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10 Twitter accounts every accountant should follow

Abrigo

Information overload seems to be an occupational hazard for anyone spending time on the internet these days, particularly on social media channels. Be sure to follow Isaac for the latest accounting information, particularly on topics related to technology and innovation.

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Is GDPR EU’s Frankenstein Monster?

PYMNTS

The actions of the EU over the last several years — the European Commission through decisions and fines and via regulatory fiat in the form of GDPR last week, PSD2 next fall and ePrivacy waiting in the wings — are attempts to create the perfect set of operating rules for businesses, with ample punishments for those who don’t comply.

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11 Lessons From Startup Chapter 11s

CB Insights

The company announced it was effectively ceasing operations immediately and filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, putting more than 1,100 people out of work overnight. In January 2019, Munchery abruptly ceased all operations, as it informed customers via email. By September 2011, Solyndra’s business model had fallen apart.

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Dear MBAs, AI is Coming For You: The Coming Wave of Expert Automation & Augmentation Software (EAAS)

CB Insights

Institutional Investor’s Alpha magazine ranked the 25 best-paid hedge fund managers and 8 of the top 10 were algorithmic funds (not active managers). AI is automating different branding and marketing efforts, and creating personalized campaigns, targeted messaging, personalized website experience, and social media sentiment analysis.

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When Corporate Innovation Goes Bad — The 116 Biggest Product Failures Of All Time

CB Insights

Product innovation is one way that large corporations stay competitive in a rapidly changing marketplace, but it doesn’t always work out when big brands attempt innovation. Understanding failure is crucial since so many accounts of innovation focus on the successes and so are affected by survivorship bias.

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From Alibaba to Zynga: 21 Of The Best VC Bets Of All Time And What We Can Learn From Them

CB Insights

It wouldn’t be until almost exactly one year later that investors really started flocking to the early social media startup. Both Lefkofsky (with Groupon) and Kleiner Perkins (with Cerent) were able to win so big in part because they had hands-on operational roles in their investments. When Snap Inc.

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We Analyzed 9 Of The Biggest Direct-to-Consumer Success Stories To Figure Out The Secrets to Their Growth — Here’s What We Learned

CB Insights

I think about disruption as being a way to innovate and so blatantly change things for the better that you become an industry standard. There are founders out there who can’t get magazines to pick up their PR stories. It spent $10,000+ promoting the video on social media. That’s what we’re after.”

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