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5 Ways to Enhance Trade Show Attendance through Social Media

William Mills

A decade ago, social media was primarily a tool for the 25-and-under crowd to engage with peers, but even in its infancy, its potential was recognizable. Social media will increasingly begin to compete directly with traditional media consumption,” ( Robert Young, 2006 on Gigaom ). It’s not funny.

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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

bank failures per year between 1996 and 2006, and 3.6 In the late 90s, low interest rates made speculative equity investments more attractive than bonds, and at the same time, innovative internet companies grew in popularity among retail investors, professional traders, venture capitalists, and the like (familiar?). What caused it?

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32 Corporate Innovation Labs In Retail

CB Insights

One popular choice: retail innovation labs. Learn about the technologies, innovations, and strategies that retailers can leverage this holiday season. We’ve assembled a list of innovation labs from some of the most recognizable names in retail looking to disrupt their industries. CVS — Digital Innovation Lab.

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

CB Insights

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. Date: November 30, 2006. Microsoft and Nokia. Price: $7.9B.

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Red Envelopes, Fortnite And The Rise Of Micro Money Laundering

PYMNTS

He used Twitter as example, pointing out that even for its founder, it was no doubt difficult in 2006 — when that social media messaging service launched — to anticipate the full global impact it would have on payments, commerce, marketing, politics and even culture. Proactive Approach.

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11 Lessons From Startup Chapter 11s

CB Insights

Coda Automotive was an early player in the electric vehicle market, an early failure, and a great example of why being early is not always an advantage — even if the future your company envisions is probably the right one. Another, larger problem was that the market for electric cars did not take off the way that Coda expected.

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Fitness Studios Offer Free Online Classes Amid COVID-19

PYMNTS

To keep their market connected amid the coronavirus pandemic that has made many of them shutter because of stay-at-home rules, fitness studios throughout the country are tapping into digital platforms. The company, for its part, was started in 2006 and has studios in the United States, the United Kingdom and Canada.

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