Already these distinctions are merely fossilized conventions that stem from consumers' discovery habits.
This is problematic because MERS is not prepared for or equipped to provide responses to consumers' discovery requests with respect to predatory lending claims and defenses.
The next logical step, of course, is to monetize this data network even further and shorten the journey for consumers from discovery to transaction or purchase.
For the first time, the data is being used to power consumer driven "pull" discovery - show me a restaurant, a jazz song, a picture - that is liked by or shared by friends.
Hoover and AngelList's Naval Ravikant, who invested in Product Hunt previously, met shortly after Hoover launched his platform but the PH founder says he had some initial concern AngelList could potentially move into the same consumer-focused product discovery platform he'd built on Product Hunt.
"We're a television brand," said Susan Campbell, vice president for consumer marketing at the Discovery Channel in Silver Spring, Md., part of Discover Communications.
We show how to create a rapid deep understanding of the consumer mind (empathy) and discovery of what to say.
But rarely do you see a pitch for a pure consumer play in app discovery these days, and Xyo, despite the fact it has a new consumer-facing app, is no exception.
Aside from consumer products such as Discovery Weekly, a playlist that pulls in a weekly selection of music tailored to a user, it has invested considerable resources in making its product smarter.
Co-founders Rachel Vodofsky and Matt Dukes were both corporate lawyers several years ago with a taste for good wine, but when Dukes decided to move to France and dig deeper into his burgeoning interest in wineries, the founders set off to see how they could start a consumer business with wine discovery at its heart.
