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Demand Media Expands Content Offerings

socalTECH

Santa Monica-based Demand Media said today that it is expanding its offerings in the content area, with an expansion of its Content Solution offerings. According to Demand Media, the expansion includes new content formats and enhanced "publishing and distribution strategies." READ MORE>>.

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Customer empowerment? Blame the Internet.

Berkonomics

But don’t close your eyes to the fact that your customers have grown to expect your products or services in the form of…. Be ready: remote 3–D printers may soon make “WHERE I want” common for some products produced locally on demand. If you are not considering these demands and your responses already, surely someone else is.

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Which Enterprise-Level Managed Network Services Best Address Connectivity Challenges?

Southern California Edison Blog

One effective way to address these needs, offload maintenance tasks, and boost performance is to leverage managed solutions from a network services provider. Large and growing enterprises are constantly thinking ahead; in order to expand service offerings and team sizes, upgrading network capacity is often the solution.

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Startups Weekly: Upfront Ventures bets on a bus service

TechCrunch LA

The company is actually based out of LA, too, but has completed its initial launch in Minnesota, where there’s greater demand for short-term bus travel. Postmates, the popular food delivery service, raised another $225 million at a valuation of $2.4 Online personal shopping service Lookiero gets $19M.

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HBCUvc founder Hadiyah Mujhid on one way investors can advance racial equity

TechCrunch LA

The program is expanding to Chicago in 2021, the blog post notes. Some say HBCUs are a place for startups to go and look for diverse talent, and others think that the institutions could serve as LPs in funds and demand more racial equity. “A Read the whole HBCUvc blog post here.

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What Should You Do with Your Crappy Little Services Business?

Both Sides of the Table

There’s a line of thinking in Silicon Valley that you should build product businesses rather than services businesses. It’s nearly impossible to get a services company financed by VCs. Why Shouldn’t Most Services Businesses Raise VC? Why Build a Services Business in the First Place?

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With Cornershop, Walmart Expands On-Demand Delivery to Latin America

Xconomy

The Bentonville, AR, retailer announced Thursday it has acquired Cornershop, an on-demand online service that delivers products from supermarkets, pharmacies, and specialty shops in Mexico and Chile, for $225 million. “We Walmart is taking the e-commerce delivery business south of the border.

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