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

View from Seed

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. Reinventing Retail.

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Launching a Portfolio Acceleration Platform at a Venture Capital or Private Equity Fund

David Teten

aggregates resources from all the VCs. The ability to answer quickly and confidently when your business model is having holes poked in it during diligence is really powerful. An added bonus is having more comfort and control around your business even when NOT fundraising! . AskAnything.VC

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Why Entrepreneurs Start Companies Rather Than Join Them

Steve Blank

Companies: In the 20 th century when companies competed with peers with the same business model, they wanted employees to help them execute current business models (whether it was working on an assembly line or writing code supporting or extending current products). Good students are good at all things.”. Lessons Learned.

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Can You Trust Any vc's Under 40?

Steve Blank

Tech acquisitions went crazy at the same time the IPO market did. The Rise of Mergers and Acquisitions -– March 2003 -2008 After the dot.com bubble collapsed, the IPO market (and most tech M&A deals) shutdown for technology companies. And some companies didn’t even have to go public to get liquid. billion.) So what’s left?

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The Final Edition

thebarefootvc

acquisition of Plaid by Visa, in a highly competitive deal, shows how even the largest incumbents are feeling pressure to innovate and need to think outside of their current business models. Along those lines, I have been spending time thinking of the the continued digitization of the financial services sector.

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Did Daily Deal Sites Jump the Shark? [Infographic]

ReadWriteStart

Yesterday, The Wall Street Journal (courtesy of aggregator Yipit ) reported that nearly one-third (170 out of 530) all daily deal sites have been shut down or acquired. To quantify some of this, CB Insights has released a report covering valuation multiples for both M&A and venture financing for Daily Deal startups.

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Why The Media Has Been Wrong About YouTube Networks

Both Sides of the Table

If you’re thinking about building an online video network today you need to think about: Producing your own content (not just aggregating). Developing O&O (owned & operated) businesses (outside of YouTube). Having business models that aren’t only ad-based. Except for 2 things: 1.