E-Commerce Fashion Gets Its Own Elite Runway
Bloomberg’s Tom Gibson takes a look at Asos Plc, the U.K.’s largest online-only clothing retailer
Film Independent’s Movie Hackathon Awards $2500 prize to the best film-related app
Film Independent hosts a 41 hour Movie Hackathon to see who can build the best film-related app! Judges from top startups and film companies asses apps that make watching movies either easier or more social.
Legal Tech Start-Up Showcase: LegalForce and Wevorce
The event focused on two new legal service business models and web platforms that are gaining momentum: LegalForce, a bricks-and-mortar legal retail business with a walk-in store on University Avenue and an online legal services platform; and Wevorce, a new online divorce resolution service.
Entrepreneurship as an Art Form
Marc Eckō is the founder of fashion lifestyle brand Eckō Unltd and Complex Media. From painting t-shirts in his parents’ garage to dropping out of pharmacy school to start his business, Eckō has created his own path to entrepreneurship.
Now, his venture capital fund Artists & Instigators is helping new entrepreneurs find their own way. Eckō says despite his success, his route to inspiration remains the same as it was when he was just starting out more than two decades ago.
He says he finds ideas during quiet moments doing everyday things like working out or taking a walk at his home in New Jersey. Through Artists & Instigators, Eckō says he hopes to build his own brand of entrepreneurship, democratizing the process of starting a company and integrating the creative class and the business class.
How a Sweet Idea Became a Global Business
Watch how hobby candy maker, Laura Darnall and her friend, Lois Judy, turned edible play dough for children into their successful small business, Fondarific.
Childhood friends pivot to form billion dollar company
Childhood friends Dylan Smith and Aaron Levie worked around the clock to make their company Box live after only two months - which, through a series of pivots, has become a billion dollar company. In 2005, this duo decided to tackle the problem of file sharing amongst colleagues. By listening to their customers and maintaining a fluid approach, they have honed their product and its design to become a leader in the market.
BlackJet Gives New Flight Option to Bay Area Jet Set
Yeah, everyone is making a big deal about the gazillion dollar merger between US Airways and American Airlines, creating the world’s biggest airline. For Scott Budman’s flying dollars, I’d prefer something a bit more intimate. And that’s what’s coming to the Bay Area, thanks to BlackJet.
To be in Silicon Valley or New York
Sarah Lacy talks to executives from Birchbox, Thrillist, One Kings Lane, and Warby Parker about whether not it is difficult to start an ecommerce company outside of Silicon Valley.
LA-based Daqri is at the forefront of the Augmented Reality revolution
Brian Mullins, Founder & CEO of Daqri and Co-Founder and Marketing/ PR guru, Gaia Dempsey, describe the process, history and future of Augmented Reality and show us their latest innovations.
California start-up brings deft touch to virtual reality
Silicon Valley start-up, zSpace, has produced a virtual 3D display its founders say will revolutionize the way people interact with computers. The system gives three-dimensional form to virtual objects and allows users to manipulate those objects as if they were real.
