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Re:Square files for IPO on Thursday October 15, 2015 @06:53AM (#10392401)
This pattern, ie. a large loss making enterprise client seems very common. I wonder if its because companies like Starbucks can regularly out negotiate small companies, or if it ends up being a fair trade for the brand value of having them as a client.
Re:Lyft Announces Strategic Partnership with Didi on Wednesday September 16, 2015 @04:01PM (#10229414)
Would be interesting to know who gets the revenue when using another app.
Re:EBay Inc. Sells Equity Interest in Craigslist on Saturday June 20, 2015 @02:43AM (#9749227)
There was analysis recently of the 'on demand' players craigslist lead gen spend.

https://tryzen99.com/blog_posts/on-demand-is-in-demand

Is it actually normal to have some checks for this now? When this happened a few years ago in Australia the apnic writeup (someone has linked below) essentially said there was no scalable solution yet.