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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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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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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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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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5 Companies That Could Become The Next Apple

YoungUpstarts

Same-day delivery has been so successful that Amazon decided to expand this program in other major cities, such as San Diego, San Francisco Bay Area, Seattle-Tacoma, Phoenix, Dallas-Fort Worth, Chicago, Indianapolis, Washington DC, Baltimore, Boston, Philadelphia, New York, Tampa Bay, and Atlanta.

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How To Find A Programmer To Build Your Startup Idea

socialmatchbox.com

In a search done today, a web developer in Washington, DC should make anywhere from $70,000 to $120,000 per year. With this you have a new rate range for a Washington, DC based programmer of web applications: $42.15-$67.15 client / Washington, DC ($500 Referral Reward) Developer/Partner / Rocket Whale, Inc.