View from Seed

SEPTEMBER 12, 2017

In 2017 alone, we’ve seen widespread store closures or bankruptcies from apparel retailers, including: True Religion. We are currently seeing the most rapid collapse of retail since the Great Recession, due to the internet changing consumer demand and purchasing patterns. Ascena (Ann Taylor, Loft, Dress Barn, Lane Bryant, Justice, etc.).

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Hearpreneur

MARCH 14, 2019

A a communications major, I always found time for the nonverbal communication classes, but I didn’t make the connection between “my great passion and the world’s deep need” until a friend of mine went through bankruptcy in 2009 walking around with the droopy shoulders a hung head.

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YoungUpstarts

JULY 5, 2018

2017 was capped by the announced bankruptcy of Toys “R” Us, a once formidable retail giant. In all, there were 662 bankruptcy filings in retail last year, according to data cited by CNNMoney. The rise of Amazon and other online sites has significantly disrupted traditional retailing operations across the nation.

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Austin Startup

MARCH 1, 2018

It’s stocked with free food, drinks and wifi but the real reason you want to be there is because we’ve curated all of the top entrepreneurs, investors, and innovators at SXSW and invited them to stop by. The 16th floor kitchen and coworking area will be buzzing with even more energy and excitement than normal. you’re going to take some hits.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 29, 2009

He had 2 weeks’ cash left in the bank and was facing massive layoffs or potentially bankruptcy. In an email you can have curated links - So at the risk of sounding contradictory, I still think press coverage is important to VCs. Press doesn’t mean anything other than free advertising.

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Hearpreneur

OCTOBER 1, 2016

Thanks to Eve Tokens, The Creative Curator. #3 Upon realizing that approximately 80% of medical bills contain error and that medical debt was the leading cause of bankruptcy in the U.S., It is incredible rewarding. 3 – Realizing a Need. Photo Credit: B. Alan Bourgeois. I quit my stable job at IBM and launched DisputeBills.com.

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Agile VC

MARCH 18, 2012

There are lots of celebrities leveraging Twitter to sell their own products or establish e-commerce curation businesses. So even if Twitter’s data revenue were somehow to eclipse its own ad business, it will most likely be as an enabler of other ad-based models. Twitter is unlikely to ever have a true commerce business.

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