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Should You Launch a Business in 2017? A Look at Economic Trends

Up and Running

Spring 2017 Small Business Owner Report. They also asked businesses about whether it was difficult to get a bank loan; 61 percent who recently borrowed said it was an easy process. To be fair, optimism did dip a bit in June , but it’s still higher than it’s been in close to ten years.

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Top Tech Startup Ideas For 2017

YoungUpstarts

Here’s our roundup of the top tech startup ideas for 2017: Open Publication Platform. Curated Ecommerce Sites. Curated ecommerce sites are a more simple, low-cost way to launch your own startup. AHALife : Curated, one-of-a-kind luxury items. AHALife : Curated, one-of-a-kind luxury items.

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

View from Seed

In 2017 alone, we’ve seen widespread store closures or bankruptcies from apparel retailers, including: True Religion. It’s a $1T+ global industry undergoing tectonic shifts. We are currently seeing the most rapid collapse of retail since the Great Recession, due to the internet changing consumer demand and purchasing patterns.

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Money Moves: 10 eCommerce Business Ideas For Startups In 2019

YoungUpstarts

In 2017 alone, the United States generated over $446 billion in online sales. When you have a stock that you’ve curated, you can find the clients who would be interested. Everyone has a website these days, and some online markets are overly saturated. After all, the eCommerce industry is shaping up to be a competitive one.

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Curated Collision of Awesome Women

Austin Startup

Still recovering from the 2017 #SCFemFounders Mission! 2017 was a big year of travel for me across Tokyo, Austin Texas, Hong Kong and London. We were skilfully and admirably led by Peta Ellis who was awarded the 2017 National Techboard Community Prize whilst we were in London. the best way to pick a great mate!).

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Looking for your summer internship? Look no further.

Austin Startup

We have created a complete solution that combines age-appropriate hardware for kids with easy-to-use parent controls in the form of a smartphone app which parents can use to manage and curate connections to content and contacts directly from their own phone. To Apply: Please send your resume to admin@visualsemantics.io

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Happy 2017!  Some shoutouts and new goals.

Hippoland

Happy 2017! These past couple of weeks, I’ve had some time to sit around and think about how I want to change things up in 2017. There are a couple of things that I aim to do in 2017 to help with this pre-seed stage and a couple more ideas that I have in the works that I’m not ready to announce yet.