seattle on downtown commercial real estate now largely occupied by Amazon. Reimagining city living.

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11 Lessons From Startup Chapter 11s

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In May 2018, Munchery ceased all operations in Los Angeles, New York, and Seattle, three of the company’s most valuable markets, leaving only its San Francisco business operational. Founded by Jane Park in Seattle in 2007, beauty brand Julep quickly grew from a scrappy startup to a major omnichannel retail operation.

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