Santa Fe has been chosen by a new Silicon Valley startup as the place to shape what it hopes will be a buyer-centered search engine that connects consumers with local merchants. The idea of Yellcast might sound familiar, but the fact that its goal is to focus on local merchants and products in a specific […]
Month: July 2016
Favor, a smartphone app-based delivery service, expanded service to The Woodlands on Tuesday as it moves to grow its reach across the state. The delivery service connects users with “runners” who deliver anything from meals to groceries to personal items from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. daily. The cost per delivery is $5. Source: On-demand […]
Dropoff, an on-demand, same day delivery startup, said today that it has launched its services in Los Angeles, as the first expansion of the startup into California. The startup, based in Austin, Texas, says it is targeting its on-demand delivery service at businesses, particularly those in the film and television, health care, professional services, food […]
Bangalore-based self-drive car rental venture Zoomcar has reportedly raised $25 Mn in Series C funding led by Ford Motor Company. Its existing investor Sequoia Capital along with new investor, Reliance Ventures also participated in the round. With this, the self-driving car rental company has a total equity of $46.2 Mn. Source: Zoomcar Raises $25 Mn […]
Strong internet connections can play a huge role these days in the economic viability of an area. As growing numbers of devices and systems are being connected to the internet, cities across the country are looking to keep up with what’s called the Internet of Things, or IOT. Milwaukee is no different. The city is […]
YP’s location data comes from several sources, including the information it collects from its own app as well as the in-app inventory it buys from the advertisers with which it partners. The company is also selective in the location data it actually uses for its client reports: YP discards almost 70 percent of the data […]
Five months after Foursquare debuted Attribution Powered by Foursquare, the company is adding a dashboard to the system to give brands real-time insights to campaigns. Source: Foursquare Is Debuting a Dashboard for Its Intriguing Foot Traffic Measurement System | Adweek
This challenge is being addressed in an on-demand economy that is booming. Nearly 50 million Americans now self-identify as independent professionals in some form or another. A recent report from the nonprofit Freelancers Union reported that 34 percent of the U.S. workforce is freelancing. Work Market’s own “2016 Corporate On-Demand Talent Report” found that 27 […]
Interesting read. Worth reading if you want to engage on-demand workers. While conducting ethnographic research in early 2013 for a digital DIY client, my team came across some interesting findings while interviewing Millennials in their homes. We discovered a number of people in their late 20s and early 30s who were working multiple jobs, or […]
Transfix, a marketplace for hauling and shipping truckloads, announced today that it has secured a $22 million Series B round led by new investor New Enterprise Associates (NEA) with participation from existing investors, including Canvas Ventures, Lerer Hippeau Ventures, and Corigin Ventures. The company previously raised a $12 million Series A and $2.5 million seed, […]