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Crypto tech with Skraps I was an early adopter of Stash. I literally stumbled across the site in a pre-launch phase, requested to be a test user and thanks to my impeccably random timing, I was one of the first 10 users on the app. If you’ve got no idea what the Acorns or Stash apps are, they’re essentially change investing apps- they track your purchases and if you spend $4.85 on that grande soy no whip extra caramel latte, it takes the extra .15 cents and squirrels it away into an investment fund that can grow into a decent nest egg in several years. Now it wasn’t all amazing user experience getting in first with Stash, and I didn’t get a crazy bonus or anything, even though I literally asked the customer support agent for an early adopter reward- but what was really exciting was watching the team behind the scenes building an app that was truly functional and working hard to provide a unique user experience to it’s user-base. The effort behind the Stash app is what I’m...

PLENTIX   What’s the secret behind Big Money Uber has come a long way since 2009. It is now a $70 billion business in 45 countries, with 160,000 drivers in 300 cities around the world. Customer referrals seem to be the secret to this success creating a win-win for everyone. Uber was innovative back at the start and implemented an incentive program which gave customers credit to put toward future rides when they referred family and friends. The company also offered the newly referred customer a financial incentive to take their first trip, thereby creating a “double incentive” program. ROI The low-risk referral program started out with a small credit of $10 of discount only redeemable once both parties participate. This amount has increased to around $30 of credit per referral to each, and it is easy to see why Uber’s business practice has made them into a Unicorn company. This simple marketing program has made them stand out from the crowd by spreading bran...