Meet Reserve, the OpenTable-killer

Proving Minimal Viable Traction (MVT)

InsureTech Guest Speaker Bryan Stolle

Coupa files to IPO

Zebit helps teachers afford classroom supplies

HealthTap Announces Global Expansion

Matt Fleckenstein, CPO, Amplero, on ML & Marketing

Monthly Archives: September 2016

Meet Reserve, the OpenTable-killer that’s taking Philly restaurants by storm

Written on September 19, 2016 at 3:44 pm, by

Vedge isn’t just considered one of the best restaurants in Philadelphia. The all-vegetable dining room makes lists when some of the most-respected publications in the field draw up surveys of the best restaurants in the entire country — just ask Travel & Leisure, Food & Wine, Wine Enthusiast, Eater or Bon Appetit. Vedge is an  Continue Reading »

Raising The Next Round (Part II)– Proving Minimal Viable Traction (MVT)

Written on September 19, 2016 at 3:26 pm, by

“I know it when I see it,” said Supreme Court Justice Potter Stewart, talking about pornography.  Unfortunately, many entrepreneurs get much the same answer from VCs, when asking the question, “what do I need to accomplish or prove, in order for you to fund me?”  Despite many VCs’ inability to articulate what a “fundable” business  Continue Reading »

InsureTech Guest Speaker Bryan Stolle

Written on September 16, 2016 at 11:35 pm, by

Rapid technological innovation along with an in escapable shift in consumer behavior is creating nothing short of a revolution. Those who don’t change won’t just lose business; they may stand to be out of business. InsureTech Connect is dedicated to helping companies make sense of the tectonic shifts taking place so you can plan for the future  Continue Reading »

What You Should Know About the IPO From This Oracle and SAP Rival

Written on September 9, 2016 at 7:04 pm, by

It possibly saved businesses roughly $8 billion in corporate expenses. And then there were three. Coupa Software, a specialist in software for managing corporate spending on everything from travel to office supplies, has officially filed plans to raise $75 million in an initial public offering. Hints that the company was preparing its prospectus emerged in  Continue Reading »

Cloud spend management company Coupa files to raise $75 million in IPO

Written on September 9, 2016 at 6:58 pm, by

Coupa, a company that offers cloud services for managing invoices, expenses, inventory, and procurement, today filed preliminary paperwork to go public, revealing plans to raise $75 million. The company intends to trade on the Nasdaq Global Market under the symbol COUP. Let’s say you were fifteen years old when meatloaf’s paradise by the dashboard light  Continue Reading »

Zebit Helps Educators Across America Equip Their Classrooms For The Back To School Season

Written on September 9, 2016 at 3:39 pm, by

Zebit’s interest-free credit gives teachers a better way to afford necessary classroom supplies SAN DIEGO, Sept. 9, 2016 /PRNewswire/ — , a company committed to offering no-cost, transparent credit to hardworking Americans, has seen tremendous adoption by educators since launching its financial wellness benefit and e-commerce marketplace with interest-free credit to educators in 130,000 K-12  Continue Reading »

HealthTap Announces Global Expansion and Invites the World to Help Make Instant Doctor Knowledge Accessible to Billions Worldwide

Written on September 7, 2016 at 9:56 pm, by

HealthTap, the world’s first Global Health Practice providing 24/7 immediate access to top doctors via video, text, or voice, announced today a first of its kind global translation program that enables volunteers around the world to help democratize health information, save lives and serve billions everywhere by localizing the world’s largest body of doctor insights  Continue Reading »

Many of today’s martech companies that espouse machine learning capabilities simply offer a workbench for data scientists

Written on September 2, 2016 at 8:01 pm, by

Editor in Chief Ankush Gupta chats up Matt Fleckenstein, Chief Product Officer at Amplero, the predictive marketing platform that reduces churn for CX-focused B2C companies to see how they are different For consumer companies, large-scale leveraging of customer and behavioral data to drive personalized customer experiences is turning into a virtual arms race. Marketing technology  Continue Reading »