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How to start a business which relies on the field of optimization/algorithms?

https://www.quora.com/Startups/What-are-good-ways-to-start-a-startup-which-relies-heavily-on-the-field-of-optimization-and-algorithms/answer/Blue-Gill-1?__snids__=178939987&__nsrc__=1

Hello guys<p>I want to start a company which heavily relies on mathematics, optimisation and algorithms. We are a team of 4 comp science students who have huge expertise in these fields. However we have no customers and no product... I just read about workflow optimization, so that could be a possible field for us. So:<p>How to get customers? Is it better to create a "brain build"...

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Selling clothes online

Hey,a few friends and I want to found a european startup that sells unique clothing online. But as you know there are already lots of websites that sell clothing. To create something new we decided to restrict our inventory to items that you normally cannot buy online like bags from a small Italian bag manufacturer, young labels that sell most of their clothing at promotion events or just...

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What are extremely innovative fashion marketplaces?

Hello guys,We are building up a fashion marketplace, and are looking for ideas be different to other marketplaces. Our idea is to have a lot of local shops on our marketplace which often do not have access to the internet. Therefore we want to be the place where you can buy stylish clothes from your town or country. However, we feel that we need an innovative element in this idea. Something...

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