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traditional venture capitalists.Remember, you can send me tips, suggestions and feedback to [email protected] or on Twitter
markets untouched by innovative technology
Michael Ovitz and supermodel Joan Smalls.I spoke to the founding team, which includes Uber alum Ronak Trivedi and Ashley Bryan, who hails
from fashion e-commerce site Moda Operandi
The pair bring a healthy mix of technology and fashion expertise to the mix
To do this, the team has adopted the standard marketplace approach, taking a 30% marketplace fee from sellers, as well as a 7% fee from
billion by 2020, according to McKinsey research
It has 100 designers on the platform and counting, along with what the founders say is a lengthy waitlist.In other newsThis week I published
a long feature on the state of seed investing in the Bay Area
The TL;DR? Mega-funds are increasingly battling seed-stage investors for access to the hottest companies
As a result, seed investors are getting a little more creative about how they source deals
Read the story here.Demo DayY Combinator graduated another batch of 200 companies this week
We were there both days, taking notes on each and every company
The first was with YC CEO Michael Seibel, in which he speaks to trends at the seed stage of investing, changes at the accelerator program,
including its move to San Francisco and more
You can listen to that one here
Plus, we had on Unusual Ventures co-founder and partner John Vrionis, who talked to us about direct listings versus IPOs and the future of
apply ineffective demand generation strategies to their startup
We are often dealing with considered purchases, multiple stakeholders, long decision cycles, and massive LTVs
These unique attributes matter when developing a growth strategy
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