A VC in Vacationland
Seeking the next gen supply chain technology breakthroughs
recent posts
- The Role of Generative AI in Supply Chain Investment Strategies
- AI’s Impact on Supply Chain Investment Strategies
- The ‘New Normal’ is now the ‘No Normal’ in Supply Chains
- SRR—Sustainability, Resilience, Risk Management: The Latest Supply Chain Buzzwords & Investment Opportunities
- 3PLs–Investing in the Next Generation of Outsourced Supply Chain Solutions
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Category: Marketing & Sales Innovators
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According to TechCrunch, On the heels of Milo’s $75 million acquisition by eBay; a similar product inventory site, called Wishpond, is throwing its hat into the ring. Like Milo, Wishpond lists the real-time inventory of brick and mortar retail stores and is building its product listings platform around large chains like Target or BestBuy as well…
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Image via CrunchBase According to Xconomy, Hatsize, a service that helps companies demo and test new technology, announced today that it has raised $5 million in its first round of funding to execute its plans for aggressive global expansion. The company’s cloud-based service hosts demos for new technologies. So instead of a company having…
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Image via Wikipedia Erply, an Estonian developer of point-of-sale, inventory and relationship management software, has raised $2 million in VC funding. Backers include Index Ventures, Redpoint Ventures, Marten Mickos, Dave McClure, Kenny van Zantand and The Accelerator Group. The cloud-based software allows a retail store to quickly access point of sale, inventory and vendor relationship…
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Image via CrunchBase According to MassHiTech, ThredUP Inc., the online clothing swap service, reports it has received $1.4 million in a seed funding from a handful of early-stage venture capital firms, bringing the Cambridge startup’s total funding to date up to $1.7 million. Perhaps an online setting will allow parents to avoid the stigma of visiting…
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Image via Wikipedia I wrote recently about Linda Bean's Perfect Maine lobster co-operative, designed to help Maine lobster men (and women) develop a better marketing, sales and business model for their business. There are similar co-ops springing up, like Port Clyde Fresh Catch, which is focusing on a broader range of catch, including fish, shrimp, scallops and crab, in…
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Image via Wikipedia Is Starbucks the last coffee shop in the world to offer free wi-fi? Probably not, but they are certainly very late to the game. Thus, it is hard to call them a marketing & sales innovator, in spite of their careful store designs, mood music choices and counter up sells. A number…
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Image via Wikipedia Many of you have seen the movie or read the book, The Perfect Storm (featuring, BTW, a Maine lobster woman, Linda Greenlaw). An economic "perfect storm" is what has been happening to the lobstering industry in Maine over the last decade. Loss of working waterfront (only 20 miles exist among the thousands of miles of Maine seacoast),…
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Image by renaissancechambaravia Flickr At Accenture, we did significant research on a company to ensure we understood how our proposed solutions could help improve their competitiveness in their industry. Teams of researchers were put to work for weeks to uncover all relevant facts from diverse data bases and analyst sources. As a result, our presentation…
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Image via Wikipedia One of the big problems companies have, especially start ups, is distinguishing themselves in the marketplace. For example, how can you best communicate the impact your technology can have in creating higher ROI and revenues for buyers? If you do not succeed here, you can have the best technology in the world and…
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Image via Wikipedia Billy Mays, here…. Well, not any longer, although his estate seems to think they can live off his residuals, since many of his ads still run. It's sad to think we won't have Billy around to flog the inventor's latest "product you cannot live without". But are you thinking Billy Mays may…
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