Using a simple mobile phone, SasaAfrica allows craftswomen to create an online storefront able to facilitate credit card purchases, which is then transferred into mobile money, and sent directly to the vendors. By Joëlle Payet (Marketing & Communications, BiD Network) Co-founded by MIT graduate Ella Peinovich, SasaAfrica is a revolutionary e-commerce platform that aims to [...]
Posts Tagged "E-Commerce"
Toronto-Based ShopLocket, Co-Founded By Katherine Hague, Raises $1M Seed Funding For E-Commerce Disruption
August 1, 2012 – 3:57 pm
The $1M seed round for ShopLocket includes participation from Peter Thiel’s Fund Valar Ventures. By Angie Chang (Co-Founder & Editor-in-Chief, Women 2.0) Three months after launching, ShopLocket raised $1M in seed funding from Rho Canada Ventures, Valar Ventures, BDC Capital, Relay Ventures, Extreme Venture Partners and private investors. Co-founder and CEO Katherine Hague aims to [...]
Founder Susan Feldman Talks How She Started One Kings Lane
July 20, 2012 – 7:00 am
“Two real good blind dates – one was when I met my husband and the second one was when I met my business partner” – Susan Feldman, Co-Founder of One Kings Lane. By Sandra Pan (Management Consultant, Self) In the past three years, One Kings Lane has grown from a bootstrapped startup to $200M in [...]
From An Instagram Following, A Consignment Business Is Born
July 13, 2012 – 7:00 am
I had stumbled upon an accidental business. By Milysan Troche (Founder, My Haute Closet) You wouldn’t think a college graduate with a perfect 4.0 GPA, tons of student activities, and several corporate internships would have much difficulty landing an interview. At least that’s not what anyone tells you can happen during our current economic climate. [...]
What Is The Problem With Shopping?
June 11, 2012 – 7:00 am
The data science-driven approaches that work are actually rooted in social context. Wanelo links products, stores and people in a single network. By Deena Varshavskaya (Founder & CEO, Wanelo) Human beings are fundamentally social. We’re born into a rich set of cultural notions that range from when it’s appropriate to yawn to our definitions of [...]
Building A Platform For “The Etsy Of India” (Business)
June 4, 2012 – 8:00 am
Changing the business model from purchasing to a complete marketplace grew business 25% monthly. By Monica Gupta (Founder, Craftsvilla) The idea of Craftsvilla all started when I took a road trip to Kutch, which is in the rural part of Gujarat India where many artisans and NGOs reside. This was the changing point in my [...]
Women’s Advantage In Building Next Wave E-Commerce Startups
January 24, 2012 – 7:00 am
By Geri Stengel (President, Ventureneer) In the early days of online shopping, when most of the products sold were computers, software, music, and consumer electronics, men ruled e-commerce. That may be changing now that product choices have expanded to everything from cosmetics to shoes to toys. Just as women dominant shopping in the brick-and-mortar world [...]
