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| 22.04.2025 | The Furniture Delivery Revolution: Man and Van Services in Bristol | Bristol is a city of charm and character. Its narrow streets and vibrant neighborhoods are alive with the hustle and bustle of daily life. But when it comes to moving furniture, the city presents unique challenges. Heavy lifting, tight corn... |
| 22.04.2025 | Creatopy's New CFO: A Strategic Move for Growth | In the fast-paced world of technology, every decision can feel like a high-stakes game of chess. Creatopy, an AI-powered ad campaign platform, has made a bold move by appointing Maikao Grare as its new Chief Financial Officer. This decision... |
| 21.04.2025 | Secondhand retailers poised to benefit if tariffs drive up new clothing costs | Please subscribe to IBJ to decode this article.
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| 14.04.2025 | How a trade war could impact the price of clothing: ‘Ultimately no one wins,’ expert says | Few consumer goods are immune from the effects of new tariffs on imported goods, but apparel may be among the hardest hit.
The U.S. gets 97% of clothing and shoes from other countries, a report by the American Apparel & Footwear Associa... |
| 01.02.2025 | Business | 10 tips to help you recover from holiday spending | Last, take note of any debt that you accrued over the holidays. Once you know what you owe, you can work on a debt payoff strategy.2. Create a Budget
If you don’t have one yet, making a budget is a great step toward sorting out the aftermat... |
| 04.12.2024 | Business | 3 ways to earn an extra $500 for the holidays | At $16 an hour, you’ll need to put in 32 hours of work to hit the $500 mark — before taxes. But hey, you may like the customer interaction.2. Become a gig delivery driver
Delivery gigs aren’t known for high pay, but driving for a service li... |
| 24.06.2024 | Top 7 Best Money Making Apps | Share
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| 13.06.2024 | 50 Inexpensive Date Ideas to Impress Your Significant Other While Saving Money As we all know, romance isn’t always about fancy dinners and expensive excursions. Nevertheless, the typical Am... | As we all know, romance isn’t always about fancy dinners and expensive excursions. Nevertheless, the typical American spent $3,025.12 on dating in 2023, according to OnePoll in collaboration with LELO’s survey of 2,000 Americans. Additional... |
| 30.11.2023 | Generative AI Applications Can Now Build and Scale Securely With AWS Bedrock | The latest models from Anthropic, Cohere, Meta, Stability AI, and Amazon expand customers’ choice of industry-leading models to support a variety of use cases Model Evaluation on Amazon Bedrock helps customers evaluate, compare, and select ... |
| 30.04.2023 | I'm a tech exec who starts every day with a 3-minute cold plunge. My mind has never been sharper. | Brad Margist jumping into his cold plunge. Courtesy of Brad Margist
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| 15.11.2022 | More tech layoffs hit Seattle region as mobile marketplace OfferUp cuts 19% of workforce | (OfferUp Images)
Bellevue, Wash.-based mobile marketplace operator OfferUp is laying off about 19% of its staff, joining a growing list of tech companies slashing costs amid a shaky economy.
“We grew headcount rapidly over the past few year... |
| 30.09.2022 | 3 side hustles you can start now to get paid more at your full-time job | Online tutoring is a side hustle that can help you build communication skills. jose carlos cerdeno martinez/Getty Images
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| 15.09.2022 | I'm always hunting for new side hustles to help me retire at 50 as a millionaire, and I've found 4 that cost nothing to start | The author, Jen Glantz, working at home. Jen Glantz
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| 15.09.2022 | OfferUp adds job listings to its mobile marketplace, allowing users to search for work in app | (OfferUp Image)
While you’re looking for a used couch, bike, baby stroller or some other random item on OfferUp, maybe you can find a job as well.
The Seattle-area startup has added job listings to its popular peer-to-peer marketplace with ... |
| 13.01.2022 | Meet the unicorns: A look at the Seattle-area startups that boast valuations over $1 billion | (GeekWire Photo Illustration / Photo by Kevin Lisota)
Editor’s note: This post has been updated to add startups that were not initially included in the list. Icertis’ valuation was also updated.
Another day, another unicorn spotting.
These ... |
| 13.01.2022 | Meet the unicorns: A look at the 15 Seattle-area startups that boast valuations over $1 billion | (GeekWire Photo Illustration / Photo by Kevin Lisota)
Another day, another unicorn spotting.
These once elusive creatures of the corporate world — privately-held companies valued at a $1 billion or more — certainly are plentiful these days.... |
| 09.12.2021 | People are hunting for artificial Christmas trees, pickup trucks, and PS5s on resale sites as supply chain issues present holiday shopping headaches | Shoppers are increasingly turning to resale sites to source hard-to-find holiday gifts.
OfferUp found that consumers are hunting down PlayStation 5 consoles and cars on its site.
Artificial Christmas trees have also been among the top searc... |
| 07.12.2021 | Proven strategies to buy, sell and save on resale apps | (BPT) - Have you gone to your favorite store to find something, but the shelves are bare? Maybe you shop online and nothing seems to be in stock, or if it is, takes weeks to ship? Supply chain issues are causing retailers to struggle to kee... |
| 09.11.2021 | Anyone can buy undelivered Amazon packages – here’s how | It may come as something of a surprise to many people, but it’s actually possible to buy lost or misplaced packages from Amazon, FedEx, UPS, and other delivery services. In scenarios where a package doesn’t reach its intended destination — ... |
| 18.06.2021 | Q&A: In CEO shuffle at OfferUp, two leaders offer up what’s working, what’s next for mobile marketplace | Incoming OfferUp CEO Todd Dunlap, left, and OfferUp co-Founder and Chief Product Officer Nick Huzar (OfferUp Photo)
Todd Dunlap has experience launching new products and scaling businesses.
In a long career at Microsoft, Dunlap got the orig... |
| 28.05.2021 | Global chip shortage: Where to buy used laptops and other office tech online | Image: GettyImages/Westend61
A semiconductor chip shortage is rippling across industries leading to limited inventories, empty store shelves and these disruptions could continue for months. From automobiles and gaming consoles to laptops an... |
| 31.03.2021 | Resale revolution: 6 tips for scoring great home furnishing deals online | (BPT) - If you’re a fan of finding deals or saving money, you’re far from alone. Shopping in resale shops and online marketplaces is one of the best ways to thrift shop, and if you’ve never given them a try, now may be an excellent time to ... |
| 27.02.2021 | How To Decorate Your First Apartment Or Home | Decorating your first apartment? Here's everything you need to know.Sidekix Media on Unsplash |
| 24.12.2020 | How to make extra money by selling locally through resale: 4 popular trends this year | (BPT) - This year, people leveraged the convenience of online shopping more than ever. One of the main reasons is that buying and selling through resale marketplaces makes it easier for people to find deals or make money to supplement their... |
| 24.12.2020 | How to make extra money by selling locally through resale: 4 popular trends this year | (BPT) - This year, people leveraged the convenience of online shopping more than ever. One of the main reasons is that buying and selling through resale marketplaces makes it easier for people to find deals or make money to supplement their... |
| 16.12.2020 | Seattle area boasts 10 fast-growing unicorns: Can you name the billion-dollar startups? | There are 10 unicorn startups in the Seattle area valued at $1 billion or more. (Shutterstock Photo)
The unicorn — that supposed elusive creature of the startup world — is becoming a bit more commonplace in these parts.
There are now 10 uni... |
| 09.11.2020 | OfferUp and Ironhack Debut $250,000 Career Empowerment Scholarship to Improve Diversity in Tech | |
| 09.11.2020 | OfferUp and Ironhack launch $250K diversity scholarship program | Facebook
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It didn’t take long for OfferUp to step up in its new community.
OfferUp, the Seattle-based company that opened an engineering office in Miami last fall, has teamed up with Miami-based cod... |
| 31.08.2020 | OfferUp and letgo combine marketplaces, post-acquisition | Earlier this year, online marketplace OfferUp raised $120 million and acquired a top competitor, letgo, as a part of the fundraise led by letgo’s majority investor, OLX Group. As a part of the deal, OfferUp said it planned to eventually com... |
| 07.05.2020 | Amid widespread tech industry layoffs, some companies are still hiring in a ‘flipped’ labor market | Hartley Riedner, new head of operations at Seattle-area startup Docugami, with CEO Jean Paoli on a video call this week. Riedner interviewed for the role and has been working at the company without yet meeting Paoli or other members of the ... |
| 30.03.2020 | OfferUp and letgo Merge; Raises $120M | OfferUp and letgo, two providers of apps to buy and sell locally, are to combine their US businesses.
The agreement includes a new $120m investment round led by OLX Group, the classifieds business of Prosus and letgo’s majority investor, al... |
| 25.03.2020 | OfferUp raises $120M, will acquire rival Letgo; OLX Group to own 40% of combined entity | OfferUp CEO Nick Huzar. (OfferUp Photo)
It’s a big day for OfferUp.
The Bellevue, Wash.-based mobile marketplace startup today announced a $120 million funding round and an agreement to acquire Letgo, a rival commerce app that also lets peo... |
| 25.03.2020 | Online marketplace OfferUp raises $120M, acquires top competitor letgo | OfferUp, a top online and mobile marketplace app, announced this morning it’s raising $120 million in a new round of funding led by competing marketplace letgo’s majority investor, OLX Group, and others. As a part of the deal, OfferUp will ... |
| 19.12.2019 | OfferUp’s expansion to Miami ‘exceeded all my expectations,’ CTO says | Facebook
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The Seattle unicorn employs 15 in Miami, all senior engineering talent, but expects to triple the team in the coming year. Unicorn, meet our Iguanacorns.
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Look at a U.S. map and Miami is ab... |
| 14.10.2019 | Jackson Square Ventures just closed its third fund with $193 million; here’s how it plans to invest it | Jackson Square Ventures (JSV), an eight-year-old, San Francisco-based early-stage venture firm that takes its name from the neighborhood in San Francisco where it’s headquartered, has closed its third fund with $193 million in capital commi... |
| 26.08.2019 | OfferUp opens engineering office in Miami, plans to hire 15 to start | Facebook
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OfferUp, the e-commerce unicorn based in Seattle, today announced it has opened an engineering office in Miami.
The new office will be managed by Director of Engineering Rodrigo Violante, the former CTO of ... |
| 01.07.2019 | Toddler buys $400 couch on Amazon unbeknownst to mom | A two-year-old girl already has an online shopping habit -- thanks to Amazon's "1-Click" ordering.
Isabella McNeil said she handed her cell phone over to her toddler daughter, and days later, received an email alerting her that a ... |
| 11.06.2019 | Over 100 Goodwill stores are bringing their inventory to OfferUp | Goodwill and mobile marketplace app OfferUp have announced a new partnership focused on bringing Goodwill’s secondhand inventory to the millions of OfferUp shoppers, for both local pickup and delivery. The deal sees more than 100 Goodwill s... |
| 21.03.2019 | Tech Moves: OfferUp bulks up leadership team, taps former Starz exec Ameesh Paleja as CTO | Ameesh Paleja. (OfferUp Photo)
Bellevue, Wash.-based mobile marketplace startup OfferUp has hired Ameesh Paleja as its new chief technology officer. Paleja was previously the CTO of premium cable network Starz and the CEO of movie ticket se... |
| 13.12.2018 | Nintendo Targets Sellers of Pirated Switch Games in Court | At the start of the year the infamous hacking group Team Xecutor announced an ‘unstoppable’ Nintendo Switch hack.
This made it possible to load pirated games onto the popular console, an opportunity many people have taken advantage of.
Some... |
| 01.05.2018 | Local marketplace OfferUp takes on eBay with launch of nationwide shipping | OfferUp, the mobile marketplace for buying and selling locally, is expanding its sights beyond your neighborhood. Today, the company is announcing an expansion of its service that will now allow sellers to ship their items nationwide to int... |
| 10.10.2017 | Why Startups Are Flocking to Seattle | Amazon, Starbucks, Microsoft, Boeing and Blue Origin are just some of the big company names that are housed in Seattle. It's also one of the hottest places to launch a startup. In this #StartupsEverywhere series we talked with Brett Greene ... |
| 28.09.2017 | Used goods marketplace LetGo quietly raised $100M more at a $1B+ valuation | LetGo, a startup that has built a marketplace for people to buy and sell used goods, is one of the fastest growing apps in the U.S. at the moment according to comScore, with some 75 million downloads, “tens of millions” of active users, and... |
| 20.08.2017 | Beyond Amazon and Alibaba: what’s next for e-commerce? | Hans Tung Contributor
Hans Tung is a managing partner at GGV Capital, focusing on early-stage investments in internet and e-commerce ecosystems globally. He has been named to the Forbes Midas list eight times, most recently at #10, and coun... |
| 21.06.2017 | Mercari hires John Lagerling from Facebook’s management team to guide its U.S. strategy | When Mercari became Japan’s first startup unicorn with a $75 million round last year, the funding was earmarked to fuel its goal of becoming the top secondhand marketplace app in the U.S. Now Mercari is doubling down on its efforts to succe... |
| 17.03.2017 | 6 Money Saving Apps for Your Smart Shopping Lifestyle | Finding ways to save time and money is always a good thing. And when you can find deals on travel sites, designer brands, and entertainment, it help your dollars stretch a little bit farther and saves you search time along the way.
Now, you... |
| - | Anyone can buy undelivered Amazon packages – here’s how | It may come as something of a surprise to many people, but it’s actually possible to buy lost or misplaced packages from Amazon, FedEx, UPS, and other delivery services. In scenarios where a package doesn’t reach its intended destination — ... |
| - | StockX insiders say the resale platform is planning for a 2021 IPO. Here are 6 other marketplace platform that experts predict could go public soon. | Experts say StockX, a sneaker and streetwear resale platform, could be heading towards an IPO in the near future. Jeff Kowalsky/Getty This story is available exclusively to Insider subscribers. Become an Insider and start reading now.
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| - | This 28-year-old built a side hustle that brings in $30,000 a month: ‘I only have to work 6 hours a week’ | Before the pandemic, I worked at an ad-tech startup in California and made $240,000 a year, including sales commission.
But as the country went into lockdown in March 2020, so did many of my retail, restaurant and entertainment clients. Eve... |
| - | 50 consumer startups that have raised millions from VCs over the years, including Shein, Juul, and Gopuff | Course Hero; GOAT; OfferUp; Instacart; SHEIN; Turo; StockX; Rachel Mendelson/Insider This story is available exclusively to Insider subscribers. Become an Insider and start reading now.
These 50 companies that sell products to consumers hav... |
| - | Earn extra cash with these 11 lucrative side hustles, says millionaire—some can pay up to $3,000/month | Over the course of 13 years, I went from being a broke musician to becoming a self-made millionaire. One of the key ways I was able to grow my wealth was through side hustles.
My side hustles, which ranged from affiliate marketing to sellin... |
| - | 4 side hustles for introverts: Some can bring in tens of thousands of dollars | Among the most popular side hustles for 2023 are staffing events like conferences and tutoring in a subject matter where you have expertise, according to experts. But these are all fairly social hustles. You’d have to interact with people i... |
