Not sure if that's the correct amount, but its definitely in the billions. Seems like a good idea except when you try and pair items with giftcards that have a balance of less than $2.00. The problem is real, not sure if this is the solution.
I remember watching an interview of Jack Ma with Charlie Rose during Davos. Charlie asked him about his experience wit Tai Chi and Jack immediately related the art with his practice in business, which boiled down to something like, "for every misstep, there is an opportunity." The current startup world has been successful at recruiting talent because they separated themselves from traditional corporations by providing a better atmosphere to work. Startup 2.0 will figure out something. It's the nature of evolution.
Good god. Seriously, another language. I'm just starting out learning how to program, and I find it irritating that there are so many languages and it's not that easy figuring out which ones you should learn and which ones you shouldn't.