CB Insights

MAY 10, 2018

State of Innovation Report. 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. It was a genuinely innovative insight into allocating capital, dressed up as a 2×2.

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Fintech Labs Insights

MARCH 28, 2017

To measure “power”, Planet Compliance used an algorithm that measured a company’s activity in the media, as well as online and in social media including Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, and Wikipedia. Founded in 2005. So let’s take a look at how Finovate/FinDEVr alums stacked up. (1)

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CB Insights

JUNE 6, 2019

Founded: 2005. The marketplace blended crowdsourcing and social media to create hype around new inventions; help inventors find partners, funding, and manufacturing resources; and sell their gadgets to major nationwide retailers such as Home Depot and Target. Dart Music. Earth Class Mail. Declared Bankruptcy: 2011.

Apple 78

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CB Insights

JANUARY 9, 2018

The emergence of “fake news” — false stories that gain traction across the internet and social media — has become a major story since the 2016 elections. We used the CB Insights platform to identify 7 innovative companies that are fighting the good fight against fake news. Research Briefing: Game Changing Startups of 2018.

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social media Trends Branding Online 61

CB Insights

MAY 1, 2018

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.

Innovation 78

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CB Insights

NOVEMBER 16, 2017

Series A into Facebook in 2005, taking a 15% stake in what was then called “Thefacebook.”. It wouldn’t be until almost exactly one year later that investors really started flocking to the early social media startup. At the time of the company’s IPO 2014, Apax’s stake was worth about 100x what they paid in 2005.

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Lending Capital Company Google 78

CB Insights

DECEMBER 14, 2017

How Glossier’s skin tone matcher drives online conversions. Today, the world’s dominant retailers are all online. The strategy stood in contrast to the earlier marketing practices of razor giant Gillette, which was acquired by P&G for $57B in 2005. Harry’s, on the other hand, did it purely online.

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Video Branding Company Strategy 78