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6 Key Trends Shaping This Year’s Mobile Holiday Shopping Season

YoungUpstarts

The holidays are approaching, and mobile is going to play a bigger role in eCommerce than ever before. Last year, mobile holiday shopping traffic surpassed desktop for the first time and retailers are expecting even higher mobile traffic this year. More Holiday Purchases Will be Influenced by Mobile Than Ever Before.

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Five case studies you'll see at the Lean Startup Conference 2015

Startup Lessons Learned

The following is a guest post by Kirsten Cluthe and Ritika Puri from The Lean Startup Conference team Wondering what’s new in the Lean Startup community? Product Hunt, an 18-month old startup, has evolved from a basic idea into a thriving online community. She wants to disrupt Hollywood with the Lean Startup method.

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What’s FinTech, And What Does It Mean For Your Business?

YoungUpstarts

Others narrow down its meaning to just startups that aim to disrupt incumbent financial systems. in investments in 2015, $15.2B FinTech had started to grow popular soon after global financial crisis happened, fueled by public’s distrust of banks and incumbent legacy firms, and then exploded in 2015. The industry reached $15.5B

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Flying Car Prototype Receives FAA Airworthiness Certificate

ReadWriteStart

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has granted a California startup company called Alef Automotive the first-ever airworthiness permit for a fully electric flying car that is capable of both flying and driving on roads. This milestone event marks the beginning of a new era in the transportation industry. Alef Aeronautics Inc.

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8 Secrets To Pushing Your Startup Ahead Of The Crowd

Startup Professionals Musings

The number of startups rose in 2015 for the first time in five years, with the largest year-over-year increase in two decades. Who would not want to joint the unicorns (recent startups with a current valuation of over $1 billion)? Successful startup teams today have a mix of remote employees, freelancers, and contractors.

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Our 2014 in review

Version One Ventures

With this new capital and looking ahead to the new year, we aim to sharpen our focus toward startups creating things that didn’t exist before. We wish everyone the happiest of holidays and all the best for 2015! News AI Bitcoin blockchain healthcare machine learning marketplaces mobile enterprise platforms portfolio saas VR'

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Recapping Q4 2019

Version One Ventures

Both lists are based on growth from fiscal years 2015-2018, a period over which Jobber grew 625%. And last but definitely not least, Headout was named one of 14 Awesome Tech Startups You Should Work for in the New York Area by Comparably. Coinbase launched Coinbase Pro mobile app for advanced users. Product launches.