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Reid Hoffman Put Up $1 Million To Fund Entrepreneurs In Developing Nations
This post originally appeared at Inc.Want to lend money to a struggling entrepreneur in a developing nation without using any of your money? I did, and for a little while longer, you can too.Here's...
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The Lessons I Learned From Investing In Kiva Systems (AMZN)
Yesterday, Amazon’s purchase of Kiva Systems for $775 million officially closed. Mick Mountz, Kiva’s CEO and Founder, and his team did an amazing job of creating, building, and commercializing a...
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Use This Kickstarter-Like Platform To Send Money To People In Need Around The...
Kiva makes it as easy as it can be to fight poverty and increase the quality of life for people around the world.By setting up a foolproof system for people to participate in microfinance loans over...
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HP Is Giving Every Employee $25 To Lend To Poor People Around The World
HP is trying a different take on philanthropy.It's giving every employee $25 to lend on Kiva, a "lending community" that aims to bring together small-business owners from around the world and lenders...
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Amazon Will Have 10,000 Robots Filling Customer Orders By The End Of The Year...
Amazon currently uses some 1,000 robots by Kiva Systems, a company it bought for $775 million in 2012, to fill its customers' orders. Now CNN reports that Amazon will have 10,000 robots doing the same...
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This Settles The 'Robots Will Take Our Jobs' Argument Once And For All
It's a common dystopian sci-fi trope: the robots get better at various tasks, the humans become useless, and suddenly the world's population is unemployed (or dead) as the robots take our jobs and...
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Amazon Has Installed 15,000 Warehouse Robots To Deal With Increased Holiday...
TRACY, Calif (Reuters) - Amazon.com Inc has installed more than 15,000 robots across 10 U.S. warehouses, a move that promises to cut operating costs by one-fifth and get packages out the door more...
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Amazon’s robotics group asked the FCC to test special wireless equipment (AMZN)
Amazon is ramping up its robotics efforts and testing new technology that could make it safer to operate the fleet of robots toiling in its warehouses, according to recent FCC filings. The FCC gave...
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These are the genius robots putting together your Amazon orders so quickly
Ever wonder how Amazon gets your package to you so quickly? Robots play a big role in that.In 2012, Amazon acquired Kiva Systems— a manufacturer of robotic systems — for $775 million and transformed...
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Amazon's $775 million deal for robotics company Kiva is starting to look...
It wasn't until 2014 that Amazon really started to use the machines made by Kiva, the robotics company it bought for $775 million in 2012. Kiva makes robots that automate the picking and packing...
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4 business owners explain how they're using crowdfunding sites like GoFundMe...
Many businesses are turning to their customers to get the funding they need while their doors are closed during the pandemic. Through crowdfunding, entrepreneurs can ask their networks for donations,...
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