Lance McHenry, Author at StartUp Mindset

Amazon to buy Whole Foods Market for $13.7 billion

Technology

4 years ago

For some time now, Amazon has long been trying to expand its online grocery business. The online retailer made a big move in that direction today by announcing it will buy Austin-based Whole Foods Market for $13.7 billion [..] read more

Uber CEO Travis Kalanick Will Take Leave of Absence; Another Top Executive Departs

Technology

Lance McHenry

4 years ago

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Uber execs have been doping like flies ever since February of this year. President and Chief Marketing Officer Jeff Jones, Chief Financial Officer , Guatam Gupta and Senior Vice President of Engineering, Amit Singhalall have [..] read more

Elon Musk Leaves Trump’s Advisory Councils After US Withdraws From Paris Agreement

US & World

Lance McHenry

4 years ago

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Tesla and SpaceX CEO, Elon Musk said Wednesday he would step down from his official advisory roles with the Tump administration if the President followed through with his plan to leave the Paris Climate Accord. Musk [..] read more

IBM Tells Remote Employees to Return to Office Work or Find Another Job

Entrepreneurial Lifestyle

Lance McHenry

5 years ago

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IBM, a technology giant, has been the leader in terms of allowing its employees to work from their homes and it has even bragged about the increased productivity and savings that have followed. Over 40% of its almost 400,000 [..] read more

Pet Supply Company Chewy Sold to PetSmart for $3.35 Billion

Finance

Lance McHenry

5 years ago

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PetSmart has made just made a big move towards dominating the pet supply space by acquiring Miami based Chewy.com. Chewy, an online pet supply company, became operational in 2011 and has been in business for half a [..] read more

Lyft Lands $600 Million in New Funding at a $7.5 Billion Valuation

Grow Your Business

Lance McHenry

5 years ago

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Last Tuesday, Lyft announced on their official blog that they have raised more than $600 million from new funding. It has achieved an impressive post money valuation of $7.5 billion. There have been recent reports which have [..] read more

Robinhood Stock Trading App Now Valued at $1.3 billion

Find Your Way

Lance McHenry

5 years ago

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Robinhood, the no fee stock trading app for Android and iPhone, recently completed a round of fundraising that will enable it to compete with brokerage firms that charge up to $10 per trade. According to TechCrunch.com, [..] read more

Instagram Again Mimics ANOTHER Snapchat Feature By Adding Geostickers to Stories

Find Your Way

Lance McHenry

5 years ago

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Instagram has taken users’ experience a notch higher by implementing updates to its stories feature. It has recently embraced the use of geostickers which is a Snapchat invention. The company has shed more light on the [..] read more