When most people get broken tiles in the mail they complain, but when Kabbage co-founder Marc Gorlin did, he found his next idea: Roadie. Roadie is best described as the Uber of unusual shipping needs, as Roadie can take almost anything almost anywhere in the United States. Drivers finance their road trips (or daily commutes in some cases), shippers save money and Roadie thinks it might just be onto the next big thing.
Six months after launch, Walmart Pay is now in all stores and has some new stats to report on how consumers use it. And guess what? Payments is only a tiny part of its value to the 20 million+ who’ve got the app and can use it to shop.Read More...
At the rate retailers are going bankrupt, one might expect that they'dfigure out a way to streamline the process and go from filing to liquidation as fast as possible to limit the pain. Well, it looks like that Kafka-esque reality is coming true - along with all the other mundane obstacles retailers faced last week in the Chapter 11 Watch.Read More...
Startups
Do Startups Need To 'Follow The Rules' To Succeed?
The argument as to what makes a successful startup seems to be just as decisive as whether the chicken or the egg came first. Read More...
