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Car Vending Machine Company Carvana Goes Up Against Wall Street

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Just ask Carvana, the leading online automotive seller and a major force in changing the way people buy cars. Miami is Carvana’s 24th car vending machine location to date — joining Nashville, San Antonio, Houston, Austin, Dallas, Raleigh, Jacksonville, Tampa, Charlotte, Washington, D.C., Ontario (L.A.), Oklahoma City, and Memphis.

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Bringing The Video Store Back In The Age Of Netflix

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Customers increasingly purchase their tickets online on the way to the theater and carry them on their phones, as opposed to lining up at the box office. They don’t care if this makes customers angry — far from it; they widely advertise their rather heartless attitude toward disruptive patrons both in the theater and on social media.

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Data Enabler Startup ItsOn Brings Wireless Carriers Into The 21st Century

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RO: ItsOn was founded in 2008 by wireless and internet industry pioneers Greg Raleigh and Charlie Giancarlo with the goal to make customers love their wireless carriers again. This young demographic has one of the highest penetration rates of smartphones and online platforms in the world. This was totally new in the market.

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