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Trouble selling grandma's cars sowed seed for $1 billion startup
2015-07-07 14:15:03| Auto Dealers - Topix.net
From left, Chris Muhr, head of U.S. at Auto1, with founders Christian Bertermann and Hakan Koc. Photo credit: Bloomberg -- In summer 2012, Christian Bertermann was a frustrated young man trying to get rid of two old cars that belonged to his grandmother.
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Ratan Tata 2.0: Start-up mentor and angel investor
2015-07-06 08:40:01| Steel - Topix.net
Last week, when Ratan Tata flagged off a joint initiative with Google and Intel and Tata Trusts to increase Internet usage for rural women, the 77-year old Tata Sons chairman emeritus had added yet another achievement to his list of accomplishments, since he retired from the Tata Group in 2012. Hailed as a game-changer to digitally connect women from villages and small towns, the initiative, which came a day after the government's much publicised "Digital India" campaign, again turned the focus on Tata's forays into the cyber-world and his association with the younger generation and start-ups.
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Ratan Tata 2.0: Start-up mentor and angel investor
2015-07-06 08:14:45| Automakers - Topix.net
Last week, when Ratan Tata flagged off a joint initiative with Google and Intel and Tata Trusts to increase Internet usage for rural women, the 77-year old Tata Sons chairman emeritus had added yet another achievement to his list of accomplishments, since he retired from the Tata Group in 2012. Hailed as a game-changer to digitally connect women from villages and small towns, the initiative, which came a day after the government's much publicised "Digital India" campaign, again turned the focus on Tata's forays into the cyber-world and his association with the younger generation and start-ups.
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Portland startup and TriMet mobile ticketer GlobeSherpa acquired
2015-06-30 19:52:14| Automakers - Topix.net
The deal brings GlobeSherpa under the ownership of Moovel, the parent company of RideScout, and a fully owned subsidiary of Daimler AG. Terms of the transaction are not being disclosed.
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Portland startup and TriMet mobile ticketer GlobeSherpa acquired
2015-06-30 19:24:08| Auto Dealers - Topix.net
The deal brings GlobeSherpa under the ownership of Moovel, the parent company of RideScout, and a fully owned subsidiary of Daimler AG. Terms of the transaction are not being disclosed.
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