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Is Silicon Valley’s Love Affair With Direct-to-Consumer Brands Over?

As direct-to-consumer product companies confront an unsustainable focus on top line growth, their backers too are shifting gears, opting to invest more cautiously and with tempered expectations.
Direct-to-consumer brands have brought attention and buzz to Silicon Valley's investment community over the past decade. | Collage by BoF
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  • Cathaleen Chen

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