Amazon's order history. HR tech startups. RIP these cos.
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It’s almost summer. That means it’s about to be prime Kool-Aid drinking weather.
Apparently there’s an entire black market of vintage Kool-Aid packet collectors, where a sealed packet of Pink Swimmingo can go for as much as $400.
The Takeout digs into the collector/fan culture of the Kool-Aid packet collector community. You can check out the article in The Blurb.
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Despite its historic $13.7B acquisition of Whole Foods and a few big-name buys (such as Zappos for $1.2B), Amazon has traditionally been a more conservative buyer than its big tech competitors.
But that might be changing. The company has already made 5 acquisitions this year — as many as it made in all of 2018. We list Amazon’s 10 largest buys in its history in a visual timeline. See it here.
Listen up, CEOs
Worth noting:
Above average CEOs listen to 120 podcasts per day at 10x speed
The average CEO listens to these podcasts after waking at 3:30am and writing in their gratitude journal
You’re on a shopping trip in the year 2030. What do you see?
We analyze how the rise of 5G connectivity, urbanization, and evolving consumer expectations will affect innovation in retail stores in the years to come. See the preview here.
HR departments are increasingly using software to modernize their recruiting, talent, and administrative processes. Globally, HR tech now represents a $148B opportunity.
The cruel reality is that most startups fail — usually ~20 months after raising their first financing.
From Wow Air to Arivale to Eleven James, we take a look at post-mortems from 311 of the most notable failures in our database. See them all here.
Game on
The gaming market is expected to hit nearly $152B in revenue this year, and surpass $180B in 2021.
From AR/VR game studios to gambling & prize winnings to analytics & training, we’ve identified 75+ startups building the future of the gaming industry. Expert Intelligence clients can see them all here.
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