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Wish files to go public with 100M monthly actives, $1.75B in 2020 revenue thus far

TechCrunch

Wish’s S-1 (which is filed under its corporate name ContextLogic) is of particular interest given that COVID-19 and the global pandemic have changed consumer behavior around the world in 2020. Looking back in time, Wish saw its revenue growth slow in 2019, before expanding much more quickly in 2020. government stimulus programs.”

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AWS launches new $30M accelerator program aimed at minority founders

TechCrunch

Amazon Web Services (AWS) today launched a new program, AWS Impact Accelerator , that will give up to $30 million to early-stage startups led by Black, Latino, LGBTQIA+ and women founders. Programs like AWS Impact Accelerator amount to more than lip service. saw almost no progress in venture capital funding from 2013 to 2020.

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Why DEI programs are failing

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Businesses have struggled to establish diverse, equitable and inclusive (DEI) work environments for some time now, but the events of 2020 put a spotlight on just how bad most organizations are at building impactful DEI efforts. According to Pew Research , “It would take an extra 42 days of work for women to earn what men did in 2020.”.

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Google expands program to help train the formerly incarcerated

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Last April, Google launched Grow with Google Career Readiness for Reentry, a program created in partnership with nonprofits to offer job readiness and digital skills training for formerly incarcerated individuals. ” The formerly incarcerated community faces many challenges, including a lack of digital skills. For example, U.S.

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The Retailer’s Playbook for Customer Acquisition

The economic disruption of 2020 has left retailers facing a host of barriers to growth. Now more than ever – one need remains consistent: a successful customer acquisition program. The playbook outlines the four phases of program development and illustrates each point with real-world case studies from retailers that have found success.

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Easyship strikes agreement to support eBay’s new International Shipping program

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Easyship , the New York- and Singapore-based startup that enables e-commerce sellers to integrate with more than 250 courier services, announced today it has expanded its partnership with eBay to support eBay International Shipping, a newly-launched program.

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Scala returning to its origins: A tale of 4 chapters

Xebia

The Retrospective When Scala emerged as a new programming language, it offered two main components in its value proposition. On one hand, it provided a unified paradigm that harmoniously merged object-oriented and functional programming. Evolving Scala by Martin Odersky 1. On the other, it was both safe and convenient.

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Improve Onboarding with User-Centered Design

Speaker: Dr. Kate Wolin, Founder, Circea

In the age of social distancing, digital onboarding is becoming essential to any program. Wednesday September 9th, 2020 at 9:30AM PDT, 12:30 PM EST, 4:30PM GMT This is especially true for medical practices, where the threat of the pandemic is the most real. How to articulate behavior change techniques to be used in patient onboarding.