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Amazon’s strategy to squeeze marketplace sellers and maximize its own profits is evolving

Vox

Amazon has always presented its Marketplace, where outside businesses sell products through Amazon’s platform, as one of its biggest success stories: mutually beneficial to Amazon, sellers, and customers alike. It’s exploiting its monopoly power over these small businesses to pocket a huge and growing cut of their revenue.”.

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Jeff Bezos wants the world to know he’s a philanthropist

Vox

The growing size and reach of the “everything store,” however, has affected its public perception: A 2019 CNBC survey of 10,000 Americans showed that a majority of respondents believed the company was bad for small businesses. Applying for a grant can often be a long, burdensome process for nonprofits. billion since its launch.

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The next generation of startups is remote

The Verge

Who can devote nights and weekends to getting something built to show that they have started solving their problem, that has a network or a set of relationships with other people devoted to the same problem. And I am part of the safety net of my extended family — when people need money, they come to me. Nonprofits can do that.

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List of the world’s top female futurists (Update #5)

Trends in the Living Networks

With a PhD in Planning and Innovation Studies, and a Master’s degree in Architecture, Urban Design and Urban Planning, Karuri-Sebina has a sound knowledge base for her work as Executive Manager of programs at the South African Cities Network. One of her focuses is building networks between Azerbaijani people and researchers across the world.

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