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Eargo CEO: Using Tech, Payments To Take The Stigma Out Of Buying Hearing Aids

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A growing direct-to-consumer (DTC) brand aims to fix the stigma around hearing loss as well as the equipment issue that hinders its treatment. During its Meet the Maker series, consumers can try the Neo HiFI in the presence of a licensed hearing professional for a personal demo. Eargo is a medical device company with a difference.

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How Retailers Are Putting The Spotlight On Toys After Toys R Us

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Within its brick-and-mortar stores, the company plans to roll out events and demos for its customers. To that end, the company is planning a “National Play Day” in September in over 1,500 of its locations. In addition, the retailer plans to offer a selection of toys that will be curated by characters, ages or brands.

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Willy Street Co-op Thinks Small To Get Big Results

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Willy Street Co-op itself is pretty small — with only three locations to call their own in Madison, Wisconsin — but what they lack in size they make up for in dedicated consumers, who they want to satisfy by giving them the thing their larger more nationally sized rivals find it much hard to deliver: a truly local experience.

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2021 GonzoBanker Awards

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Some interesting finalists would be: M&T and People’s United Old National and First Midwest Webster and Sterling Columbia Bank and Umpqua. This is an innovation-seeking franchise that has built a solid brand and never got over its skis in execution. Congrats on a brave move and national recognition Jim!

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The Apple Pay Pivot?

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. “Anything that involves the pump, from a hardware point of view, takes years to deploy and is extremely expensive,” Bryant Russell, Americas program manager for mobile payment and loyalty at ExxonMobil, said during a demo of the app at the San Mateo gas station. Exxon is not the first brand to embrace Apple Pay.

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Finovate Fall 2016 Live Blog – Day 2

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Now showing how Avoka can integrate with a ton of apps in a matter of days with your company’s brand. Demo: Logging into App without the use of password. He is funny, this is so quick, he doesn’t need 7 minutes to demo. Demoing: Character, Joe Wilkes who is a rising star investor. It’s accepted and you login.

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Watch 8 U.S. Small Business Challenger Banks (July 2020)

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Seven are/were venture-backed and one is an independent brand from a large traditional bank ( we include it here because they are positioning themselves as an independent “startup” brand). Here is its founding CEO, Brian Hamilton,* explaining it in a 4-minute interview in 2017 (no demo). He was replaced by Cameron Peake.