SciCombinator How to Start a Clothing Label - How to Be a Fashion Designer Harry Morrison/Corbis Advertisement - Continue Reading Below Diane von Furstenberg did it with the now-ubiquitous wrap dress. Tory Burch had her Reva flats. What's yours? Good news: You don't need a degree from Parsons to succeed here. You'll need one to show potential buyers. You'll likely do some serious legwork to find fabric stock that meets your budget and creative needs. How else will you mass-produce your goods? Your options: savings, credit cards, loans, or investors. Open a brick-and-mortar store or an e-commerce site. Pin this for later! Betsey Farrell
Watson - Ecosystem Watson Developer Cloud As a Watson Developer, you’re given access to technology, tools and APIs, including training and ways to develop and test your applications built with Watson. Initially, the IBM team will be working with a limited number of partners, with plans of offering broader access to Ecosystem resources in the future. Learn how you can be one of the first to have access when technical content is made available. Watson Content Store Building an application that’s built with Watson requires the right kind of data and content. Watson Talent Hub It's important to have access to the right people with the right skill sets to build a cognitive application. Direct investments The goal of the Watson Ecosystem is to nurture and support partners in developing commercial applications that incorporate Watson’s cognitive computing capabilities and collaborate on new commercial uses for Watson.
Metrics Showdown: Mixpanel v. KISSmetrics v. Google Analytics « art/van/kilmer NOTE: This post describes Mixpanel, KISSmetrics, and Google Analytics as I used them in Spring and Summer 2010. At least Mixpanel has changed substantially since then. I’m planning to do an updated post. If you’re building a new web app, you’d rather focus on the app instead of building complex data collection tools. I evaluated Mixpanel, KISSmetrics, and Google Analytics with an early prototype of Slipstream, a new web-based Twitter client. What are you trying to learn? Collecting too much data is as bad as not collecting enough because you won’t be able to act on it all. What am I trying to learn? The answer affects which tool you choose more than anything else. Once you know what you want to learn, it’s time to dive into the tools to see what will bring you closer to the answers. Mixpanel pros & cons Mixpanel is ideal for tracking arbitrary events in real-time. mpmetrics.track("Added a favorite"); You can also add arbitrary properties to events. KISSmetrics pros & cons My Decision My Setup
The Beginner's Guide to Ecommerce Shipping and Fulfillment You control your customer's experience for the most part. You write the ads, you approve the images, you tweak your website and you write the emails. However once your product leaves your hands to be shipped to your customer you have now handed over your brand to the hands of a stranger. Shipping can make or break your business in multiple ways. Many new ecommerce entrepreneurs either don’t give much thought to shipping their products, or rightfully so, don’t understand the confusing and complex world of shipping and fulfillment. In this post we will go over some of the basics to shipping your products and help demystify this complicated topic. Let’s dive in. Packaging & Marketing As the world of ecommerce develops so do the expectations of customers buying online. Your packaging and presentation can be an effective way to set yourself apart. Everlane is another great example of someone that uses their packaging as a marketing channel. Packaging Options Keep It Light And Small Conclusion
M-Pesa M-Pesa (M for mobile, pesa is Swahili for money) is a mobile-phone based money transfer and microfinancing service for Safaricom and Vodacom, the largest mobile network operators in Kenya and Tanzania.[1] Currently the most developed mobile payment system in the world, M-Pesa allows users with a national ID card or passport to deposit, withdraw, and transfer money easily with a mobile device.[2] History[edit] The initial work of developing the product was given to a product and technology development company[9] known as Sagentia. Concept[edit] The initial concept of M-Pesa was to create a service which allowed microfinance borrowers to conveniently receive and repay loans using the network of Safaricom airtime resellers.[10] This would enable microfinance institutions (MFIs) to offer more competitive loan rates to their users, as costs are lower than when dealing in cash. M-Pesa is also criticized for stopping the government from getting seigniorage revenues.[13] Services[edit] Kenya[edit]
mattt/rack-push-notification It all begins with drawing SmartThings | Easy & Affordable Smart Home Automation tombenner/nui Les 7 étapes pour lancer son site ecommerce ! Remy Bigot nous rappelle les conseils indispensables pour se lancer dans l’eXommerce à partir de son expérience via le site www.fee-corsetee.com. Etape 1 : Trouver un spécialiste ecommerce et une solution eCommerce Le problème n’est généralement pas de choisir la solution eCommerce, mais plutôt un prestataire qui la maîtrise sur le bout des doigts. En effet, le plus important est d’avoir une solution qui corresponde à votre besoins avec le moins de développements spécifiques (pour réduire les coûts) et avec un maximum de simplicité. Pour la mise en place de la boutique, il faut distinguer la partie technique, c’est à dire la mise en place et le paramétrage de la boutique et ce qu’elle peut faire, et ensuite il y a toute la partie design du site. Généralement je vous conseille de faire appel à un prestataire pour ceux deux éléments, ce qui vous permettra de vous concentrer sur la création de votre boutique et pas sur la création du site en lui même. A noter : Je vous offre mon guide