PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 3, 2018

In July, Grubhub announced it would be buying up LevelUp for $390 million in cash to expedite integration with restaurants and “create a seamless diner experience in-app, online and in-store,” said the 423,000 daily average grubs, up 35 percent year over year. In December of 2017, Even went live and online for 1.4 billion euros.

Branding 100

Branding Cards Fraud Marketing 100

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MAY 27, 2016

The weather in Boston – and it’s about darn time. Overall, according to the Global Fraud Attack Index that we do with Forter every quarter, fraud attempts are up 217 percent, putting nearly $5 of every online sale at risk. You want to know what really sizzled this week? As for payments, here are this week’s picks and pans.

Bitcoin 109

Bitcoin Fraud Mobile Apple 109

CB Insights

SEPTEMBER 26, 2018

Notable projects: The Mayo Clinic OB Nest explores ways for women with low-risk pregnancies to reduce the number of their in-person doctor visits through a combination of dedicated nurses, a special online community, and in-home monitoring. Boston Children’s Hospital — Innovation and Digital Health Accelerator (IDHA). Founded: 2015.

Innovation 73

Innovation Cleveland New York New York City 73

Tefkin

JUNE 3, 2014

By lifting the ban on general solicitation and making crowdfunding easier, the JOBS act is opening access (for accredited investors for now) to the Venture Capital and Hedge Funds asset classes. On the other end of the scale (Alpha), access to alternative assets has become easier with the JOBS act. as the Blooomberg article explains: . “We

Industry 42

Industry Management Innovation Analysis 42

CB Insights

OCTOBER 26, 2020

In the US, legislation emerged to forbid investment banks from prop trading, or trading with their own capital, and forcing them to keep more capital on hand. One of the main things investment banks offer the companies whose IPOs they underwrite is legitimacy — they confer their prestige on them. STAYING PRIVATE.

Management 78

Management Capital Company Marketing 78

PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 13, 2017

Twenty-six million strong, employing 50 percent of the workforce and creating 65 percent of all new jobs, SMBs and storefronts that line the side streets and main streets of our cities and towns are the fuel that keeps our economic engines humming, roughly 100 million Americans employed and what feeds a thriving middle class. economy pumping.

Retail 134

Retail Innovation Maine Community 134

PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 6, 2016

Online retailers will be where we shop. Shift Number One | The Shift To Buying Online. We’ve been watching online sales now grow — even double — year over year, for many years now, but it’s still tiny, overall. Who in the world ever thought that there’d come a day when groceries would be bought online ?

Payments 100

Payments Online Mobile Retail 100

PYMNTS

JULY 1, 2016

What we will say is that fun times with family, the dazzling display of fireworks and the perfunctory cookouts and beach time, truly and totally make this upcoming weekend one very big sizzle wrapped around what appears to be in Boston, at least, abundant doses of sunshine. Seriously a Sizzle! and the U.K. contemplate their own moves.

New York 100

New York Lending Cards Retail 100

CB Insights

MAY 10, 2018

Before Bruce Doolin Henderson opened the doors of Boston Consulting Group on July 1, 1963, the concept of “competition” barely existed in American business culture, let alone the concept of strategy. Bain, whose co-founders would go on to start Bain Capital, had a particular expertise in finance from the beginning.

Strategy 78

Strategy Management Analytics Tools 78

CB Insights

NOVEMBER 9, 2017

In this review of failure, we’ve looked in our venture capital database to find the most well-funded startup companies that ultimately failed or had an undesirable exit, such as an asset sale or an acquisition for less than the total funding raised by the company. The 101 Biggest Product Failures Of All Time. Total Funding: Over $100M.

Capital 78

Capital Company San Francisco Operations 78

CB Insights

SEPTEMBER 4, 2018

Top initiatives: First company to test self-driving tech on the streets of Singapore, and later in Boston. It then also became the first to test such technology on public streets in Boston, Massachusetts. Top initiatives: Main project involves self-driving truck “platoons” connected through wireless signals.

System 78

System Technology Michigan California 78

CB Insights

JULY 23, 2020

It’s assumed that lasting contact and interaction was the main reason for the spread, underscoring the importance of social distancing between employees as a primary risk mitigation strategy in reopened offices. The company has raised $75M in funding from investors including Accel and ICONIQ Capital. Source: KCDC/CDC.

Meeting 101

Meeting Tools Survey Company 101

PYMNTS

MARCH 19, 2018

In the last few months alone, we’ve seen snow in Rome and three powerful nor’easters in Boston in the space of two and a half weeks — with some forecasts predicting a fourth this week. There’s been no shortage of capital to start new businesses. There’s no question that the world’s weather patterns are undergoing a massive change.

Google 148

Google Apple Retail Millennials 148

PYMNTS

JULY 22, 2019

Had I been in town, I might have used Google to find a store near me in Boston that carried the brand I wanted so I could try before I bought. Main Street merchants banded together in the early 1890s to complain to lawmakers about the impact of department stores on their own businesses. Sound familiar?

Innovation 170

Innovation US Maine Google 170

CB Insights

OCTOBER 31, 2017

Doorman says it will no longer accept incoming shipments after September 29th and that those who use their Doorman address for online shipments should update their information. “We Raptr, the online optimization platform founded by former pro gamer Dennis “Thresh” Fong a decade ago, is about to be shuttered. Product: Raptr.

Company 78

Company US San Francisco Capital 78

PYMNTS

OCTOBER 9, 2017

That further opened commercial access to other commerce centers, formed the Republic of Turkey with a new regime and moved the government’s capital from Istanbul to Ankara. Amazon’s announcement last Friday that it’s likely to offer the online purchase of prescriptions sent CVS, Walgreens and Rite Aid stocks down sharply.

Online 128

Online Google Branding Retail 128

PYMNTS

OCTOBER 9, 2017

That further opened commercial access to other commerce centers, formed the Republic of Turkey with a new regime and moved the government’s capital from Istanbul to Ankara. Amazon’s announcement last Friday that it’s likely to offer the online purchase of prescriptions sent CVS, Walgreens and Rite Aid stocks down sharply.

Online 112

Online Google Branding Retail 112