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Postmates’ newest feature is like Uber POOL for food delivery

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The feature illustrates how Postmates, one of the earlier entrants to the billion-dollar food delivery wars , is trying to remain competitive by appealing to price-sensitive customers. The feature is now available in Chicago, Las Vegas, Long Beach, Calif., cities in which it currently operates. and Philadelphia.

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XPRIZE Whittles IBM Watson AI Teams To 59

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XPRIZE , the Los Angeles nonprofit which promotes development of new technology to help solve world problems, has whittled down the number of teams competing in the IBM Watson AI XPRIZE , focused on using AI to world's greatest challenges.

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Fuel50: Helping Employees Figure Out Their Career Path, With Anne Fulton

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com) � backed by local investors Rincon Venture Partners and Bonfire Ventures�is helping to solve that problem, with its career pathing software designed for helping employees at large enterprises figure out what's next. It helps you figure out what you can do in a business, what roles are available, what might be my future here.

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How Chinese Startup Tradesparq Is Looking To Grow In SoCal

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The crux of it is we help buyers user their network to verify suppliers, primarily in Asia and China, where we started. And, because there are many companies in Long Beach and sourcing operations here, it really made sense to open up operations in Southern California. Once you know the space, China really helps entrepreneurs.