startups

Startup or start up is a company or project initiated by an entrepreneur to seek, effectively develop, and validate a scalable business model. Hence, the concepts of startups and entrepreneurship are similar.

Source: en.wikipedia.org

Moving Startups Think Outside The (Cardboard) Box
Moving Startups Think Outside The (Cardboard) Box
April 12, 2019  |  Retail

Some entrepreneurs are inspired to create businesses stemming from their jobs. Wesley Rankin founded HiveBoxx, which rents out durable plastic boxes, based on his own...

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How Startups Compete With Legacy Firms In Digital Banking
How Startups Compete With Legacy Firms In Digital Banking
April 11, 2019  |  Today In Data

Legacy banks and FinTech firms are looking to create digital-only banking services to capture consumer interest in using smartphones for their banking needs. In information technology news,...

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Facebook Co-Founder’s VC Firm B Capital Raises $406M
Facebook Co-Founder’s VC Firm B Capital Raises $406M
April 08, 2019  |  Investments

Facebook Co-founder Eduardo Saverin has closed out $406 million for B Capital, his venture capital fund, according to a report. This is the first close...

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PayPal’s Blockchain First; Mastercard’s B2B FinTech Unicorn
PayPal’s Blockchain First; Mastercard’s B2B FinTech Unicorn
April 05, 2019  |  B2B Payments

This week’s B2B venture capital funding rounds were particularly focused on the enterprise cybersecurity space, though B2B payments caught the attention of investors, too, with...

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One-Stop Digital Procure-To-Pay For One-Person Shops
One-Stop Digital Procure-To-Pay For One-Person Shops
April 05, 2019  |  Matchmakers

While there any number of specific reasons to start a business, for most of the founders we talk to it always comes down to a...

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Bitcoin Daily: UnionBank Launches Bitcoin ATM; Coinbase Invests In Disappearing Blockchain Startup
Bitcoin Daily: UnionBank Launches Bitcoin ATM; Coinbase Invests In Disappearing Blockchain Startup
April 05, 2019  |  Bitcoin

People who want to use UnionBank of the Philippines‘s (UBP’s) new bitcoin ATM will need to have an account with the bank. According to The...

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Travel Startups Take A Personalized Approach To Airport Pickups
Travel Startups Take A Personalized Approach To Airport Pickups
April 02, 2019  |  Retail

Travel companies often tackle the odyssey from home to destination and back, but Welcome Pickups is taking a different approach. The Greece-based company focuses squarely...

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SoftBank Leads $413M Round For Delhivery’s Logistics Tech
SoftBank Leads $413M Round For Delhivery’s Logistics Tech
March 26, 2019  |  B2B Payments

India-based logistics startup Delhivery has secured $413 million in new funding, reports in The Times of India said on Monday (March 25), with Japan’s SoftBank...

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As Sharing Services Face Backlash, Payments Takes A Bigger Role
As Sharing Services Face Backlash, Payments Takes A Bigger Role
March 25, 2019  |  Ecosystems

Here’s some advice for your next, or first, trip to New Orleans (home of the PYMNTS Bureau of Crawfish): If you happen to be staying...

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