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E-Commerce Startups, Legacy Stores Grapple With Changing Retail Scene

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Sears, the nation’s first “everything store,” is teetering toward bankruptcy after years of stagnation as industry leaders prepare to gather in New York at the National Retail Federation’s annual conference.

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Female Entrepreneurs, AI and Investing: A Chat With Meredith Finn, March Capital

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Earlier this month, the annual Montgomery Summit conference was held in Santa Monica, including a special portion of the conference dedicated to the Rise of the Female Entrepreneur. That carried through to March, where the big theme is Artificial Intelligence in the enterprise. How did you end up joining March Capital?

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Watch Out, VCs: A.I. Program Judges Startups at Boston Pitch Event

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I rarely attend startup pitch competitions anymore. But a startup contest held Tuesday at a machine learning conference in Cambridge, MA, put a twist on the typical scenario: the startups were judged by an artificial intelligence software program, instead of a panel of investors.

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When Should Technical Founders Become CEO?

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Much has been written about when it is time to hire a “professional CEO” to run a startup company and of course that has long been a norm in Silicon Valley when founders find that their inexperience may be a limiting factor in company growth ( know as the Peter Principle ). But we have to acknowledge that the industry has changed.

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Toyota And Others Enabling Self-Driving Cars to Talk to Each Other

Xconomy

That was one of the issues raised Wednesday during a panel discussion at a conference on artificial intelligence and machine learning held at the MIT. Read more » Reprints | Share: UNDERWRITERS AND PARTNERS.

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Walmart: Turning San Diego Into A Key Technology Center

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We caught up with Claude Jones , who is in charge of growing Walmart's technology team in Carlsbad from 70 people and tripling the team, out of new offices it announced this month. started in August of 2012. How did Walmart decide to set up in San Diego? What exactly does Walmart Labs work on in San Diego? How big are you now?

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Walmart: Turning San Diego Into Its Technology Center

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We caught up with Claude Jones , who is in charge of growing Walmart's technology team in Carlsbad from 70 people and tripling the team, out of new offices it announced this month. started in August of 2012. How did Walmart decide to set up in San Diego? What exactly does Walmart Labs work on in San Diego? How big are you now?