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Meet the latest Techstars Seattle cohort: 10 startups on how they’ve adapted to the pandemic
April 16, 2021 at 9:52 am
The latest Techstars Seattle cohort kicked off an entirely virtual 3-month startup accelerator journey in January. Unlike the 2020 class, which had to pivot to a remote format in the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, the 2021 participants and Techstars organizers are applying lessons learned from the past year of remote work.
Techstars Seattle Managing Director Isaac Kato. (Techstars Photo)
The virtual format offers some benefits such as eliminating commutes and broader investor outreach, despite lacking the in-person connections that typically drive the accelerator experience.
In Fashion, What Needs To Stay, Change, and Stop? | Highsnobiety
Fashion in 2021: What Needs To Stay, Change, and Stop?
Highsnobiety / Kurt Woerpel
Was 2020 fashion’s
annus horribilis? The global outbreak of COVID-19 in March had devastating impacts for livelihoods, supply chains, and it illuminated how troubling fashion’s inequalities had become from underpaid garment workers to unsustainable practices and racial inequity. It was luxury’s worst performing business year in years, and the creative life forces the industry depends on toppled with each passing month.
According to research conducted by The Business of Fashion and McKinsey & Co., the industry’s worst-case scenario outcome is a 10 to 15 percent decline in 2021 compared to 2019, with a rebound expected only by the fourth quarter of 2023. The best-case scenario envisions recovery in 2022. In that sense, there is a long, winding road ahead for fashion.
Inside Taylor Swift s Game-Changing Moments Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images
By Esme Mazzeo/Dec. 14, 2020 6:10 pm EDT
Taylor Swift was just 16 years old when she released her first single, Tim Mcgraw a nostalgic ballad about a past love. It s on her self-titled debut album full of sweet country songs by a young girl with potential. She learned to smile for the cameras and write even stronger hooks, and by her 2014 album
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eputation, and by 2019 she had a new record label and a new set of rules she made for herself. It s resulted in some of the best music of her career, but more importantly, Swift is finally showing fans who she is explicitly with actions. By opening up, she s helped a lot of people and made a positive impact, so we re taking a look at Taylor Swift s game-changing moments.