New tech allowing once-fringe natural food co-ops to reach new audience Source: New Survey Suggests Bad News for Supermarkets
Month: November 2016
In recent months, we’ve seen several well-funded startups with strong teams either going through layoffs or shutting down entirely. The natural question to.. Source: Not every service needs to be an on-demand service | TechCrunch
45,000. That’s the newest estimate of the ever-growing number of Uber and Lyft drivers who operate in San Francisco, based on data from the San Francisco Treasurer’s Office provided to the San Francisco Examiner. The 45,000 driver count is up from a possible 37,000 driver count from the Treas Source: 45,000 Uber and Lyft drivers […]
Pedals London, an on-demand bicycle delivery service, has recently launched an equity crowdfunding campaign on Crowdcube to raise £90,000. Source: On-Demand Bicycle Delivery Service Pedals London Seeks Funds on Crowdcube – Crowdfund Insider
To begin with, the scale of the trend is enormous. In this regard, the spread of new, gig-based business models for linking workers to work isn’t just a limited-scale, vanguard development. Instead, the changes affecting a few hundred thousand workers in the rides and rooms industries are a tiny part of a pervasive, economywide move […]
Ericsson finds the weekly share of time spent watching TV and video on mobile devices since has grown by 85% in the last six years. U.S. consumers rate video on demand services higher than broadcast TV, despite spending substantially more time (45%) choosing what to watch when using them. Source: Mobile Video Viewing Up 200+ […]
NEW YORK (Legal Newsline) – The New York Court of Appeals ruled Oct. 25 that some of a yoga studio’s instructors are independent contractors, and not employees entitled to certain benefits. Source: Yoga instructors determined to be independent contractors by New York’s highest court | Legal News Line
Crowd sourced delivery and courier service, Go People, has raised in excess of $2 million in two rounds of funding over the last three months, with its latest round raising a further $825,000. The company looks to capitalise on the demand for on-demand couriers and become the go-to people for simpler deliveries. Go People (formerly […]