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Accelerator Spotlight: Influencer Direct

View from Seed

Dennis Chim (DC): Monetization is difficult for influencers, but social commerce has given them the ability to sell directly to their fans rather than referring away traffic to online retailers like Amazon. Creating storefronts for influencers that also connect to their social commerce platforms (e.g. Get to know the business.

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Taking Relationship Marketing to the Next Level

Duct Tape Marketing

He’s also invested in growing relationships and connections in his own backyard, in the Washington, DC area. He co-founded Proudly Made in DC for local startups and the DC Tech Startups Meetup group. What is the role of social media in intentional relationships? How to prioritize our contact efforts. *

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Retail Reimagined: 9 Trends for the Future of Physical Retail

ConversionXL

Sephora has been doing this for well over a decade , but more recently Birchbox has seen great results opening up a popup inside of the Washington DC location of Rent the Runway. to keep the experience seamless Create on-site signage that clearly directs customers where to go for curbside pickup. A different kind of store associate.

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Visit to Case Foundation and Startup America

David Teten

On February 16, I visited Washington, DC, where I attended an HBS Club of DC lunch on the Case Foundation and Startup America. Michael Smith, leader of the Social Innovation team at the Case Foundation , introduced the Foundation as a non-profit started in 1997 by Steve Case (AOL co-founder) and his wife, Jean Case.

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5 Companies That Could Become The Next Apple

YoungUpstarts

It aims to one day expand into a media company; this objective appears more probable as GoPro’s sales continue to increase at a steady rate. Lewis Robinson is a business consultant specializing in social media marketing, CRM, and sales. Netflix: An Ever-Growing Video Streaming Presence.

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How much does it cost to build the world’s hottest startups?

The Next Web

Our only viral gaming app on the list, we asked DJ Saul , the CMO of the DC-based iStrategy Labs , a DC-based digital agency that has built products like Grandstand and Social Machines for clients like The Washington Redskins and Nickelodeon , for input. 8) Angry Birds. Image credit: bloomua / Shutterstock.

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Looking Back On Tech, Startups, And VC In 2018

Haystack

Over the next few decades, I expect forces in Washington DC to use economic and monetary policy to attempt to rebalance the trade relationship between the world’s two most dynamic countries. 1/ Social Network Interference. In 2017, we learned about how social media feeds were used to surface biased or planted information.