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AdExchanger | February 19, 2020

While Pinterest’s stock has been challenged since the company went public in April 2019, it anticipates direct-to-consumer and small and medium-sized businesses will be a huge growth vector.“The Fortune 500 are great – but, this is the thing, there are only 500 of them,” said Harold Klaje, head of global growth at Pinterest. Pinterest isn’t alone in this thinking: Google and Facebook count millions of SMBs within their total paid advertiser counts, and both regularl...

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Insureon | January 13, 2021

Insureon, the biggest free office for the online conveyance of business insurance to small and medium-sized businesses, is currently offering insurance financiers and organizations admittance to its exclusive innovation through another SaaS item called Insureon Accelerate. Insureon Accelerate empowers representatives and specialists to get to the biggest public transporters by means of a smoothed out statement accommodation measure. Insureon Accelerate makes it feasible for insura...

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Cigna | April 23, 2021

Cigna, a global health care services provider, and Oscar Health, Inc., the first health insurance company based on The COVID-19 pandemic has had a significant effect on small businesses across the world, especially in Connecticut. According to a survey from Opportunity Insights, a Harvard University-based research institute, more than one-third (37%) of Connecticut small businesses have been forced to close since the outbreak began. According to a Cigna + Oscar survey, 88% of small businesses ex...

Dallas Hotelier | April 24, 2020

Three publicly traded companies overseen by Dallas hotelier Monty Bennett have borrowed $58.7 million under a program aimed at helping small businesses through the coronavirus pandemic, and that may be just a start. "The Company anticipates receiving additional PPP Loans," asset and hotel management company Ashford Inc. said on Wednesday as it reported the receipt of $12.8 million in Paycheck Protection Program loans for six of its subsidiaries. Two real estate investment...