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A meeting of the minds has gone down at Rent the Runway with the acquisition of fellow Harvard-born startup Go Try It On. The former is a rental service for designer gowns, the latter a community and app to rally around style through a network of 400,000 social media users. Should be an interesting trajectory for both companies. [BostInno]