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Hannah
@Hannah -
23 days ago
Jackie Robinson's Signing Caused a Financial Dispute
As baseball celebrates Jackie Robinson Day, a look at how his signing led to the dismantling of the Negro leagues, with only one M.L.B. owner speaking up for their rights.
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Hannah upvoted the following post 23 days ago:
Elian
@Elian -
24 days ago
Alyce, an AI-based personalised corporate gifting startup, raises $30M
Swag has a long and patchy history in the world of business. For every hip pair of plaid socks, there are five t-shirts you may never wear, an itchy scarf, a notepad your kids might use, and an ugly mug; and most of all, likely thousands of dollars and lots of time invest...continued
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Hannah upvoted the following post 24 days ago:
Torey
@Torey -
24 days ago
Plex raises $50M growth round to fuel ad-supported streaming, expansions
Streaming media software maker Plex announced today it has raised a $50 million growth equity round from existing investor Intercap ahead of its planned business expansion into rentals, purchases and subscription content. This is the first financing Plex has taken on sinc...continued
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Hannah upvoted the following post 25 days ago:
Angus
@Angus -
25 days ago
Grover raises $71M to grow its consumer electronics subscription business
A startup tapping into the concept of the circular economy, where people don’t buy items outright but pay an incremental amount to use them temporarily, has raised some funding to scale its business in Europe and beyond. Grover, a Berlin-based startup that runs a subscrip...continued
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Hannah
@Hannah -
25 days ago
Butterfly Spring/Summer 2021 - New Rubber & Blades
April 12, 2021 Please click here to have more information regarding our Spring/Summer 2021 new Rubber and Blades[embedded content]Stay “In The Loop” with Butterfly professional table tennis equipment, table tennis news, table tennis technology, tournament results, ...continued
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Hannah upvoted the following post 26 days ago:
Anderson
@Anderson -
26 days ago
EcoCart raises $3 million for a Honey-like browser extension to offset shoppers’ carbon emissions
EcoCart, a company pitching consumers on ways to offset their carbon emissions for free at select merchants (with a browser extension!) has raised $3 million in financing from Base10 Partners.Brands pay the company a commission to drive traffic to their websites under a s...continued
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Hannah upvoted the following post 26 days ago:
Alexander
@Alexander -
27 days ago
Uber entices drivers back post-pandemic with $250 million stimulus
Uber entices drivers back post-pandemic with $250 million the classification of ride-hail drivers as “essential workers” during the early days of the pandemic, last April Uber’s business dropped by 80%. Drivers decided they’d rather not risk contracting or spreading COVI...continued
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Hannah upvoted the following post 26 days ago:
Josiah
@Josiah -
27 days ago
Hyundai IONIQ 5 will be Motional and Lyft’s first robotaxi
Hyundai IONIQ 5 will be Motional and Lyft’s first will integrate its driverless technology into Hyundai’s new all-electric SUV to create the company’s first robotaxi. At the start of 2023, customers in certain markets will be able to book the fully electric, fully autono...continued
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Hannah upvoted the following post 27 days ago:
Roger
@Roger -
27 days ago
5 Low-Cost Marketing Strategies for Your Self-Published Book
April 6, 2021 7 min Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their are roadmaps to personal growth, exercise tools for the mind, and even vessels that sail to adventure. For authors, books also yield another powerful purpose: es...continued
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Hannah upvoted the following post 27 days ago:
Nestor
@Nestor -
27 days ago
Woven Capital kicks off portfolio with investment in autonomous delivery company Nuro
Woven Capital, the investment arm of Toyota’s innovation-focused subsidiary Woven Planet, has announced an investment into Silicon Valley-based autonomous delivery vehicle company Nuro. This kicks off the new $800 million strategic fund, which will invest in growth-stage ...continued
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Hannah upvoted the following post 27 days ago:
Alexandro
@Alexandro -
28 days ago
Side raises $150M at $1B valuation to help real estate agents go it alone
Side, a real estate technology company that works to turn agents and independent brokerages into boutique brands and businesses, announced Monday that it has raised $150 million in Series D funding.Coatue Management led the round, which brings San Francisco-based Side’s v...continued
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Hannah upvoted the following post 27 days ago:
Americo
@Americo -
28 days ago
The New Cancel Culture Capitalism
An M.L.B. source described what many within the league saw as an untenable scenario for the sport: A number of players would refuse to participate in the game. The remainder would have been asked — over and over again — about their positions on the voting law. The game — ...continued
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Hannah upvoted the following post 27 days ago:
Alexzander
@Alexzander -
28 days ago
Taiwan-based MLOps startup InfuseAI raises $4.3M Series A led by Wistron Corporation
Taiwan-based MLOps startup InfuseAI raises $4.3M Series A led by Wistron models not only take time to build and train, but also to deploy in an organization’s workflow. That’s where MLOps (machine learning operations) companies come in, helping clients scale their AI tec...continued
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Hannah upvoted the following post 28 days ago:
Ismael
@Ismael -
29 days ago
Find Your Voice (and Tone)
CommunicateHealthApr 8 · 3 min readAlt: A doctor doodle is talking to a patient with dog leg. The doctor doodle frowns and says, “You won’t need a dog-leg-ectomy after all.” The patient doodle says, “Why do you sound so sad about it?” The doctor doodle says, “Whoops. Wron...continued
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Hannah upvoted the following post 29 days ago:
Rex
@Rex -
29 days ago
Loyal robot dogs learn to follow their humans using prototype scanning technology
In a proof-of-concept collaboration, Piaggio Fast Forward (PFF) and Trimble have developed a prototype module called ‘PFFtag’ that allows swarms of robots to follow humans. The module is equipped onto a Boston Dynamics 'Spot' and is controlled using Trimble’s positioning ...continued
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Hannah upvoted the following post 29 days ago:
Priscilla
@Priscilla -
30 days ago
Norway’s Kolonial rebrands as Oda, bags $265M on a $900M valuation to grow its online grocery del...
Food delivery startups, and specifically those focused on grocery delivery, continue to reap super-sized rounds of funding in Europe, buoyed by a year of pandemic living that has led many consumers to shift to shopping online. Today, the latest of these is coming out of N...continued
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Hannah upvoted the following post 29 days ago:
Americo
@Americo -
30 days ago
Bang & Olufsen posts 14% quarterly sales increase - Reuters
COPENHAGEN, April 8 (Reuters) - Denmark’s Bang Olufsen on Thursday posted a 14% rise in third-quarter revenue, driven by new marketing initiatives and higher demand for home entertainment.The audio and visual equipment maker said sales in the December to February period ...continued
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Hannah upvoted the following post about 1 month ago:
Ismael
@Ismael -
about 1 month ago
Automate and Enhance Your Brand Design With This Award-Winning Tool
RelayThat makes it easy to design your brand's marketing materials Your Business, Not Your Inbox Stay informed and join our daily newsletter 2021 2 min Our goal is to feature products and services that we think you'll find interesting and us...continued
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Hannah upvoted the following post about 1 month ago:
Giovanni
@Giovanni -
about 1 month ago
Are Democrats Friends with Big Business Now?
Still, statements by companies about their social priorities deserve a healthy dose of skepticism.Indeed, some of the same companies taking part in the stampede of statements critiquing voting laws, like Facebook, Google and ATT, also recently donated money to the Republi...continued
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Hannah
@Hannah -
about 1 month ago
Opinion: It's time to face the new reality on mask wearing
Now that we better understand the real risks of Covid, and vaccines are rolling out, might it be time to adjust our social mores, writes Jill Filipovic, and follow the science instead of our politics? The new directives could be pretty simple: mask up indoors…
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Hannah upvoted the following post about 1 month ago:
Assunta
@Assunta -
about 1 month ago
Business Updates: Air France to Get a $4.7 Billion Bailout
Here’s what you need to know:The I.M.F. forecast for global economic growth has climbed to 6 percent for the year.Credit...Andrew Harnik/Associated PressThe global economy is recovering from the coronavirus pandemic faster than previously expected, largely thanks to the s...continued
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Hannah
@Hannah -
about 1 month ago
Another lawsuit filed vs. Watson; total now at 22
1:49 PM ETHOUSTON -- Another lawsuit has been filed against Deshaun Watson, this one alleging the Houston Texans quarterback assaulted a licensed aesthetician "by touching her with his penis and exposing himself."The lawsuit, filed Friday night and made available on the H...continued
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Hannah upvoted the following post about 1 month ago:
Torey
@Torey -
about 1 month ago
LG confirms it's shutting down its mobile business
The reports out of its native Korea were correct, LG is shutting down its mobile business. With losses continuing to mount, and billions of dollars seemingly squandered on quirky handsets, the electronics giant has officially thrown in the towel on its struggling phone di...continued
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Hannah upvoted the following post about 1 month ago:
Moises
@Moises -
about 1 month ago
How StockX became the stock market of hype
While the old adage goes, “Find a job you love doing, you’ll never work a day in your life,” it’s safe to assume this was well before the age of the YouTuber, “plandids” and the stock market of things. StockX may be a multibillion dollar juggernaut with massive influence ...continued
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Hannah upvoted the following post about 1 month ago:
Erik
@Erik -
about 1 month ago
Where StockX fits in the business of sneakers
Before StockX, sneaker buyers had eBay, campouts at sneaker stores and internet forums as avenues to connect with other enthusiasts and find the most desired shoes. Five years later, the data-based secondary marketplace’s impact is pervasive across tech, secondary marketp...continued
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