Hello Alfred partners with building owners to provide residents with dedicated home managers that assist with various errands and on-request services, such as apartment cleaning, grocery delivery, laundry services, prescription refills and more.
For blockchain as a platform, agtech startups Twiga Foods and Hello Tractor partnered with IBM Research to use the digital ledger tech to advance small-scale farmers and agriculture on the continent.
And earlier this summer, Sanrio, the company behind Hello Kitty, partnered with FashionPlaytes to launch a series of branded clothing design kiosks in its retail stores in the U.S. Founded by Sarah McIlroy, FashionPlaytes will use the funding for product development and customer acquisition.
"It's not a day off — it's a day to do laundry and cut the lawn, say hello to a partner and even catch up on e-mail," he said.
Mike: Why, hello there, new newsletter partner!
The research company issues regular five-year forecasts about the shape and size of the PC business, and this is one to really give Microsoft, and its mainly PC-based OEM partners (hello Dell, HP and Lenovo) pause.
Michael Arrington: I'm here with Matt Cohler, a partner at Benchmark Capital, hello Matt.
Hello Tractor will serve as an implementation partner, providing tractor monitoring, security, and valuation support.
Some of Hello Alfred's launch partners include Instacart, Parcel, Shyp, and MyClean, but vendors vary based on geography.
