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Tim Hortons And The Innovative Donut

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Plain cake, glazed, chocolate dipped, Boston creme, powdered sugar and jelly was the standard line – with perhaps the occasional cruller or blueberry cake thrown in for exoticism. We felt it was going to cause a lot of chaos from the operations side.”. There was variety of course- but within limits. Moving To Mobile Payments .

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Professional Driving’s Coming Automation Crisis

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Because shortages drive innovation, according to David Cole, director-emeritus of the Center for Automotive Research (CAR) in Ann Arbor, Michigan, and in the case of driver shortage, the innovation that is being spurred on is “the development of autonomous and fully driverless trucks (and other vehicles).”. That is today.

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CFPB announces new appointments to advisory groups

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Arjan Schutte, Founder and Managing Partner, Core Innovation Capital, Los Angeles, CA. Chi Chi Wu, Staff Attorney, National Consumer Law Center, Boston, MA. Dion Kidd Johnson, President, Chief Operating Officer and Chief Risk Officer, Western Bank, Alamogordo, NM. Raul Vazquez, Chief Executive Officer, Oportun, Redwood City, CA.

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SaaS Lands Biggest B2B FinTech Funding This Week

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The company announced a $12 million Series B round this week led by Goldman Sachs Principal Strategic Investment, Citi Ventures and Innovation Endeavors. According to Dyadic, the funds will go toward marketing and sales efforts as it looks to expand across North America. SME Banking. ServiceTitan.

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46 Corporations Working On Autonomous Vehicles

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A few of the companies or brands listed below belong to the same parent organization, but are detailed separately if they are operating distinct autonomous development programs. Top initiatives: First company to test self-driving tech on the streets of Singapore, and later in Boston. Aptiv hits the road for testing.

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11 New Restaurant Concepts Reimagining Fast Food & Casual Dining

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Market share is simply shifting away from big chains that haven’t successfully innovated, flowing instead to new models for creating and selling food to customers. Vegan fast casual: By Chloe (NYC, Boston, LA, Providence, London). In Boston, Oleana founder Ana Sortun opened the lunch and takeout venue Sofra.

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From AT&T To Xerox: 65 Corporate Innovation Labs

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Corporate innovation is critical for established companies looking to stay relevant in the face of disruption from up-and-coming startups. With industries being unbundled left and right ( supermarkets , banking , cars — just to name a few) more companies are opening up in-house innovation labs every day. Innovation Lab Name: HP Labs.