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Verizon Buys Drone Operator

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16) it has inked a deal to acquire private drone management software firm Skyward for an undisclosed amount. In a press release , Verizon said Skyward, which is based in Portland, adds drone management to the Verizon IoT portfolio, making drone operations easier to manage for any size company.

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WEX Reorganizes With New Team For B2B Payments

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Mark Aquilina was named the senior vice president of product and strategy of corporate payment solutions and will be in charge of product strategy and management for front-end applications and cloud-native processors. In addition, Dylan Jones will move from payments strategy operations leader to VP of operations.

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BI Ignite 2019: Umpqua’s Go-To Platform Moving to a 24/7 Service, CEO Says

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Access to the Go-To platform is free for the Portland, Ore.-based Umpqua Bank’s Go-To human-digital live support platform is moving to a 24/7 service, Cort O'Haver, President and CEO of Umpqua Holdings Corporation, announced at Bank Innovation Ignite 2019 in Seattle on Tuesday. He said the decision had been made just that morning.

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For This Startup, Scale Was A Matter Of Necessity

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So, how did Vacasa , the online vacation rental home startup, go from managing one beachside cabin on the Washington coast that belonged to the family of one of the founder’s wife to a multimillion-dollar company with more than 1,400 employees that manages over 4,000 properties in the U.S. Italy, Spain, Belize and Chile.

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Accelerating To The Future?

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With more than 700 now in operation across the United States, small business accelerators are becoming increasingly crucial engines of the U.S. And the financial benefits of these accelerators may only be the start of the equation, at least according to Joe Munk, program manager at the Portland State University Startup Accelerator in Oregon.

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Vacasa On Using AI To Put Predictability In Home Sharing

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The Portland-Oregon-based company has quietly become a rainmaker in the space, raising $319 million from investors in Q4 2019 alone, bringing its private equity take to nearly $527 million to date. From the outset, Vacasa approached short-term rentals with the mindset of a large-scale property management firm.

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New Report: Speeding Toward Startup Success?

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PYMNTS recently caught up with Joe Munk, the program manager of the Portland State University Startup Accelerator in Oregon, to discuss small business accelerators, the benefits of collaboration and what he sees ahead for startup success.

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