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| 07.03.2026 | Houston's Economic Surge: Billions Flow into Tech, Space, and Logistics | Houston's economic landscape is experiencing unprecedented growth. Recent massive investments are fueling its tech, space, and logistics sectors. Cart.com, a Houston-based e-commerce giant, secured $180 million, pushing its total funding pa... |
| 05.03.2026 | Cart.com Receives $180M Investment | cart.com, a Houston, TX-based unified commerce and logistics solutions provider, received a $180M growth equity investment led by Springcoast Partners.
The company intends to use the funds to advance its proprietary software, deepen client ... |
| 05.03.2026 | Cart.com: $180 Million Raised For Unified Commerce And Logistics Platform Expansion | Cart.com announced that it has secured a $180 million growth equity investment led by Springcoast Partners, providing the Houston-based unified commerce and logistics platform with additional capital to expand its technology, fulfillment ne... |
| 07.08.2025 | The Future of Branding: Why Purpose-Driven Narratives Matter More Than Ever | Share
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In an age where consumers are bombarded with thousands of messages daily, branding is no longer just about flashy logos or catchy slogans. Today’s audiences—especially Millennials and Gen Z—demand more. They wa... |
| 23.06.2025 | At Age 23, He Started a Side Hustle While on Welfare. It Led to a 7-Figure Business and a Stay on Richard Branson's Private Island. Josh Turner launched a side project after he was fired — and it led ... | This Side Hustle Spotlight Q&A features New York City-based entrepreneur Josh Turner, 34. Turner is the founder of Stand4Socks, a sock company that, for every pair sold, donates another to someone in need. The B Corporation has distribu... |
| 11.03.2025 | How to Make Your Business Look Bigger Than It Is — Without Faking It Perception shapes reality in business. A polished, credible brand attracts customers, investors and media attention — even if your ... | It's a common challenge for small businesses: You have the expertise, the ambition and the ability to deliver results, but potential clients hesitate because they perceive you as too small. In many industries, size is equated with reliabili... |
| 04.10.2024 | The New Wave of Customer Experience: Crescendo's Bold Move | In the bustling world of customer experience (CX), change is the only constant. Crescendo, a fledgling company, has made waves with its recent acquisition of PartnerHero. This bold move is not just a business transaction; it’s a statement. ... |
| 04.10.2024 | Crescendo Acquires Customer Operations Innovator PartnerHero | Crescendo, creators of the first augmented-AI customer experience (CX) platform, announced the acquisition of PartnerHero, a leader in CX innovation with customers such as Airtable, Khan Academy, sweetgreen, Tom’s Shoes, Udemy and more. Pri... |
| 27.09.2024 | Navigating the circular fashion revolution: Trends, Innovative Technologies and Market Dynamics | - |
| 04.09.2024 | Sneakers: Kicking up a storm | - |
| 23.04.2024 | ROMA Foundation Continues "Giving Poverty the Boot," Working to Raise $2.4 Million in 2024 to Change the Lives of Thousands of Children Globally | ROMA Foundation has been at the forefront of humanitarian efforts, donating over $10 million worth of Roma Boots to 34 countries across six continents over the past 14 years.
The philanthropic organization has donated ROMA Boots totaling ov... |
| 18.04.2024 | The Power and Panache of Women’s Footwear: A Contemporary Exploration | Share
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In the fast-paced world of fashion, women’s shoes have emerged as more than just functional necessities; they’re expressions of personality, confidence, and style. As we navigate the ever-shifting... |
| 22.12.2023 | A marketplace for good | article-article-body
There are a few organisations that I often use as reference points to demonstrate how to build a brand that is strong and resilient. One of them is Toms, and they have some new things going on that are worth sharing.
Fo... |
| 18.11.2021 | The Toughest Men’s Footwear Leads With Technology And Flexibility In 2021 | The Good news is that in-store shopping is returning-and on a grand scale. After a long- period of making digital purchases, I am happy to report that shopping is back with a vengeance! More than half (54%) of people overall — and 70% of Ge... |
| 05.10.2021 | Social Entrepreneurship: What It Is and Why Everyone's Talking About It | Entrepreneurs used to be those who had an idea, started a company, and made money. They wrote a business plan , circulated the document to a bank for capital, and worked tirelessly to scale their company and drive profits for themselves and... |
| 26.07.2021 | The 10 Best Vegan Sandals For Every Summer Occasion | 5 Mins Read
“This outfit would be so cute if only I had a pair of sandals to go with it.” We know the feeling. Especially if you’re in search of cruelty-free slip-ons, with most of the sandals out there made using leather or other animal-ba... |
| 02.03.2021 | Building Your Business Back Better | Emerging from among the many pandemic-related disruptions to our lives is a persistent, if cautious, optimism. Accompanying that optimism is uncertainty about the pandemic's lasting impacts on businesses and their customers. Already, the pu... |
| 17.12.2020 | Геймификация как основа долгосрочных отношений с клиентами. Часть 1. Миссия | Чувство собственной значимости, чувство какой-то очень важной миссии, которая возложена на вас, — один из основных мотивационных факторов в геймификации и сегодня я расскажу о нем подробно, а также приведу 5 примеров использования этой техн... |
| 08.11.2020 | New Developments In Footwear For Men | Nothing matches the personal experience of stepping into a fresh pair of shoes. To give an accurate description, this season’s fall/winter lineup has a gentle ping of modified attributes to get you started on the pavement, paths and even ro... |
| 24.07.2020 | Women’s Beauty And Fashion For A Summer Vacation 2020 | Recent developments happening in the world has lead most Americans to vacation at home during these uncertain times. As history would have it, at the turn into the 20th century city-dwellers would vacate their city homes for beach and lake ... |
| 26.11.2017 | Predicting success in startup consumer brands | Matt Heiman Contributor
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| 17.05.2017 | How VR can go from fad to phenomenon for brands | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
Both entertainment and technology play pivotal roles in allowing brands to connect with people. From the first TV ad for a luxury watch... |
| 16.11.2016 | Toms releases new Apple Watch bands with official steel lugs and buckles | Shoe manufacturer Toms is releasing a colorful lineup of Apple Watch bands made out of grosgrain fabric and leather. For every band purchased, the company will work with SolarAid to provide one year of solar light to an individual in need. ... |
| 30.09.2016 | How Uber and the sharing economy are winning the battle for hearts and wallets | By Sarah Kaine, Danielle Logue and Emmanuel Josserand
Street protests against popular “sharing” economy firms Uber and Airbnb have become commonplace around the world.
Both these sector giants are succeeding in circumventing market regulati... |
| 28.09.2016 | The ‘Uberisation’ of work is driving people to co-operatives | Source: AP Photo/Jeff Chiu
By Sarah Kaine, University of Technology Sydney; Danielle Logue, University of Technology Sydney, and Emmanuel Josserand, University of Technology Sydney
Street protests against popular “sharing” economy firms Ube... |
| 01.09.2016 | The Latest Fashion Oxymoron: Formal Sneakers | Credit: Lanvin Twitter account (@LANVINofficial) |
| 21.08.2016 | Why Marvel and other entertainment companies are focusing on loyalty | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
Marvel has unveiled a new superhero — one with su... |
| 21.08.2016 | Why Marvel and other entertainment companies are focusing on loyalty | Marvel has unveiled a new superhero — one with superpowers that are anything but traditional. At San Diego Comic-Con, the movie, video game, and comic book franchise launched into the realm of multichannel loyalty marketing with the introdu... |
| 19.07.2016 | The Psychology of Marketing to Millennials | This piece originally appeared on Millennial.
There is a shift occurring in marketing trends, and it could mean life or death for businesses if they don’t catch on soon. That shift is the millennial market.
Paid Content Securing the enterpr... |
| 13.02.2016 | Chris Milk’s startup Vrse is slowly building a collection of the top VR video around | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
A few months ago, I found myself in a yard next t... |
| 13.02.2016 | Chris Milk’s startup Vrse is slowly building a collection of the top VR video around | A few months ago, I found myself in a yard next to a school in Peru. Some Americans had come to give away shoes to students. I saw the students playing soccer, jumping rope, and dancing in their newly acquired shoes. It nearly brought me to... |
| 04.02.2016 | Fundings-in-Brief: Memphis Meats to Raise $2m Seed Round, FarmDrop Raises $4.3m, more | Cultured Meat Company Memphis Meats to Raise $2m Seed Round
Memphis Meats, which is growing cultured meat in a laboratory using cells from cows, pigs, and chickens, is closing in on a $2 million seed round to add to its initial funding from... |
| 13.01.2016 | Can Silicon Valley Save The American Dream? | I met Willie Carter back in December 2012. At the time, I was a speechwriter for President Obama and, as I prepared remarks for an upcoming trip to a manufacturing plant in Redford, Mich., I needed an ending.
The President often finishes hi... |
| 06.01.2016 | What Is Social Entrepreneurship? | We millennials are a bold generation. From our insistence that work have meaning to the disruptive innovations we embrace (e.g. Lyft), we are dramatically shifting the future of this planet. Our enduring legacy will be the expectation that ... |
| 20.08.2015 | From Fit4D to Zephyr Health, a roundup of 4 digital health fundraises | In an emailed statement CEO William King said it would use the funding to invest in research and development and commercialization. It has also strengthened its analytics tools, data systems and design.
In an interview with 33 Voices, CEO W... |
| 29.06.2015 | LSTN Is The Warby Parker Of Headphones | While companies like Warby Parker and Toms Shoes have made corporate responsibility more popular over the past few years, the technology industry hasn’t adapted as quickly.
Meet LSTN, a headphone company where proceeds from each sale help s... |
| 20.04.2015 | HomeLabs looks to brain games to raise awareness for Parkinson’s Disease | One studio hopes to use brain games to raise awareness for a brain disease.
New game developer HomeLabs aims to use brain-training games for mobile devices and related social efforts to raise awareness for Parkinson’s Disease, a progressive... |
| 16.03.2015 | Meet ‘The Bachelor’ contestant with her own organic cosmetics company | Any fan of The Bachelor knows that having a profession is not a prerequisite for appearing on the show. After all, this is a program that’s described past contestants as “Dog Lover” and “Sport Fishing Enthusiast.” Viewers have good reason t... |
| 05.03.2015 | Annie Merrylees – founder of My Big Buddy | My Big Buddy, London’s leading male nanny agency, was established in June 2006. The Founder, Annie Merrylees, felt that some children would benefit from the encouragement, care and enthusiasm of an energetic male role model. After huge succ... |
| 27.02.2015 | TOMS’ Blake Mycoskie Brews Up in NYC | Global domination imminent for Blake Mycoskie? (Photo: Michael Lewis)
“We want it to feel more like a gift to the neighborhood than a retail opportunity,” said Blake Mycoskie of his new coffee shop on Elizabeth Street. The 38-year-old Texan... |
| 24.02.2015 | Toms mobile app isn’t gee-whiz, but people are engaged with it anyway | Brands are catching up when it comes to building a great presence on mobile, and sometimes consumers are willing to cut a company some slack because they love the brand so much.
Zita Cassizzi, chief digital officer at Toms.com, the online s... |
| 24.02.2015 | Toms mobile app isn’t gee-whiz, but people are engaged with it anyway | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
Brands are catching up when it comes to building a great presence on mobile, and sometimes consumers are willing to cut a company some ... |
| 31.01.2015 | How to build a world-saving startup | Here’s a depressing fact — most startups fail. That’s not just for web startups, but all startup businesses of any kind.
If you’re a do-gooder, it’s even harder.
Social good startups have the odds stacked against them. Most companies focus ... |
| 31.01.2015 | How to build a world-saving startup | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
Here’s a depressing fact — most startups fail. Th... |
| 25.08.2014 | Toms Receives Investment from Bain Capital | Toms, a Los Angeles, CA-based company that matches every item purchased with a pair of new shoes given to a child in need, received an investment from Bain Capital.
The amount of the deal was not disclosed. Following the closing of it, Foun... |
| 12.12.2013 | Gordon Renouf founder of Otter | Gordon Renouf is the co-founder of consumer information services Otter and Checking it Twice, both provided under the umbrella of social enterprise start-up Ethical Consumers Australia. ECA works for a fairer and more sustainable world by d... |
| 20.11.2013 | Bec McHenry founder of PopUnion, The Projection Room and more! | Starting her own business at the age of 22, Bec McHenry is used to being in charge. Driven and ambitious, she started The Projection Room because she wanted to help people achieve their projections for a better world. As Australia’s second ... |
| 20.11.2013 | TOMS Founder Blake Mycoskie On Turning The One-For-One Charity Model Into A Platform | Given the near ubiquity of its simply designed shoes, it’s almost hard to believe that TOMS, the company that’s known for donating one pair of shoes or eyewear to an impoverished child for every pair that it sells, was founded just seven ye... |
| 08.11.2013 | Startup News: Apply For An Apartment With Lovely And Toms Launches Feel-Good Store | “Manhattan views.” [Photo: Lovely]Find your apartment finder Scrolling through disgusting and/or terrifying Craigslist apartment ads has become an unfortunate initiation ritual for NYC newcomers. But just in case you’re maybe, sort of, kind... |
| 05.11.2013 | TOMS launches online retail marketplace to give back more than shoes | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
Nobody should have to go barefoot.
TOMS shoes was... |
| 05.11.2013 | TOMS launches online retail marketplace to give back more than shoes | Nobody should have to go barefoot.
TOMS shoes was founded on that simple idea, and today the popular shoe brand launched an online retail marketplace to give its mission greater scope.
“When we started seven years ago, we basically created ... |
| 15.10.2013 | How the wisdom of crowds can give brands a social purpose | This sponsored post is produced in conjunction with Ford.
The internet is harnessing crowds like never before. Nowhere is this more evident than in the recent crowdfunding movement. Sites like Lending Club, Indiegogo and Kickstarter show ju... |
| 22.04.2013 | Olympic Skater Sasha Cohen on Snoxx, Her New Startup [INTERVIEW] | After winning a silver medal in the 2006 Olympics, figure skater Sasha Cohen is chasing after a new badge of honor: successful startup entrepreneur.
She and cofounder Scott Annan are raising $25,000 on Kickstarter for Snoxx, socks that snap... |
| 07.02.2013 | Social Crowdfunding Platform Rally.org Expands To Europe With New Berlin Incubator And Donations In Euros, With Pounds Coming Soon | Rally.org, the U.S.-based crowdfunding platform designed for socially-minded causes, is taking its mission to Europe. Today, the startup is opening an incubator in Berlin, its first outside of the U.S., and on a limited beta will start to p... |
| 01.10.2012 | 1FaceWatch: A Watch Color-Coded to Your Favorite Charity | Today, 1FaceWatch starts raising funds on Indiegogo to bring its charity-supporting watch to the world.
This waterproof watch, made by Mirza Minds, comes in six colors. Each is associated with a different charity:
White: One Day's Wages – 1... |
| 25.05.2010 | How Your PR Can Seize the Day | May 25, 2010 4 min read
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Baseball legend "Shoeless" Joe Jackson said "if you build it, he will come"--a quote made famous by the Kevin Costner movie Field of ... |
| - | The Japanese secret to undertake with meaning | This article was translated from our Spanish edition using AI technologies. Errors may exist due to this process.
Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own.
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| - | I talked to 70 parents of highly successful adults—here are 5 phrases they always said to their kids | The things that parents say to their kids can either encourage and give them confidence, or lower their self-esteem and hold them back in life.
So how do we avoid doing the latter? As I researched and wrote my book, "Raising an Entrepr... |
| - | From Fit4D to Zephyr Health, a roundup of 4 digital health fundraises | It has been a frenetic week of digital health fundraising news. From customized programs for diabetes patients delivered by a personal coach to estimating blood loss during surgery, here’s a roundup of how much companies raised and what kin... |
