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Reflections On 2017: Peter Cowen, Sutton Capital Partners

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What was the biggest personal lesson you learned from 2017? Are there any technology innovations, gadgets, devices, software that particularly caught your eye in 2017? To start the day earlier and value routine in the morning. The attractive by-product is that I am reading more and working out more.

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Flowspace Finds $12M For On Demand Warehousing

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Culver City-based Flowspace , a provider of "on-demand" warehousing and fulfillment services to businesses, has raised $12M in a Series A funding round, the company announced this morning. seed funding it receivedin 2017. seed funding it receivedin 2017. Flowspace has now raised a total of $15.4M

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Hyundai taps EV startup Canoo to develop electric vehicles

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Canoo started as Evelozcity in 2017 by two former Faraday Future executives Stefan Krause and Ulrich Kranz. Hyundai Motor Group is counting on this underlying architecture to help the company reduce the cost and complexity of production and allow for it to respond quickly to changing market demands and customer preferences. ”

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VC firms of Kevin Durant and Snoop Dogg back Dutchie, a new cannabis delivery service

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Ross Lipson, the chief executive officer and co-founder of the on-demand marijuana and cannabis delivery service, Dutchie, had thought he was done with the online delivery business. He started Dutchie in 2017 (and yes, it is named after the song ) in 2017 from Bend and has been slowly and steadily growing the business.

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Wrench’s on-demand vehicle repair and maintenance service picks up $20 million

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Wrench , the Seattle-based on demand vehicle maintenance and repair service for consumers and fleets, has raised $20 million in its latest round of financing. RepairSmith , which operates a similar service out of Los Angeles and San Francisco, is backed by Daimler to provide much the same on-demand repair services.

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Make More, Work Less – Create A Veblen Brand

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A Veblen good does not adhere to the traditional laws of price and demand. As shown in the accompanying graph, below a certain price, the price/demand dynamics are consistent with conventional products – higher prices result in a lower demand. Fashion companies usually ramp production, as demand increases.

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5 Largest Funding Rounds Raised in 2017

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Thanks to data from Crunchbase , we can bask in the glory of the five highest funding rounds in 2017 so far. Didi Chixing, the Chinese ride-sharing giant, has had the largest funding round of 2017, with a $5.5 The post 5 Largest Funding Rounds Raised in 2017 appeared first on Tech.co. Read more about funding rounds at TechCo .

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