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The Great Retail Reinvention: How the Internet Is Reshaping the Way We Buy Clothing

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The old brands and distribution channels are dead or dying. But while that particular model has seen success, it certainly won’t be the only way that companies will be able to create greater personalization and serendipitous discovery for their customers. Most apparel purchases are now in some way influenced by the internet.

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Is the Future of Healthcare a Telehealth Company for Every Condition?

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Depending on the business model, some hire providers as full-time W2 workers and some assemble a network of part-time providers with disperse distribution of available hours. Another possible growth channel is through employers, though competing with other benefits is never easy.

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Back to The Future: Power of SMS-Native

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Instead they limit what channels they actually pay attention to. On the commercial side, increasingly ecommerce retailers have started to use SMS as a two-way communications channel with their customers. A SMS interaction which is deeply emotional, and feels personal, because of the intimacy of the channel. They don’t.

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Marketing Your Startup: A Billion-Dollar Company’s First Marketer Reflects Back

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Then there were also certain social channels that worked for awhile but didn’t stick. For awhile, that channel was a share option on all our blog posts, and we tried paying for stumbles for some campaigns. I don’t want to put all my trust just into one channel because that’s too risky.

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Accelerator Spotlight: Nuw

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AB: While mid-market and designer items see successful recirculation through rental and resale platforms, only 10% of mass-market / fast-fashion is resold through traditional channels eg. It’s giving us time on the ground in the US, connections to experts in the pre-loved fashion space, and a fresh look at how to scale our business model. .

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Game On: Will gamers embrace the blockchain boom?

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Blockchain games channel mod culture and empower third-party developers to customize their own gameplay experiences through plug-ins and third-party clients. With new games come new in-game mechanics and business models. Open source, permissionless code. Traditional games operate as walled gardens.

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Mercenaries, Missionaries, and Crusaders

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At some level nearly all tech entrepreneurs are evangelizing something… a new technology, a new business model, a new brand. It also speaks to the sort of founder who would start a company like Quibi after already having tremendous success with eBay and HP. The Missionary.

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