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Meet the Investors & Tech Leaders Judging at Startup Night SXSW 2018

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Fortunately, for those headed to SXSW, Startup Night SXSW 2018 , presented by the Kauffman Foundation and TechCo, will be filled with investors from a multitude of industries who are looking to discover and fund startups building the latest solutions and tech innovations. Blackwell, iTech Program Executive & OCT Innovation Liaison, NASA.

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BloomNation's Goal To Empower Your Local Florist, And Improve Flower Delivery

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It''s very similar to flowers, in that sense that I was working on a deal selling a flower company, and got lots of background information and understanding of the industry as part of our due diligence. It''s everything they need to thrive in the e-commerce world, and we hand it to them with a simple, 30-second signup on BloomNation.

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Is Scott Thompson Back at eBay?

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But 54 year old Thompson claimed his stepping down was due to thyroid cancer, which he now claims to be getting over. billion in 2011. eBay last year bought ShopRunner owner firm GSI Commerce at $2.4 billion in 2011. eBay last year bought ShopRunner owner firm GSI Commerce at $2.4 Go for it Thompson!

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Interview With CEO Jason Njoku iRoko Partners | Africa’s Netflix Set To Disrupt US TV & Cable Market

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Iroko Patners had , a souring relationship with YouTube, Google Ads Words, Amazon Web Services even though the movie streaming firm had about eight million YouTube streams a month, with a $1 million revenue run-rate in 2011. Naturally, there was a stringent due diligence process, and this took a couple of months.

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E-commerce’s Changing Landscape | Customization

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Up 33% this year, according to the Washington Post, online commerce is trending upwards from $175 billion in 2007 to a projection of $335 billion in 2012 (Forrester Research). percent of all American advertising in 2011 (Rao, Leena, Techcrunch). The online buyer is not so simple and neither is the changing American consumer.

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This Week in VC with Dana Settle of Greycroft Partners

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It’s always fun debating companies with Dana because she’s always so knowledgeable on deals – particularly those in the digital media, ad-tech and eCommerce spaces. CEO hinted to WSJ that it may go public in early 2011. Competes with HauteLook , RueLaLa (sub of GSI Commerce) , Billion Dollar Babes , ideeli , Glam List.

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E-commerce’s changing Landscape: Customization

Tech Zulu Event

Up 33% this year, according to the Washington Post, online commerce is trending upwards from $175 billion in 2007 to a projection of $335 billion in 2012 (Forrester Research). percent of all American advertising in 2011 (Rao, Leena, Techcrunch). The online buyer is not so simple and neither is the changing American consumer.