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COVID-19 – Accelerating The Destruction Of Corporate Arrogance

YoungUpstarts

I’ve been working with large retailers and fashion brands since 2006, and I recognized almost immediately that this industry would get disrupted sooner than later. The winners would be the large technology platforms that aggregated and empowered these entrepreneurs — the losers would be the big, slow-moving brands.

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Zweena Aggregates Your Medical Records For Easy Management

YoungUpstarts

It is essentially a digital medical records aggregator that takes care of everything; from collecting paper records, to translating through the jargon, to securely storing it all online. pharmaceutical industry to start the company in 2006. ” Leveraging Technology.

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The Entrepreneur’s Wish List – What One Founder Is Eyeing For The Holidays

YoungUpstarts

SeatGeek is an easy-to-use ticket marketplace that aggregates listings to let you find great seats for one-of-a-kind events. Founded in 2006 at the University of Arizona, Stephen has led the company to double digit revenue growth every year since inception. https://seatgeek.com/.

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Does Fintech Disruption Break The Investment Banking Model?

YoungUpstarts

Here digital intercepts of consumer activities are aggregated into large data sets, analysed, and assessed versus market expectations. Today employment in the sector is comparable to levels from 2005-2006 when revenues were also similar. Revisiting our components let’s see why.

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This Week in VC Episode 6 with @Jason Calacanis: Best One Yet

Both Sides of the Table

Sellers can lower transaction fees by aggregating purchases into fewer transactions, while also providing buyers with an attractive alternative payment method. Founded in 2006 by Aaron Finn. Klarna is apparently the first European board for legendary Sequoia partner, Michael Moritz.

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Cliff Notes S-1: Kayak ? AGILEVC

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How They Do It: Aggregate data from travel data warehouses like ITA as well as indexing travel providers websites, provide this information to consumers in a highly customizable search engine. extension round closed April 2006. round closed May 2006. Filing Date: initial S-1 filed Nov 17, 2010 , updated March 9, 2011.

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Quality over quantity on The Equity Kicker

The Equity Kicker

Robert Scoble is perhaps the greatest blogger of them all, so when I started blogging in 2006 I read Naked Conversations , his guide to blogging. When I look in my traffic sources now it’s all Twitter, Facebook, Google and aggregators like Mattermark, channels where posting daily makes much less of a difference.

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