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Jet black also arrived at a time when a few startups had been trying text-based shopping, including Hello Alfred, Magic, GoButler, Operator, Fetch, Scratch and others. (Most have since failed or pivoted.) Walmart’s entry into this market, at the time, was then considered notable.
Sarah Perez • Walmart shuts down its experimental personal shopping service, Jet black
The goal - at least the way I think about entrepreneurship - is you realize one day that you can't really work anyone else. You have to start your own thing. It almost doesn't matter what the thing is. We had six different business plan changes, and then the last one was PayPal.
If that one didn't work out, if we still had the money and
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As long as you have a smartphone, watch or bike computer that records your activities using GPS, you can sync it with Strava, then upload your run, cycle, ski or almost any other activity, and be rewarded with astonishing levels of data analysis.
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M-Pesa — available in Kenya, South Africa, Afghanistan, and four other markets — has added QR scanning to their traditional text-payment method. Venmo, the scrubby-but-popular PayPal property, has done the same stateside.
Mario Gabriele • QR Codes: Cities & Eyes
By providing the platform to find an audience, social media allowed everyone to be a creator. You no longer need permission to share your thoughts with the world.
Mario Gabriele • Multiplayer Media | The Generalist
Low expectations are a self-fulfilling prophecy. If we aim high, we’ll get better results.
Ted Chiang • Exhalation: Stories
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businessinsider.comWhen projects are scoped too large, a few things happen: They take a long time to deliver, which means that work is locked up for long periods of time without creating value.