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Top Startup Winner: Balodana

The Startup Magazine

We curate and aggregate a collection of talented made-to-measure designer brands who showcase their garments in our integrated marketplace platform. We bootstrapped our minimum lovable product and it will launch in December 2018 with eight brands, plus we have more partners in the pipeline.

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7 Strategies For Anticipating Future Customer Trends

Startup Professionals Musings

These experts will curate the information, point to the best sources, and summarize implications for you. Marty Zwilling First published on Inc.com on 02/01/2018. Use tools and analytics to identify trends and directions. What have you done lately in your business to survive against the next Steve Jobs?

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The Austinpreneur’s Guide to SXSW 2018 Panels & Parties

Austin Startup

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. Leave it in the comments!

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Important Branding Lessons From The Top 5 Retailers In The US

YoungUpstarts

The top 5 retailers in the US made nearly $230 billion dollars in 2018. ( $228.4 And, in the years since, they’ve carefully curated the brand’s offerings to ensure quality and customer appeal. We recommend that you follow Costco’s lead and curate your store’s signature brand carefully. by Katie Lundin of crowdspring.

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How can startups engage Amazon and AWS

VC Cafe

Amazon Corporate Development – Notable acquisitions include Whole Foods ($13.7B), smart doorbell system Ring ($1.2B, 2018) and autonomous mobility technology Zoox ($1.2bn). The program helps boost sales through its customer engagement tools (video content, dedicated storefront, editorial curation), merchandising, and strategic support.

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7 Promising Trends Defining the Future of Remarkable Brand Storytelling in 2016

Brandanew

Currently these moments are curated with the help of media partners including Mashable, Buzzfeed, New York Times etc. Other than these platform led initiatives, videos and real time content curation by consumers using brand hashtags is moving forward with a gusto on all social networks. #2 billion in 2013.

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Money Out of Nowhere: How Internet Marketplaces Unlock Economic Wealth

abovethecrowd.com

In 2018, Taobao GMV (Gross Merchandise Value) was a staggering RMB2,689 billion, which equates to $428 billion in US dollars. We estimate that the global GMV for ride sharing was over $100B in 2018 (including Uber, Didi, Grab, Lyft, Yandex, etc) and still growing handsomely. billion of GSV (gross services revenue) across 2.0