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Month: June 2017
Square’s Future Rests With Its Small Business Loan Program
Tod Wilson is largely what you’d expect from a small business owner. As the proprietor of Mr. Tod’s Pie Factory in New Jersey, he wants to grow his business and eventually take it nationwide. When I interviewed him in 2015, he had plans to open additional locations both in New Jersey and New York and […]
Twilio’s Freshman Year
Last Friday may have seemed like a normal day for most people, but for Twilio, it was a milestone. A year ago, the cloud telephony platform provider went public on the New York Stock Exchange. Shares in the company jumped 90 percent to close the first day at $28.53, but 12 months later, its stock […]
Eventbrite Moves Forward With Music Push Through Ticketfly Acquisition
For many, Eventbrite’s progress over the past decade has been about selling you tickets, just like you’d expect from Ticketmaster — in fact, I was tempted to title this this post “The Modern Ticketmaster.” But this company is more than just about tickets, but about the overarching experience you’d get from events, from discovery to […]
Pinboard Acquires Online Bookmark Service Del.icio.us, Ends Updates On June 15
Pinboard has acquired the old-school online bookmarking service Del.icio.us in a move that’s likely to bring in the more than 1 billion bookmarks into Pinboard catalog of ideas. While Del.icio.us will remain online, on June 15, it will be put into “read-only” mode, meaning that no new bookmarks will be saved and the API will be shut […]