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Stitch Fix: Reinventing Retail Through Personalization

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The company, which the founder cleverly named “Stitch Fix,” had a remarkably unique offering compared to other women’s fashion experiences. Awareness of the service was clearly spreading virally through word of mouth. Customers are first asked to fill out an in depth profile to help identify their size, style, and preferences.

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What the Past Can Tell Us About the Future of Social Networking

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The Past (1985-2002). There were chat rooms, discussion groups, dating, classified ads – you name it. Next began the era of “spam-based&# networks of which Plaxo (founded in 2002) was the king. What are the big trends that will drive the next phase of social networks? Social Networks: Past, Present & Future.

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Netflix vs. Blockbuster and bad profits (reflections from my Bazaarvoice days)

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The name of the last part? First, just to provide a foundation here, Bazaarvoice was named after Chapter 4 of “The Cluetrain Manifesto” (available for free online), “ Markets Are Conversations ”. And the Blockbuster name became synonymous with late fees. Blockbuster’s stock rose from a low of around $3.8/share

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CEO Friday: Why we don’t hire.NET programmers

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Mental Pandiculation » Why I Don’t Hang Out With People Named David. Name one widely acclaimed or groundbreaking technology or technique to come out of the.NET realm in the past 5 years? Now name one that didn’t come from Microsoft? I challenge you to name a 1.7 March 25, 2011 at 3:06 pm. [.]

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Out of the Crisis #16: Robert Schooley on why we weren't prepared, long-term thinking, and how to make decisions for the greater good.

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