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Ghost appears with new funding, marketplace to match buyers with unsold products

TechCrunch LA

The process for retailers and brands to liquidate excess inventory hasn’t changed very much, if at all, and while some retailers were able to build operational infrastructure to service the off-price channels, it continues to be a constant pain point. She went on to write, “Dee and Josh are the exact right team to tackle it.

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Amazon’s Selz Acquisition is Encouraging News for Small Businesses

Tech.Co

To put it simply, Amazon is getting instant access to a market it used to operate in. Selz currently has a user base of more than 125,000. That's not bad but it's miles off market leader Shopify which boasts millions of customers. Find out more – Best Ecommerce Website Builders 2021. What is Amazon Getting from the Deal?

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Can you profit by serving early adapters?

Berkonomics

But I have been on the other side of the early adopter development process several times in the past, and can attest that it is great fun, but rarely profitable to be the first with any new product that requires simultaneously evangelizing or teaching the masses within the industry and marketing the new product offering.

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Bolstering the Partner Ranks at GRP

Both Sides of the Table

I instantly hit it off with Greg because we was a fountain of knowledge. He shared tons of information about how how they were using marketing to quantitatively make marketing decisions at HauteLook and acquire customers for prices that were far cheaper than similar companies. ” I always felt the same.

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How NinjaThat Taps The Power Of Students For Business Tasks, with Atif Siddiqi

socalTECH

We're focused on the skilled labor part of that, knowledge-based tasks. Obviously, students can provide skilled labor at good prices. Plus, what made it interesting, is with the market we're serving, we're trying to focus on metropolitan areas with a high density of schools.

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How OneRoof Energy's Solar Leases Save Money, Not Just The Planet

socalTECH

There''s been a subtle--but very significant shift--in the solar power market in recent years, particularly in California, where it''s actually cheaper in many cases to lease solar panels on your roof, than to pay the power company. But, since it''s priced against the local utility, that investors can get a 9, 10, 11, or 12 percent yield.

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It is satisfying, but rarely profitable, serving early adopters.

Berkonomics

But I have been on the other side of the early adopter development process several times in the past, and can attest that it is great fun, but rarely profitable to be the first with any new product that requires simultaneously evangelizing or teaching the masses within the industry and marketing the new product offering.