article thumbnail

Blazing A Trail Of eCommerce Innovation With Cargo Bikes

PYMNTS

For example, Powell had to make the bikes electric, as people are riding up hills in areas like San Francisco. As the company grows in 2020, it is focusing on bigger media, magazine publications and online reviews. He ended up starting his own company with the goal of tailoring the bike for the U.S.

article thumbnail

FinDEVr 2015 San Francisco: A Bounty for Builders

Fintech Labs Insights

With attendance numbers already well above last year’s inaugural event, we are having a hard time containing our excitement about FinDEVr 2015 next week in San Francisco. FinDEVr returns to the Mission Bay Conference Center on the campus of the University of California, San Francisco, October 6-7.

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

Sephora’s High-Tech, Social Justice Case For Cosmetics

PYMNTS

The French cosmetics chain announced Saturday (March 5) that it had officially opened the Sephora Innovation Lab, a research space located in San Francisco where the retailer will test its own and sponsored partners’ innovations for in-store and online retail.

article thumbnail

Coinbase, Motif Investing Earn Spots on Fast Company’s Most Innovative List

Fintech Labs Insights

With Coinbase and Motif Investing both winning a place on Fast Company’s Most Innovative Companies of 2016 list, it looks like bitcoin and innovations in investing remain two of fintech’s hottest trends. ” The list will be published in the March 2016 issue of the magazine. .”

article thumbnail

Why TOMS Shoes Is Putting A Toe In Brick-And-Mortar

PYMNTS

When he returned a few years later on vacation, he started wearing the simple, slip-on canvas shoes and realized he discovered the innovation the world needed. That’s much better than a magazine ad that you spend money on today and it’s gone tomorrow. You can’t eat shoes,” Bruce Wydick of the University of San Francisco said simply.

article thumbnail

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.

article thumbnail

FinDEVr APIntelligence

Fintech Labs Insights

Be sure to register soon for the only event exclusively for fintech developers, FinDEVr 2015 , Oct 6-7 in San Francisco. Accenture and Leading Banks Invite Applications for Fourth Annual FinTech Innovation Lab London. Magazine ranks Kabbage 36 of 5,000 of America’s fastest growing private companies.