A VC in Vacationland
Seeking the next gen supply chain technology breakthroughs
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- PE Buyout Outlook for 2026–Same Old, Same Old?
- 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
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Category: Supply Chain Innovators
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Image by wasme via Flickr Training new employees in company-specific processes and operations is a major task for any company, large or small. All sorts of on-line, mentoring and classroom options are available, but often require significant amounts of senior staff time and energy to monitor the results and ensure that the new employee is…
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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 The Business Insider, ecommerce juggernaut eBay is acquiring up-and-coming local shopping startup Milo.com for a reported $75 million. We’re independently confirming the acquisition and trying to get details of the transaction, but the deal would certainly make a lot of sense. The company’s mission is to track every product on…
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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 Wikipedia The American Logistics Aid Network–ALANaid–was set up by a coalition of trucking, warehousing and third- party logistics companies to provide logistics support after national and international crises. The neat aspect of their operation is that they post specific needs of the front-line teams dealing with the crisis on the web site, allowing companies to provide targeted donations/services…
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Image via Wikipedia Did you ever wonder who put the lead in your child's Thomas the Tank Engine? Or the melamine in your pet food? Or the antifreeze in your toothpaste? Sourcemap, an MIT open source project uses wiki-oriented volunteers to seek out the ultimate producers of crummy products and find out where the "stuff…
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From Xconomy Seattle, "CEO Dale Keep of RoadWyze (Walla Walla, WA) regaled the audience with stories from his 36 years of working with government agencies dealing with snow, ice, and other weather conditions on roads and highways. His company, founded in 2004, places wireless sensors in roads to communicate things like air temperature, surface temperature, humidity, and pavement…
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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 TrafficZag has launched a new iPhone app, CommuteX, which anonymously tracks and evaluates a user's individual commute, and identifies the best departure times and routes. The initial market is the District of Columbia region, which has one of the worst commutes in all of the United States. The app could also be a…
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Image via Wikipedia Streetline Networks is trying to solve the big question for drivers in cities–where is that nearby parking space? They make traffic control technology that makes it tougher to park cheaper or get away with not feeding the meter. Streamline's applications lets parking authorities identify crowded streets and raise parking-meter charges at a…
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