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Ironing Out The Friction In Getting Fit
 

At the 25-day mark, most people’s best intentions about finally getting fit in the New Year have evaporated. Expensive new equipment languishes in a corner, and gym memberships are being used for access to the juice bar — if they’re being used at all. Mobile app Handstand wants to help by ironing friction out of the process, making it easier for consumers to sign up for help via a platform looking to be the Uber of fitness trainers.

 
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Cities Partner With Apps To Create Their Own Ridesharing Services
 

Cities across the country have public transportation systems like subways and buses, but sometimes those systems just aren’t effective — or well-used. To fill in the usage gaps, local governments and private companies are using platforms like Via to design their own Uber and Lyft-like apps. Here’s how the offerings work and which cities have recently integrated them into their communities.  Read More...

 
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E Pluribus Unum: One Payment Stack To Rule Them All?
 

Hyper-fragmentation is the biggest issue in the payments space today, at least if you ask Bolt CEO and co-founder Ryan Breslow. Any eCommerce transaction depends on six to 12 tools to power checkout, shipping calculation, fraud detection and more. The presence of so many tools leads to suboptimal performance and can lose merchants good business, Breslow says. His solution? To build all those tools under a single roof and leverage the data to fight off fraudsters. Here’s why Breslow thinks it can give merchants an edge against Amazon.  Read More...

 
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The Coffee Shop Office: A Money Drain Or Money Magnet?
 

For freelancers, startups and independent contractors, it’s a good business move to skip paying rent on an office and set up shop in a local café instead. Not only does it save them money, it also provides a bustling, creative environment to boost productivity and an endless supply of caffeine. But are coffee shops getting screwed in the process? What does it mean for a business when one customer stays at the same table for six hours? These coffee shop owners reveal the pros and cons of embracing or discouraging the coffee shop office trend.  Read More...

 
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