e-commerce

The Next Major Retail IPO

Published March 13, 2014 by AJ Antony
Category: The Web, Investing, StartupsTagged entrepreneur, venture capitalists, entrepreneurial spirit, e-commerce, Online retail, Series C placement, IPO, Wayfair.com, online retail store, Steve Conine, Niraj Shah, websites of dedicated products, fragmented sites, Wayfair, start-up, commodotization of retailing, key success factor, brand recognition, T. Rowe Price, search engine optimization
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Online retail is not exclusively the domain of Amazon.com. There are others out there. One in particular that I like is a company which started up just a few years ago, and just this week received a hefty valuation of $2 billion. That valuation was …

GrubHub and Seamless: A Marriage of Convenience

Published October 23, 2013 by Adam Hausman
Category: The Web, Technology, Service, Culture of Capitalism, StartupsTagged Seamless, GrubHub, innovation, start-ups, smartphones, startup capital, competitors, Seamless Web, e-commerce, convenient interface, tablets, viral-focused marketing campaign, CTA advertisements, smartphone and tablet users, new mobile technology, tech business, access newer markets
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The Marriage of GrubHub and Seamless When Seamless Web launched, back in the fledgling days of e-commerce just before the new millennium rolled in, its original founders had designs on providing an intuitive and simple online catering service. The site fulfilled its initial intentions, providing …