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$2B Instacart’s New Business Model
$2B Instacart’s New Business Model
January 16, 2015  |  News

Instacart, the grocery delivery startup that just reached a $2 billion valuation, has quietly shifted its business model. Originally it decided on the markup for...

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One Click For One-Hour Delivery Of Recipe Ingredients
One Click For One-Hour Delivery Of Recipe Ingredients
January 06, 2015  |  Mobile

Grocery delivery startup Instacart has cut a deal with Pinterest-like recipe service Yummly to deliver ingredients on-demand, according to VentureBeat. Under the deal, which Yummly...

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“Ubernomics” And The New Start Up Math
“Ubernomics” And The New Start Up Math
December 23, 2014  |  Controversial

By all accounts, 2014 was the year of the “on-demand” economy. Ride-sharing service Uber recently closed out a $1.2 billion funding round, placing the start-up’s total...

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That’s A Lotta Deliveries – Instacart Valuation Tops $2 Billion
That’s A Lotta Deliveries – Instacart Valuation Tops $2 Billion
December 08, 2014  |  Mobile Commerce

Grocery delivery operation Instacart has dropped another $100 million in Series C funding into its shopping cart, bringing its current valuation to more than $2...

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Whole Foods Trying One-Hour Delivery
Whole Foods Trying One-Hour Delivery
October 01, 2014  |  Mobile

The Whole Foods grocery chain is trialing a one-hour mobile delivery program, where shoppers place their orders on a smartphone, in 15 cities in the...

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