Our 5 Favorite Startup Digest Reading List Articles From Last Week
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1. How Sam’s Club Is Widening its E-Commerce Lead Over Costco
By Phil Wahba
Digest: Retail Technology & Ecommerce
Curator: Kyle Kelly
Sam’s Club has an edge over its arch-rival: the integration of its digital business and its 655 or so stores. Read More
More from this reading list: http://eepurl.com/bY6tJj
2. How Warby Parker learned to love good old-fashioned retail stores
By Eric Johnson
Digest: Product
Curators: Sophie-Charlotte Moatti & Reza Ladchartabi
Warby Parker co-CEOs Dave Gilboa and Neil Blumenthal talk in a podcast about their decision to open brick and mortar retail. Read More
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3. Chariot for Women is a new ridesharing service for women only
By Kristen Hall-Geisler
Digest: Mobility & Transportation
Curator: Timo Hoffmann
Yes, a rideshare service for women. Why? Why not? Read More
More from this reading list: http://eepurl.com/bY359T
4. When Makers Apply to College
By Slide Room
Digest: Maker
Curator: Mark Schreiber
Colleges are starting to look for more than just SAT/ACT scores + your GPA for admission. Some, like MIT, are using portfolios to get a better feel of what students can do. Portfolios are no longer just for Art and Engineers, all need to be able to tell a good story and get others excited about their work too. If nothing else, click on the link to see the “Krebs Cycle of Creativity” graphic – nicely done. Read More
More from this reading list: http://eepurl.com/bY3KFj
5. Virtual assistants are the testbeds for tomorrow’s personal robots
By Mark Stephen Meadows
Digest: Artificial Intelligence
Curators: Nitzan Hermon & Bjorn Larsen
Bots are all over the news – interesting to read this more informed piece. Read More
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