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Ciara and Russell Wilson’s fashion house will raise up to $50M as revenue grows

GeekWire

The news: The House of LR&C , a Seattle-based fashion house co-founded by music superstar Ciara and Seattle Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson, plans to raise up to $50 million this year as part of a Series A investment round. Sustainability and giving back are core tenets of the fashion house, which gives 3% of profits back to charity.

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Keynote: Social Media in Fashion Retailing

Trends in the Living Networks

Tomorrow morning I am giving a keynote to the managers of a national shopping center group about the power of social media in retail, focused on fashion. The Power of Social Media in Retail. Social Media Strategy : A run through our well-known Social Media Strategy Framework in the context of fashion.

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CIOs And The Problem Of Social Engineering

The Accidental Successful CIO

Social engineering is how the bad guys get employees to say too much Image Credit: Alexandre Formagio. You are now a hacker that is trying to break into your company’s network because you understand the importance of information technology, want to get money from your company, or do something else that you really should not be doing.

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Grassroots online efforts are forming a new queer network of care

The Verge

Like the thousands of other folks who have benefited in some form or fashion from mutual aid, monetary assistance empowered him to pursue his goals and stabilize his life, sans disruption. But this building of DIY care networks has been decades in the making.

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Shuffl helps create new social interactions on Slack to spark joy between coworkers

GeekWire

He perused his professional and personal network and realized that his childhood friend Chris Watts had made a tool that randomly matched people to connect for lunches. Studies show team environments thrive when there are strong social bonds and trust between people. Shuffl will be seeking angel investors in the first quarter of 2021.

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DARPA offers $42 million for ‘revolutionary’ research on social media analysis

Trends in the Living Networks

Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) (slogan: Creating and Preventing Strategic Surprise) is offering $42 million in funding for “revolutionary&# research into social media in strategic communication. Recognize persuasion campaign structures and influence operations across social media sites and communities.

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Why Etsy dropped $1.6 billion on Depop

Vox

Depop, a secondhand shopping platform designed for the age of influencers selling stuff on social media, will continue to operate as its own standalone marketplace. Founded in 2011, Depop has become the secondhand marketplace for a new generation of social media users.

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