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Good News from Gen Next

Independent Banker

And technology is important to him. Another significant finding of the survey was that across generations, Americans prefer to work with locally owned and operated banks. Dorsey also advises community banks hoping to become information sources to millennials to remember how comfortable millennials are with technology.

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Good News from Gen Next

Independent Banker

And technology is important to him. Another significant finding of the survey was that across generations, Americans prefer to work with locally owned and operated banks. Dorsey also advises community banks hoping to become information sources to millennials to remember how comfortable millennials are with technology.

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

PYMNTS

Microsoft was incredibly confident in the product, as were many big names in the early 2000s market: Acer, Compaq, Fujitsu and Toshiba all promised to put out versions of the Microsoft Tablet PC by 2002. ” That is not quite how the story turned out. .” ” That is not quite how the story turned out. The Famicom Console.

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

CB Insights

in 2005, the thinking was that enhanced communications technology would help buyers and sellers better connect. The companies served different user bases: Nextel was more of a business brand, with customers often drawn to its signature walkie-talkie technology. 32) in August of 2002. Toshiba was forced to write off $6.3B

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The Real Hunger Games: A Battle Royale In The Grocery Aisles

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The easiest possible summary is that in a post-apocalyptic future, the United States has become the Kingdom of Panem, which consists of a rich, technologically vibrant capital city ringed by 12 impoverished agrarian or industrial districts that are exploited for their resources by wealthy residents of the capitol. And that draw is strong.

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

CB Insights

While still in operation, Google+ is hardly anybody’s favorite social network. Bikes, Smith and Wesson (2002). HD DVD’s tech specs were put in place in 2002, but the format wasn’t abandoned fully until 2008. Sapphire iPhone Screens, Apple and GT Advanced Technologies (2014).

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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. What Cerent’s technology did was help connect long-haul communications lines and the local telephone and data network. round, which put Facebook’s valuation at $468M. When Snap Inc.

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