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And Then There Were 20 — The Amazon HQ2 Finalists

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Austin, Boston, New York and D.C. Boston, Massachusetts. Miami, Florida. When Amazon came to Seattle, Washington, it changed the region through a boom in development to keep up with growth in employees and higher rent prices. all made the cut, as did some surprises like Columbus, Ohio. Austin, Texas. Chicago, Illinois.

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In Search Of The Next-Gen AR/VR Retail/Payments Experience

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While many in the Greater Boston area stayed indoors to keep clear of the arctic chill that had descended upon the region, eight teams hunkered down in offices in the middle of the Financial District with another goal in mind: reimagining the retail and payments experience using AR/VR technologies. The hackathon began at 8 p.m.

Retail 101
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The Top 20 Venture Capitalists

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We used CB Insights data gathered via our machine learning technology (dubbed The Cruncher ) and from thousands of submissions we received from VC partners and firms via The Editor. Education: University of Texas at Austin (MBA), University of Florida (BSE). 2018 VC Report: AI FUNDING LEPT 29% IN US. BILL GURLEY. STEVE ANDERSON.

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11 New Restaurant Concepts Reimagining Fast Food & Casual Dining

CB Insights

The old guard of American dining are switching up their games to compete: McDonald’s is adding self-serve kiosks to many of its franchises, upping the ante with mobile order technology. Vegan fast casual: By Chloe (NYC, Boston, LA, Providence, London). In Boston, Oleana founder Ana Sortun opened the lunch and takeout venue Sofra.