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Airbnb Challenger WhyHotel Scores $20M For Luxury Room Rentals

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The funding round was led by Harbert Growth Partners, with other participants including Highland Capital Partners, Camber Creek, Working Lab Capital, Geolo Capital, Revolution’s Rise of the Rest Seed Fund and former Bain Capital Partners MD Mark Nunnelly all participated in the round.

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Community banks are thriving in Texas

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With the record growth of San Antonio, Houston and Austin, southern Texas is becoming a hub for business. The Houston metro took the 10th spot with a 20.3% It includes Hewlett Packard Enterprise, which is moving its headquarters to the Houston area. Capitalizing on an area’s growing popularity. Photo by Dennis Burnett.

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How QSRs Bring Mobile And Digital Payments To The Table

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And online ordering platforms are raising capital: ChowNow , for instance, announced in May that it had notched $21 million in venture funding. The Los Angeles, California startup said in a press release at the time that it had raised the capital via a Series C round of funding, with Catalyst Investors and 3L Capital participating.

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Airline Industry Caught In Late Payment Spats

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Reuters said there were five A330 aircrafts parked near Airbus’s delivery center, and a sixth parked further away, all having the design of HNA Group airlines, which includes Hainan Airlines, Tianjin Airlines and Beijing Capital Airlines. billion in revenue for the 2017 fiscal year. The value of those six aircrafts total at $1.6

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Positive Outlook: Mental Health Tech Is On The Rise

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Global equity funding to mental health startups has reached $92M in 2017 YTD (7/31/17) over 39 deals. At the current run rate, 2017 is on track to reach over $159M in funding across over 67 deals, which would mark the first down-year for the sector. First Name Last Name Email. ANNUAL DEALS AND DOLLARS. Series A of Spring Health.

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From AT&T To Xerox: 65 Corporate Innovation Labs

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They’ve also got six foundry labs located around the world: Atlanta, Houston, Palo Alto, Plano, and Israel. ” Their experts have partnered with about 500 startups a year since opening the first foundry in 2011; their newest facility opened in Houston in 2016. Capital One. Innovation Lab Name: Capital One Labs.

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Surviving The Retail Apocalypse: The Technologies And Trends That Can Help Brick-And-Mortar Thrive Again

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The retail apocalypse has claimed many victims , with almost 7,000 stores closing in the US in 2017. Discount and budget retailers are capitalizing on this, targeting their stores toward consumers that are looking for a bargain. How are brick-and-mortar retailers surviving and adapting in the world of digital commerce? Ikea as a model.

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