My Offers taps what AmEx calls the "spend graph" to give cardmembers access to deals and discounts at nearby merchants. And it knows your mom couldn't care less about getting 50% off tickets to a three-day electro-fest. READ MORE›
That's the plan, says CEO Andrew Mason. A new national loyalty program is one way it's trying. Here's how the deals company plans to go beyond discounts and to "help merchants grow."READ MORE›
Do you know what augmented reality apps are really good at? Directing you to new things they don't directly point at. It's a whole new world of discovery.READ MORE›
This is a big deal, as the firm's philosophy is to focus on only the 10 or 15 companies it thinks are going to matter in the long run. (See: Facebook, Airbnb, and Groupon, among others.)READ MORE›
Jake Stangel
The Face of Facebook
Before reading April's cover story on Mark Zuckerberg ("How Ya Like Me Now?"), I first noted the front cover, which states, "What You Don't Know About Facebook." Then I turned to the ...READ MORE›
Demonstrating acute sensitivity to its users' habits, the young data-sourced travel site Gtrot is headed in a new direction. Here's a peek inside a company changing at the speed of the web.READ MORE›
They've got backing from PPR, the French conglomerate that owns Gucci and Bottega Veneta, a board that includes Twitter's Jack Dorsey and original Facebooker Chris Hughes, and the endorsement of Kanye. How Fancy is that? READ MORE›
Last year saw the explosion of deals companies trying to duplicate the success of first-mover Groupon. Now we're starting to see some froth in the "peer-to-peer accommodation" market.
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Venture capitalists, corporations, private-equity firms, and more poured billions into private companies this year--a huge boon for titans like Facebook and Groupon. Here, the best of the rest starting 2012 with supersize bankrolls.READ MORE›
Instead of destroying small businesses with unsustainable deals, The Mutual donates its membership fees and then gives you perks at area businesses for being such a generous person.READ MORE›
The "Groupon for Moms" just scooped up $20 million in funding. It's not your father’s deal company. Instead, this startup is figuring out how to use technology to drive business for local merchants. READ MORE›
The startup Womply recently brought us Groupon-like "effortless offers." Today it launches Loyalty Cloud, hoping to slice through the messy customer-loyalty market with the "simplest loyalty program ever for local merchants."READ MORE›
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