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Startups for Women: More to Expect

Startups for Women: More to Expect

[Translate] When we talk about startups, we rarely take a look at the target users at the first place. Instead, we always place them the same way we deal with traditional industries: we look at the functions provided and divide them into different sectors: SNS, game, commerce, advertisement, media… For me, the business model on...
Secoo, Does Luxury E-commerce in a Different Way

Secoo, Does Luxury E-commerce in a Different Way

[Translate] Secoo is an e-commerce site for luxury products. Unlike traditional Luxury B2C websites, Secoo selected second-hand luxury as main product. Also, Secoo plays not the role of wholesaler, but intermediary, mainly profiting from the consignment fee. Mr. Lee, Secoo’s founder and CEO, defines Secoo as: Personal Consumption Finance.
Farm Produce Online: Are you willing to pay a premium?

Farm Produce Online: Are you willing to pay a premium?

[Translate] Food safety is no longer a heated topic as we are so used to these problems. What I’m curious is, whether we are willing to pay a premium for de-industrialized food products sold online? Several e-commerce companies already made attempt for this niche market. Nongren is a farm produce e-commerce corporation based in Shanghai....
E-Commerce Giants: Too Big To Fail?

E-Commerce Giants: Too Big To Fail?

[Translate] Recently news came that Vancl just closed its F round fund raising with total investment amount of $230 million. Shocked and amused by the word “F round”, I even started worrying what if they use up alphabet for fund raising. A question came into my mind: Why are investors supporting them continuously? Are the...
How Many Pinterest Do We Need?

How Many Pinterest Do We Need?

[Translate] Pinterest, the young Silicon Valley based startup has 3.2 million UV per month with growth rate over 100%, has recently closed a $27 million round of fund which might values it up to $200 million. With no surprise, many copycats also emerged in China. From a rough statistics, we found 14 products that share...