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MercadoLibre: The ‘Amazon Of Latin America’ Spreads Its Wings

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In Latin America, such a company exists in the form of MercadoLibre , a triple-threat regional financial powerhouse based in Argentina. It is one of the region’s fastest-growing companies, having just turned in a stellar first quarter in a region that has more complexities than any of its northern neighbors. ”

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KKR To Acquire German Digital Payments Firm Heidelpay

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Founded in 2003, Heidelpay enables its clients to accept online and mobile payments and is used by more than 30,000 merchants, including companies such as L’Oréal. A person familiar with KKR’s strategy said the buyout group hoped to expand by adding customers in Germany.

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ID Experts Light Up Portland

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Early in August, The Oregonian reported that a private equity firm had paid more than $50 million to acquire Tigard-based ID Experts, a cybersecurity firm founded in 2003. A lot has been happening for a firm called ID Experts. The company hired a new CFO in March. The emergence of Radar as a separate entity is not a complete surprise.

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The Top 20 Venture Capitalists

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He later joined Kleiner Perkins Caufield Byers as a partner for a period between 1999 and 2003. Brian Singerman started his career as a Software Engineer for 3D online virtual-world company, There Inc. in Australia and South Africa before taking up various roles with online city guide business CitySearch in 1996. JEREMY LIEW.

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Autopsy Report: 9 Startup Failure Stories And What We Can Learn From Them

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Theranos was founded in 2003 by Elizabeth Holmes, then an undergraduate student at Stanford University’s School of Engineering. The final nail in the Pets.com’s coffin was the implosion of the dot-com bubble, which saw online companies like Value America, Garden.com, and Mortgage.com shutter in 2000. The rise and fall of Theranos.

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Killing Strategy: The Disruption Of Management Consulting

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When BeverageCo sought to take advantage of digital, they had many isolated initiatives (such as online advertising and a corporate Facebook page) underway, but lacked traction in any of them. Bain (whose partners actually coined the phrase “$1M framework”) would create its own “insight product” in 2003 with the Net Promoter Score.

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24 Industries & Technologies That Will Shape The Post-Virus World

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In the wake of the outbreak, everything from doctors appointments to schooling to workouts went online. Education: Technology and online content make the classroom optional. Online courses & content. Retail: Shopping goes even more online as grocery joins the e-commerce revolution. Online grocery. 3D printing.

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