Lover.ly launches a visual search engine for weddings [We’ve got Beta Invites!]

The wedding business–everything from the registry to the honeymoon– is a $99 billion dollar a year industry. With over 2.3 million brides in the U.S. alone every year, that’s 2.3 million stressed out females looking for some guidance on the Internet. Kellee Khalil is the Founder and CEO ofLover.ly, a new visual search engine focusing on weddings. After studying entrepreneurship at the University of Southern California, Khalil worked in commercial finance....

4 min · 785 words · Tonya Moore

LoveThis: get recommendations from people you trust

If you’ve ever looked for recommendations on what restaurant to eat at, which hotel to visit or perhaps which book to read, there’s no shortage of options online. A few carefully chosen key terms entered into the search engine that is Google will probably churn up a wealth of reviews and suggestions for you to choose from. Heck, you can even ping-out a status update on Facebook or Twitter asking your legion of followers and friends for their input....

3 min · 608 words · Lori Koch

LovingEco launches its eco-friendly, e-commerce site

Following the success of invite-only shopping sites likeGilt Groupe,RueLaLaandOf A Kind,LovingEcolaunched this month to be the first e-commerce that offers hand-picked eco-friendly products at up to 70% off retail prices. LovingEco provides online shoppers with the opportunity to make wiser choices about the products they purchase for a more environmentally and socially conscious planet. For each purchase, LovingEco donates 3% of its net proceeds to a ‘tastemaker charity’ that supports a social or environmental cause....

5 min · 874 words · Jennifer Garcia

Low-code software can bridge the gap between data scientists and business units

No one in the C-suite cares which coding language is chosen by engineers and data scientists — until the decision affects the bottom line. While many have made a case about why low-code is well-suited for the data scientist, I think there may be an equally strong case to be made for the benefits of the business. Data scienceis a collaborative art — one that requires a combination of data and business acumen....

5 min · 1048 words · Heidi Mccormick

Lowering the age of a licence won’t solve the truck driver shortage

Think back to when you were a kid, and people asked what job you wanted to do when you grew up. Did you say a truck driver? Well, now, once you turn 18, you can become one. But why would you want to? TheDeveloping Responsible Individuals for a Vibrant Economy(DRIVE-Safe) is changing to allow 18-year-olds to drive trucks across states. While 48 out of 50 US states currently allow 18-year-olds to obtain a Commercial Driving License until federal law is changed, they cannot drive a truck across state lines until they are 21....

5 min · 1062 words · Tamara Butler
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