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Bird is testing Bird Pay, which lets users purchase items from local businesses using its main app

TechCrunch LA

Both Apple Pay and Google’s Android-based offering have had strong take-up, as have alternatives from Samsung, PayPal and many others. And several months ago, Uber also started to test the waters in this area with the launch of Uber Money. The challenge in the U.S.,

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Aclima sucks in $24M to scale its air quality mapping platform

TechCrunch LA

Three years ago Aclima came out of stealth, detailing a collaboration with Google on mapping air quality in its offices and also outdoors, by putting sensors on StreetView cars. In terms of what fleet partners get back from agreeing for their vehicles to become mobile air quality sensing nodes, Herzl says it’s dependent on the partner.

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A Serial Entrepreneur’s Guide To Uncovering Awesome Startup Ideas

InfoChachkie

In this 8-minute video excerpt from his recent talk, Seth describes the practical, hands-on methodology that he uses on a day-to-day basis to identify and vet his entrepreneurial ideas. Even though he is not process oriented, he has developed a simple, yet methodical approach to identifying, cataloging and vetting his entrepreneurial ideas.

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Interview with Robert Blatt, MomentFeed

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By the end of 2012, Rob had done a really great job of identifying the opportunity, and being a visionary on how social, local, and mobile would change how consumers engaged with brands. Once you get past Facebook, Google, Apple, Amazon, and maybe Yelp and Bing, you've counted for 90 percent of all interaction.

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Interview with Brett Crosby and Brew Johnson, PeerStreet

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We sat down with Brett Crosby (who founded Urchin Software, the company which became Google Analytics) and Brew Johnson , the co-founders of the company, to learn more about the company and what it's working on. Brett Crosby: When I was at Google, there were a couple of things. in a funding round. How did you guys start the company?

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Set Your Online Reputation Before Someone Else Does

Startup Professionals Musings

Of course, having no reputation is usually better than a bad one, but don’t wait for someone else to establish a good one for you. There are several major free blogging platforms you can use to claim your identity, including WordPress , Google Blogger , and LiveJournal. These days, your online Internet reputation is your reputation.

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You Can Compete with Free-and Win

Frank Addante

The boy's father, my colleague, was quick to exclaim, "He was Googled!" The dad was, of course, alluding to Google's frequently-used strategy to make available free services in otherwise paid markets to rattle competition and gain market share for advertising-supported products. "Some kid is trying to screw us," he elaborated.

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