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5 reasons ecommerce should embrace blockchain [infographic]

GetElastic

Since 2008, blockchain currency has changed how people view financial transactions. For ecommerce business owners, blockchain offers the added benefits of security, transparency and cost-cutting, while improving business and keeping customers safe. It wasn’t backed by any commodity and had no central authority or bank for that matter.

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72 American Business Owners on What Motivated Them To Become Entrepreneurs

BigCommerce

Improving an industry. My son graduated with a degree in online marketing in 2008. The 2008 housing bust and weak economy had me laid off as an engineer in the midst of new health concerns personally. Edie Ramstad, Owner, Weave Got Maille. As a material scientist, I knew there could be something better.

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234 American Business Owners on Starting, Scaling and Staying Inspired

BigCommerce

My son graduated with a degree in online marketing in 2008. The 2008 housing bust and weak economy had me laid off as an engineer in the midst of new health concerns personally. – Edie Ramstad, Owner, Weave Got Maille. In my effort to improve my process, I made another discovery. My business was born.