rent the runway – The Musings of the Big Red Car https://themusingsofthebigredcar.com 53 years and 204,000 miles of business, CEO, leadership, startup, political, military wisdom Thu, 21 Nov 2019 04:43:53 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.9.11 Mussolini Made The Websites Work? https://themusingsofthebigredcar.com/mussolini-made-the-websites-work/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=mussolini-made-the-websites-work Thu, 21 Nov 2019 04:40:59 +0000 https://themusingsofthebigredcar.com/?p=8379 Amongst the few redeeming elements of Fascist Mussolini was the notion that he made the trains run on time. In the eCommerce business, the tech equivalent is the efficacy of websites. You will remember that Obamacare, famously, had a huge fail on its website construction. This was the Mother of All Website Fails. From an […]

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]]> Rent The Wrong Way https://themusingsofthebigredcar.com/rent-the-wrong-way/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rent-the-wrong-way Mon, 30 Sep 2019 12:56:39 +0000 https://themusingsofthebigredcar.com/?p=8070 I have never rented anything from Rent the Runway, the unicorn women’s “unlimited closet in the cloud” fashion site, your secret door to the latest in the rag trade. You can rent clothing by the one off, on a subscription basis, and buy the clothes at a discounted post-rental price. They send you (gratis) a […]

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]]> The Long Teeth of VC Backed Firms https://themusingsofthebigredcar.com/the-long-teeth-of-vc-backed-firms/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-long-teeth-of-vc-backed-firms Thu, 21 Mar 2019 19:29:43 +0000 http://themusingsofthebigredcar.com/?p=7122 Today, dear readers, we speak of Rent The Runway as an exemplar for changing conditions in the world of financing and venture capital. Today RTR announced they had closed a $125,000,000 VC round led by Franklin Templeton Investments and Bain Capital Ventures. This brings the total of VC funding (they also have $200,000,000 in debt) […]

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]]> Pricing Strategy – Rent the Runway https://themusingsofthebigredcar.com/pricing-strategy-rent-the-runway/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=pricing-strategy-rent-the-runway Fri, 03 Aug 2018 15:31:35 +0000 http://themusingsofthebigredcar.com/?p=6578 Pricing strategy, Rent the Runway, Big Red Car? Huh? Full disclosure: The Big Red Car has never rented a dress from Rent the Runway, but the Big Red Car has always been intrigued by RTR’s pricing strategy. Oh, my goodness, Big Red Car! So, it’s a beautiful warm Austin day and we live in the […]

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