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Online Fashion: A Venture Scale Opportunity That Silicon Valley Does Not Understand

Posted on Wednesday, Feb 12th

Fashion is a HUGE industry. The global women’s clothing industry, just a piece of it, is expected to exceed $621 billion in 2014. How many industries do you know of that scale? Yet, online, fashion has still relatively a small presence. In this article, I will explain why, and how to unlock the potential of this

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Deal Radar 2008: Figleaves and Specialty e-Tail

Posted on Tuesday, Jan 29th

(I want to preamble this piece by saying that when you read it, please don’t be surprised if Google AdSense starts pushing lingerie ads to you. It is not a very smart algorithm!) Figleaves.com is the world’s largest online retailer of branded intimate apparel. It includes Aubade to La Perla to Zimmermann. Users can shop

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TheFind: LifeStyle Shopping (Part 2)

Posted on Wednesday, Apr 4th

[Part 1] I introduced Siva to some VC friends of mine based on a very specific criteria he had mentioned. The VCs LOVED the company. Why? See how precise and detailed Siva’s analysis is of the customer and the competition. No hand waving in the air. No approximation. Plane hard facts. Impressive! SM: What is

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innerTee: Hybrid Web 3.0

Posted on Friday, Mar 30th

innerTee is a design community and customized apparel service. It offers users the ability to create highly customized screen printed apparel using artwork that has been submitted by members of the innerTee community. It compensates artists for submitted artwork that is approved for use, and promotes their work on the innerTee site, as well as

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