To continue reading this content, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings and refresh this page. Zaarly’s future is rounding a promising curve with a new ...

Moderne Ventures closed a $33M venture fund to invest in Stage B tech firms in the home services, insurance finance and real estate industries, Chicago Business Journal reports. Moderne Ventures was ...

Alternative payment processing firm Acapture announced that it is now handling transactions for Crowdyhouse and Boatsters, two e-commerce sites whose transactions carry with them some of the ...

Earlier this year eBay CEO Devin Wenig outlined the company’s turnaround plan, predicated mostly on its shift from an auction site to more of a marketplace selling new as well as used goods, often at ...

The New York Times’ Farhad Manjoo recently wrote an oddly lamenting piece about how “the Uber model, it turns out, doesn’t translate.” Manjoo describes how so many of the “Uber-of-X” companies that ...

Online consumer services marketplace Zaarly has launched in Nashville, according to a release. Since it began operations in 2011, the Kansas City, Missouri-based company has evolved from a ...

A large number of workers are moving from working for organizations to freelancing on job networks. Platforms like UpWork, Fiverr, and Freelancer allow freelancers to find a market for their services.

The Local newsletter is your free, daily guide to life in Colorado. For locals, by locals. Standing ankle-deep in a kitchen flood isn’t the ideal time to start wading (pun intended) through Yelp ...

Growing up outside of Omaha, Nebraska, Sara Davidson was urged to explore the world "outside of the traditional Midwestern experience," she says. Her single mother and grandmother worked hard to send ...

When TaskRabbit first launched its online marketplace for odd jobs in 2008, it seemed like a brilliant idea. Hire anyone to do anything you want for an agreed upon price, and you’re set. Its ...