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

View from Seed

It’s a $1T+ global industry undergoing tectonic shifts. In 2017 alone, we’ve seen widespread store closures or bankruptcies from apparel retailers, including: True Religion. The old brands and distribution channels are dead or dying. Apparel is currently one of the most fascinating categories within the Everyday Economy.

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Elvira Gavrilova: Sustainable Approach Is A Business Booster

YoungUpstarts

It is the equal distribution of efforts among production and sales that leads to success. And we do not speak here about the link “buyer-supplier” alone but rather about the sales in more global terms – about the system. And this mercilessly pushes them toward the bankruptcy.

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Flexible VC, a New Model for Companies Targeting Profitability

David Teten

Flexible VC creates early liquidity which can be either reinvested or distributed to LPs. —> Individual company bankruptcy risk —-> Traditional Equity VC . Early liquidity. Equity VC is a “get rich slow” business. Particular application in impact capital. Flexible VC. Traditional Revenue-Based Investment.

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In 15 Years From Now Half of US Universities May Be in Bankruptcy. My Surprise Discussion with @ClayChristensen

Both Sides of the Table

“In 15 Years From Now Half of US Universities May Be in Bankruptcy.” Obviously that barrier has been brought down with low-cost ability to capture, stream and distribute content over the Internet. We also spoke about technology systems in the perspective of global competition. ” Who else does Clayton pray for?

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Durant Versus Sloan – Part 1

Steve Blank

automotive industry grew to become one of the drivers of the global economy. But Ford, with his emphasis on cash-flow, sort of had the last laugh earlier this year when GM and Chrysler declared bankruptcy while his company — under Alan Mullaly’s exceptional leadership — managed to avoid it. There’s the Alfred P.

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VCs eating our own dog food: Using technology and analytics to make better investments

David Teten

Data companies more focused on later-stage companies include Avention , Bureau Van Dijk , BizQualify, Dow Jones , FactSet , Genesis , S&P Global Market Intelligence , DueDil , Core 2 Group , D&B Hoovers , InsideView , LexisNexis , Pitchbook , Preqin , PrivCo , SourceScrub , Refinitiv , and Unquote. 11) Exit .

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24 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Business

Hearpreneur

It’s a repeatable model that we’ve been able to apply globally to everything from autonomous vehicles to drug discovery. Since both sets of my parents went through bankruptcy while I was a child, learning about how to manage money became almost an obsession of mine. This was with the companies who wanted to hire them.