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Data Enablers: Spreadshirt, Data-Driven T-Shirts

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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 Founded in 2002, the goal of Spreadshirt’s platform is to eliminate headaches and hurdles when bringing great ideas to market. million items last year. “[Our

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Why The Sweet Smell Of Tech Success Can Be Rife With Failure

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And classic films aren’t the only place where a flop can presage a hit: In fact, many of today’s favorite consumer innovations come care of a failed first iteration that was widely derided before it was praised. In 2001, at the COMDEX Fall computer show, Microsoft ’s then-CEO Bill Gates introduced to the world to the Microsoft Tablet PC.

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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. We knew there was tremendous hubris in the subprime market. High-tech employment fell from 12.1

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

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The Sad State of Corporate Innovation. See how corporates are failing when it comes to innovation. Download the free 31-page State of Innovation report. While Google excelled in building software, it lagged behind in hardware and product innovation. Microsoft and Nokia. Date: April 25, 2014. Price: $7.9B. Price: $6.3B.

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Data Dive, Farewells Edition: Apple, Chase, SoFi, Uber

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Reports emerged this week that Apple has begun the process of scrubbing the social sphere of all trace of iTunes. So far, all of the social media content from Facebook and Instagram pages has disappeared, though its Twitter account still has content for the time being. In May, the company raised $500 million in venture funding.

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Wave Mechanics: FT Partners Report Highlights Trends Driving Rise of Insurtech

Fintech Labs Insights

What makes insurtech especially interesting is where it sits at the nexus of the pace of technological innovation and the reality of an ever-evolving regulatory landscape. ” Note that: Among traditional insurers, 43% are planning to “acquire or have already acquired innovative startups to help expand digital capabilities.”

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

CB Insights

Product innovation is one way that large corporations stay competitive in a rapidly changing marketplace, but it doesn’t always work out when big brands attempt innovation. Understanding failure is crucial since so many accounts of innovation focus on the successes and so are affected by survivorship bias.