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A decade of fintech failures: 4 innovations that didn’t live up to the hype

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Grant Easterbrook Contributor Share on Twitter Grant Easterbrook is a fintech consultant based in Amsterdam. Rather, this piece will focus on fintech ideas that received some degree of initial hype and momentum, but ultimately did not live up to their promise. He also co-founded Dream Forward, which was acquired in 2020.

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10 years of fintech failure: 3 more ideas that failed to live up to the initial hype

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Grant Easterbrook Contributor Share on Twitter Grant Easterbrook is a fintech consultant based in Amsterdam. These ideas rolled out with hype and momentum, but they ultimately failed to change the way the average person manages their money. He also co-founded Dream Forward, which was acquired in 2020.

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Blockchain Technology: What Is It and How Is It Relevant for Nonprofits?

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Even some foundations are making grants through cryptocurrency collection, and the cryptocurrency noveau riche are creating their own organizations to financially support social causes through digital currencies and blockchain ecosystems.

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Charities in the Cloud: Why the Hype Might Not Be Quite Hypey Enough

NTEN

In the charity sector's 15 year technology adoption cycle, we're still years away from the cloud being a solid solution for everything charities do from core functions (CRM, fundraising, accounting) to specialized ones (case management, grants management, etc.).

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Charities in the Cloud: Why the Hype Might Not Be Quite Hypey Enough

NTEN

In the charity sector's 15 year technology adoption cycle, we're still years away from the cloud being a solid solution for everything charities do from core functions (CRM, fundraising, accounting) to specialized ones (case management, grants management, etc.).

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10 Zurich-area investors on Switzerland’s 2020 startup outlook

TechCrunch

It grants up to CHF 130,000 per company. I also think that femtech is a hyped category but funding as well as renown exits are still missing. I think the whole scooter/mobility space is super hyped but also super capital intensive so I think to compete in this market at this stage is hard.

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Blackbaud Grantmaking: Examining the Past, the Present, and the Future

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If you are a grantmaker, you know how important it is to have a reliable and efficient software system that can help you manage your grants, track your impact, and collaborate with your stakeholders. MicroEdge was established back in 1985 and released their Grants Management Software “GIFTS Online” in 2009. It’s a win win!

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