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Blank Street cracked the code on making coffee shops attractive to VC

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In the Summer of 2020, a mint green coffee cart appeared in Williamsburg’s McCarren park near the Greenpoint entrance — directly across the street from a Starbucks. It was cute, and, at least to me, appeared to be a new independent coffee place. Why on earth does a coffee cart need venture funding? This looked like both.

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Prosperity Bank embraces AIOps with BMC Helix

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Prosperity Bank already has a strong reputation for running a lean, profitable business. But just because Prosperity Bank keeps operations lean doesn’t mean it provides a bare-bones customer experience. It’s the kind of bank where customers like to come in and have coffee with their banker, as Riggan explains. IT is super thin.”

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Flush with new capital, Foxtrot’s ‘convenience store of the future’ is coming to a location near you

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It is now seeking the best food items by local artisans in addition to Foxtrot’s core offerings of coffee, ready-to-eat cafe meals and wine. The biggest trend we have seen is customers fully leaning into the retail experience and for that to be the main customer acquisition point for the online business,” LaVitola said.

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Daily Crunch: Citing data privacy concerns, Italy temporarily bans ChatGPT

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Pouring our hearts out : Haje reviewed a fancy-ass $700 coffee maker and concludes that xBloom makes perfect pour-over so you don’t have to , before asking if you would want to. “You can’t blame the YC companies for leaning into AI,” she writes. Not worthless, but worth less : U.S.

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New GV partner Terri Burns has a simple investment thesis: Gen Z

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I knew people who were buzzing about the company on Twitter, and I proactively reached out to her to do a virtual coffee. So that’s something I’m always going to lean into. In fact, I met Suraya Shivji, the CEO of HAGS , through Twitter. Social media, networking events and warm intros are pretty good paths. in consumer.

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ChatGPT, Author of The Quixote

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These may be some of the first jobs on the chopping block due to ChatGPT and friends, particularly if macroeconomic pressure keeps leaning on us all. Imagine your friend asks for a coffee shop recommendation. So you tell them about a few nearby so they can choose one and go get a coffee. And that’s according to OpenAI !

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Creating Agile Manifesto

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He was inspired by a book about hardware companies that had formed a consortium to figure how to take Lean to the next level. Lean is really good for efficiency, but it is not very good at connecting with customers or getting them excited. Around 10:30 in the morning on the second day, we decided to take a coffee break.

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