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Salon Owner Chelle Neff Talks Scaling, Sustainability and Success

Entrepreneurs' Organization

While there have been a few times when I thought I’d have to close the doors of Urban Betty, I chose not to give up, to learn from my mistakes and to implement significant changes to save the business. We have the perfect platform (along with e-commerce) to bring that to fruition. How is technology changing the beauty industry?

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20 Women Entrepreneurs Changing Their Industries (and the World)

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Changing the face of digital dating, cofounder of Tinder Whitney Wolfe Herd created Bumble in 2914. Tosi is an international dessert entrepreneur whose nostalgic, sweet treats have expanded into 13 locations of Milk Bar, cookbooks, classes and extensive e-commerce. Whitney Wolfe Herd / Bumble. Sara Blakely / Spanx.

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Flippa raises $11M to match online asset and business buyers, sellers

TechCrunch

The company, with bases in both Austin and Australia, was started in 2009 and facilitates exits for millions of online business owners, some that operate on e-commerce marketplaces, blogs, SaaS and apps, the newest data integration being for Shopify, Blake Hutchison, CEO of Flippa, told TechCrunch. in 2020, up from 15.8%

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To Succeed in Doing Business Online, You Must Master These 3 Areas

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merchants in 2020, up 44% year over year, according to Digital Commerce 360. of retail sales, and we now know this trend will be here to stay. In fact, as a result of the changed consumer purchasing expectations and behavior, not being online today could be catastrophic. Establish an e-commerce website.

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TechCrunch+ roundup: Why your title matters, part-time CFOs, Sequoia’s new model

TechCrunch

Making sure each contributor has a clearly defined title gives potential investors a better understanding of the team and its abilities — and it will also help avoid future legal disputes. As Sequoia changes its model, other permanent-capital VCs weigh in. “Perhaps even more than the name of your startup does.”

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The Future of Main Street: Moving Your Local Business Online

StartupNation

For example, a hairdresser might start an online e-commerce store selling hair products, treatments or accessories. Content pages (blog posts, informational articles, videos, etc.). The easiest way to turn your static website into a dynamic shopping site is to use a ready-made, fully integrated e-commerce platform like Shopify.

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Ai Palette raises $4.4M to help companies react faster to consumer trends

TechCrunch

Founded in 2018, Ai Palette uses machine learning to help companies spot trends in real time and get them retail-ready, often within a few months. The present and future of food tech investment opportunity. The platform uses data from sources like social media, search, blogs, recipes, menus and company data.