CB Insights

JANUARY 6, 2019

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. Get the 54-page retail report.

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PYMNTS

MAY 6, 2019

Déjà vu because it was 10 years ago, in May of 2009, that Facebook launched the alpha version of Facebook Credits. First stop on Facebook’s capital raising tour: The big guns with successful payments rails, loads of money and a demonstrable appetite to invest in innovation. Curtain Call: The media goes nuts. Social gaming.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 26, 2018

Matchmaking businesses aren’t exactly a new idea — though the breathless enthusiasm of the tech press might lead one to mistakenly believe that the concept sprang into existence in 2009 with Uber. Social media is a powerful tool to inspire donations — even micro donations. percent, plus $.30 30 per transaction.

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Fintech Labs Insights

OCTOBER 16, 2016

In a $460 million deal, Texas-based ATM operator Cardtronics has acquired Canada-based DirectCash Payments. From FT Partners recent report on the boom in insurance technology innovation to the InsurTech Rising event Informa will launch on Friday, this is one area of financial technology that is getting an increasing amount of attention.

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CB Insights

JUNE 6, 2019

Notably, Solyndra’s rise coincided with the passing of 2009’s American Reinvestment and Recovery Act, which contained various subsidies and promises of investment for sustainable US energy initiatives. In March 2009, the US government announced it planned to award Solyndra a guaranteed loan of $535M as part of that initiative.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 31, 2018

Quality: Walmart has expanded its customer base with a wider offering and greater range of grocery offerings – but produce, meats and other fresh products are consistently ranked below that of competing grocery operators. Despite the familial connections, the two chains are owned and operated entirely separately. Secret Weapon.

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Insights on Business

DECEMBER 14, 2016

The landscape for banks and brokerages today shows significant improvement from the global financial crisis of 2008 – 2009. With revenues challenged, many banks have been focusing on operational efficiencies to drive financial performance. This type of traditional cost-cutting we refer to as “engineered efficiency.”.

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CB Insights

OCTOBER 10, 2017

Then, they spent an equal amount of time working on distributing that content both through social media (Reddit, personal finance forums) and through SEO (which wound up driving about 20% of Mint’s overall traffic). Allowing users to “cut” by referring other users was an innovative idea, and it worked. Your PIN NUMBER?!

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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.

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CB Insights

NOVEMBER 16, 2017

It wouldn’t be until almost exactly one year later that investors really started flocking to the early social media startup. Both Lefkofsky (with Groupon) and Kleiner Perkins (with Cerent) were able to win so big in part because they had hands-on operational roles in their investments. When Snap Inc.

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CB Insights

JUNE 7, 2018

Or is it merely the standard operating procedure for today’s savviest advertisers? The topic is certainly catching media attention, with 2018 seeing a drastic uptick in “psychographics” mentions across news outlets, largely because of the recent Facebook/Cambridge Analytica scandal. Social media (i.e. Does it even work?

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