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Peace Coffee Perfectly Times Its Pandemic-Fueled Growth

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Before the pandemic, it was a strong regional brand that combined conscious capitalism with direct-to-consumer (DTC) capabilities, with four popular retail locations, a rabid fan base and solid retail distribution for its whole-bean blends. But sometimes the pre-pandemic plans work out just fine.

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Rescuing The Restaurant Business From App Decline

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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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Avant Brings SaaS Lending Tech To Banks

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However, Goldstein noted, not every bank has the amount of talent and capital on hand that is needed to take on a construction project the size and scope of Marcus. Avant launched its first bank partnership with Alabama-based Regions Bank in 2016, using its SaaS product. This is the bank’s product backed up by our brand.

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2021 GonzoBanker Awards

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From nowhere, sizable regional players are being created. This is an innovation-seeking franchise that has built a solid brand and never got over its skis in execution. Performance and multiples continue to be solid, outperforming most regional banks. Has to be M-O-E. Bank Merger of the Year. That’s almost impossible to select.

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Autopsy Report: 9 Startup Failure Stories And What We Can Learn From Them

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Select investors : Amazon, Hummer Winblad Venture Partners, Bowman Capital Management LLC. Launched in February 1999, Pets.com sought to capitalize on widespread internet access and a $23B pet supplies market by selling products directly to consumers. Total funding : $161M. The rise and fall of Pets.com.

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11 New Restaurant Concepts Reimagining Fast Food & Casual Dining

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New restaurant concepts are redefining how we think about food, pushing established brands to reinvent themselves, spurring entrepreneurs to be creative with visual platforms like Instagram and recipes like pea-based protein, and paving a new way forward for the idea of casual dining itself. Americans dine out more than ever before.

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Retail’s Small Business Crisis

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today — one that Jason Furman, the chairman of President Obama’s Council of Economic Advisors, detailed in a speech he delivered in Chicago last fall. Taken together, this marks a very different small business scene in the U.S. Economists increasingly point to a concentration of businesses now across just about every sector.

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