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Real Innovation Solves Today’s Problems, Not Tomorrow’s

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MoneyPass, a network of Elan Financial Services , provides ATM and debit card processing solutions for financial institutions, Independent Sales Organizations (ISOs) and retailers. DM: In 2003, I pushed the organization I was with to launch a surcharge-free network in Tennessee.

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The Real Hunger Games: A Battle Royale In The Grocery Aisles

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When linked to the Amazon Chase card, the cash-back makes the experience even more of a win, in addition to serving as a natural pull toward card/brand share shift. The automatic application of coupons and discounts takes the pain out of coupon clipping. Weaknesses.

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55 US Companies That Became Unicorns In 2018

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Company Description: Based in Nashville, Tennessee, SmileDirectClub provides at-home teeth-straightening kits. Its analytics program scans social media platforms for signifiers of breaking news and events. Samsara’s applications include fleet management, collision prevention, and delivery coordination. SmileDirectClub.

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11 Lessons From Startup Chapter 11s

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The marketplace blended crowdsourcing and social media to create hype around new inventions; help inventors find partners, funding, and manufacturing resources; and sell their gadgets to major nationwide retailers such as Home Depot and Target. — Ben Kaufman, founder, Quirky. Founded: 2013. Declared Bankruptcy: 2016.

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We analyzed 7 of the fastest-growing personal finance apps of all time to figure out the secrets to their success — here’s what we learned

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These companies are making it easier to make a budget, invest, and buy stocks, as well as to get loans and credit cards. Then, they spent an equal amount of time working on distributing that content both through social media (Reddit, personal finance forums) and through SEO (which wound up driving about 20% of Mint’s overall traffic).

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