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The United States Of Startups: The Most Well-Funded Tech Startup In Every US State

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Using the CB Insights database, we identified the most-well funded VC-backed technology startups by state based on disclosed equity funding. Four states did not have any companies that met all our criteria for inclusion in the map: Alaska, Mississippi, South Dakota, and Wyoming. Acumen Brands. North Dakota.

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Retail’s Voice-Assisted, Meatless Summer

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Urban Outfitters does have the benefit of a well-established brand behind it – but there is also the reality that the well-established brand has been having trouble attracting the “cool-kid” audience it relies on to signal-boost its products. Fulfillment Efforts. Moving from fashion to prescriptions – how’s that for a transition?

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State Regulators Investigate Payday Advances

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An Earnin’ spokesman said in a statement on Tuesday, after the New York state announcement, that the company “is a brand new model.”. “So So we expect, and welcome questions from regulators like the New York Department of Financial Services.”. They see themselves as offering up an entirely different product from stem to stern.

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The United States Of Fintech: The Most Well-Funded Fintech Startup In Each State

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Inked Brands. $ D3 Technology. South Carolina. South Dakota. Regent Education. Massachusetts. Bright Health. New Jersey. CreditPoint Software. $ Pennsylvania. InstaMed Communications. Rhode Island. ReliaMax. $ Digital Reasoning Systems. BigCommerce. StreetShares. Washington.

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The Last (DVD) Picture Show

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As Keith Hoogland, owner of Family Video — the oldest (and last-standing) video chain in the United States, which has grown from 400 locations in 2004 to 777 today, primarily in the upper Midwest — remarked to Flavorwire: “The video business is still cranking.

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Surviving The Retail Apocalypse: The Technologies And Trends That Can Help Brick-And-Mortar Thrive Again

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Retailers are leveraging technology, such as artificial intelligence and augmented reality, to enhance operational visibility and personalize their customer service, a new necessity in fast-changing and demanding consumer market. However, this isn’t the whole story. The new big-box store. Ikea as a model.

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11 New Restaurant Concepts Reimagining Fast Food & Casual Dining

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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. Many of yesterday’s casual dining brands are dying, but not because millennials “don’t eat out.” Next Level Burger.