Showing posts with label Startup. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Startup. Show all posts

Tuesday, May 31, 2016

Start-Up Gets Financing for Real-Time Sports Wagers via App

Start-Up Gets Financing for Real-Time Sports Wagers via App


WinView, which will offer free contests at first, hopes to draw ads tied to live sports, and gained Tom Rogers and Hank Ratner as chairmen.


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Wednesday, April 20, 2016

Start-Up Plans 3-D Visualizations of Pot Strains, Using Genetic Data

Start-Up Plans 3-D Visualizations of Pot Strains, Using Genetic Data


Phylos Bioscience is unveiling a marijuana guide called Galaxy, offering people a way to see how Sweet Island Skunk might be related to Humboldt OG.


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Wednesday, April 6, 2016

Bitcoin Start-Up Gets an Electronic Money License in Britain

Bitcoin Start-Up Gets an Electronic Money License in Britain


Britain’s top financial regulator has granted a license to Circle, a company based in Boston that will work with Barclays, the British bank.










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Tuesday, April 5, 2016

Bitcoin Start-Up Gets an Electronic Money License in Britain

Bitcoin Start-Up Gets an Electronic Money License in Britain


Britain’s top financial regulator has granted a license to Circle, a company based in Boston that will work with Barclays, the British bank.


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Thursday, December 3, 2015

Bits Blog: Number26, German Banking Start-Up, Expands Across Europe

Bits Blog: Number26, German Banking Start-Up, Expands Across Europe


The rise of new banking-focused start-ups like Number26 is forcing traditional players like Deutsche Bank and JPMorgan Chase to respond to people’s desire to access financial services through their smartphones.










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Wednesday, November 25, 2015

Gardening Start-Up in China Chances Upon U.S. Marijuana Market

Gardening Start-Up in China Chances Upon U.S. Marijuana Market


Lennon Tsai started a company to supply urban Chinese farmers with all the necessary hydroponics equipment, but he found a surprising secondary market in America.


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Thursday, November 5, 2015

"Bootstrapping": Saying No to a Cash Buffet in Start-Up World

‘Bootstrapping": Saying No to a Cash Buffet in Start-Up World


Some companies refuse the big money, hold tight to their independence and build themselves through resilience and discipline.


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Tuesday, October 27, 2015

Midwest Start-Up Achieves Rare $1 Billion Valuation

Midwest Start-Up Achieves Rare Billion Valuation


Uptake, a Chicago-based start-up that helps companies analyze data, upends the stereotype of such so-called unicorns: It is profitable and based outside Silicon Valley.










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Monday, September 14, 2015

George Zimmer Takes On Men’s Wearhouse With Tuxedo Start-Up

George Zimmer Takes On Men’s Wearhouse With Tuxedo Start-Up


With his foray into the tuxedo rental business, Mr. Zimmer is competing directly with the company he founded that later ousted him.


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George Zimmer Takes On Men’s Wearhouse With Tuxedo Start-Up

George Zimmer Takes On Men’s Wearhouse With Tuxedo Start-Up


With his foray into the tuxedo rental business, Mr. Zimmer is competing directly with the company he founded that later ousted him.










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Friday, September 11, 2015

At WeWork, an Idealistic Start-Up Clashes With Its Cleaners

At WeWork, an Idealistic Start-Up Clashes With Its Cleaners


To its chagrin, the office-space rental firm, with a $ 10 billion valuation, is accused of callous, anti-labor behavior toward cleaning workers.










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Thursday, September 10, 2015

At WeWork, an Idealistic Startup Clashes with its Cleaners

At WeWork, an Idealistic Startup Clashes with its Cleaners


To its chagrin, the office-space rental firm, with a $ 10 billion valuation, is accused of callous, anti-labor behavior in contracting a cleaning service.


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A Path for Entrepreneurs, When a Start-Up Is Not the Goal

A Path for Entrepreneurs, When a Start-Up Is Not the Goal


A growing number of people are realizing their own business dreams by buying small to midsize companies and helping them prosper.


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Friday, August 28, 2015

IZettle, a Swedish Payments Start-Up, Begins a Lending Program

IZettle, a Swedish Payments Start-Up, Begins a Lending Program


The company also announced that it had raised an additional $ 67 million from its backers.


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Sunday, August 23, 2015

Big Investors Are Finding Ripe Start-Up Targets in Europe

Big Investors Are Finding Ripe Start-Up Targets in Europe


Venture capital, private equity and other big investors are increasingly finding technology start-up investment targets in Europe.


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Thursday, August 20, 2015

Daily Report: In Silicon Valley, Start-Up Recruiting Battles Heat Up

Daily Report: In Silicon Valley, Start-Up Recruiting Battles Heat Up


You know there’s a boom under way in Silicon Valley when it gets even tougher to hire top engineers and other personnel.


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