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Spreadsy :: Flash Buying With a Twist

Austin Startup

Last week another Austin-based flash buying Groupon competitor launched, named Spreadsy. Furthermore, Spreadsy is looking into many other vendor verticals for future innovation instead of featuring solely deals from local businesses. Tags: Consumer coupons flash buying spreadsy.

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Stock Photos vs. Real Photos: Does It Matter?

ConversionXL

In their research, they flashed images across a screen in a manner that made it impossible for participants to be fully conscious of what they were seeing. Here’s the problem: Every other poor schmuck in every other vertical has used the exact…same…photograph.

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The All-New Innovation Culture: 6 Ways To Involve Everyone, Everywhere, Every Day

YoungUpstarts

Problem Solving with Data Driven Methods and the Innovation Engineering System “ News Flash: Innovation is no longer just a specialist’s job. by Doug Hall, author of “ Driving Eureka!: Most people think that innovative ideas are magical and only randomly reveal themselves to so-called creative people. But ideas can’t be random.

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Business models for ecommerce 2.0

The Equity Kicker

and ‘scale ecommerce’ – that is selling third party brands and taking stock, and identifies four strategies for ecommerce ‘David’s’ who want to take on the ‘Goliath’: Proprietary pricing – e.g. flash sales companies like Zulily and One Kings Lane.

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Stock Photography vs. Real Photos: Can’t We Use Both?

ConversionXL

In their research, they flashed images across a screen in a manner that made it impossible for participants to be fully conscious of what they were seeing. Here’s the problem: Every other poor schmuck in every other vertical has used the Exact. Photograph. Meet The Everywhere Girl.

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Should Apple Buy Hungary?

Agile VC

Semi, flash memory company Anobit, and security hardware – Authentec) to be integrated in various iStuff. 3) Vertically Integrate - Apple could also vertically integrate in more radical ways. Less auspiciously Apple bought a Swedish mapping technology company (C3) to form the basis of Apple Maps.

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The evolution of an investment theme

The Equity Kicker

In the case of social software all the evidence suggests that the investment theme is strong and there will be more winners in this space, but the next generation will work hard to differentiate themselves from their forbears by specialising in different process areas or distinct verticals.