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Glossier Brings Shops To Nordstrom

PYMNTS

The beauty brand has launched pop-up shops in cities such as Austin, Miami, Boston and London, but its success has primarily been in online sales of its lotions, lash products and soft, pink-colored lip balms since its 2014 inception. fragrance sales.”.

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Rescuing The Restaurant Business From App Decline

PYMNTS

With DineVite, consumers and restaurants get a better deal, since the restaurants can offer a deal to customers that they are comfortable with and consumers capitalize on it. As the year rolls on he expects to launch in Seattle, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Austin, Dallas, Houston, Chicago, Boston and Miami.

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Tech Center: Startup Genome’s 2017 Global Startup Ecosystem Report

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This report purports that technology is the game changer when it comes to bridging the gap between the startup-heavy places, like Silicon Valley and Boston, and the rest of the world. These ecosystems tap into a worldwide circulation of ideas, knowledge, talent and capital. The technology industry currently sits at 4.5 Los Angeles.

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Why One Startup Is Desperately Seeking Regulation

PYMNTS

These days, however, Uber is spending its time, increasingly, in court and has even managed to allow things to break down completely in Austin such that it doesn’t operate there anymore. Officials at the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), the national bank regulator, told the Boston startup they would weigh its request.

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VC Challengers: 7 Largest U.S. Equity Crowdfunding Startups

Fintech Labs Insights

Startups looking to raise capital have more options today thanks to evolving technology, regulation and market behavior. only seeing deals that could not raise elsewhere), but now that it has matured, it’s becoming an option to other sources of early capital (eg. First Round Capital blog post. family & friends, angels, VCs).

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15 Early-Stage Drone Companies To Watch

CB Insights

Select Investors: Bessemer Venture Partners, Lowercase Capital, Menlo Ventures, Qualcomm Ventures. Select Investors: Lux Capital, Social Capital. Headquarters: Boston, Massachusetts. Select Investors: Draper Associates, NASA, Pelion Venture Partners, Sherpa Capital. Headquarters: Austin, Texas.

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The Top 20 Venture Capitalists

CB Insights

For the third consecutive year, we worked with The New York Times to identify and rank the top 100 venture capital professionals from around the globe. Below are the detailed profiles of the Top 20 Venture Capital Partners. PROFILES OF THE TOP 20 VENTURE CAPITAL PARTNERS. Current Firm: First Round Capital (Founding Partner).