Here are this week's top briefs.

The Future Of Information: How To Manage Work And Make Data-Driven Predictions
In his Future of Fintech keynote presentation, CB Insights co-founder and CEO Anand Sanwal covers two key areas of focus: how enterprises manage information and 9 data-driven predictions on the future of financial services.



Slack For … Everything? 115+ Startups Using The Platform To Enhance Workplace Collaboration
With over 1,800 integrations, Slack offers a comprehensive communication, collaboration, and productivity platform for the modern enterprise.



Infographic: Amazon’s Biggest Acquisitions
With Amazon upping the size of its M&A deals and increasing its acquisition activity, we look at its all-time largest deals in a visual timeline.



 The Store Of The Future: What Retail Could Look Like In 2030
From shopper emotion detection to in-store robotic warehouses, we highlight the technologies and trends bringing retail stores into the future.



311 Startup Failure Post-Mortems
It's hard to say goodbye. A compilation of startup failure post-mortems by founders and investors.



The Ups — And Mostly Downs — Of Lyft’s Biggest Stakeholders
Since Lyft went public in March, the value of some of its top investors' stakes has fluctuated by as much as $1B+. Here are the company's top stakeholders at the time of IPO — and how they're doing now.



18 Companies That Battled Bankruptcy, Scandal, And More
From Hostess Brands to Nokia to WorldCom, these corporations found new life after changing up their strategies.



12 Industries Experts Say Millennials Are Killing — And Why They’re Wrong
The perception of the millennial generation as exceptionally narcissistic, immature, and disengaged from society has fueled a thousand hot takes on the industries they're “killing." Here's what's really going on.



 200+ Startups Blazing Trails In Cannabis
These 200+ companies are shaping the future of the legal cannabis industry, from e-commerce platforms to new food & beverage offerings.



$1B+ Market Map: Global Unicorn Companies In One Infographic
Our market map highlights which markets boast the most private companies with billion-dollar valuations.

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