LF11 - Cohort Futures

When you see work untether from reward in foundational systems like labor, finance, and media, you have to reorient your understanding of the market and the consumer. The future of business and culture is not merely about the value these systems unlock—it’s about the behaviors and beliefs they lock in.

We're locking into a very different system that... See more

Think back … Way way way back to the early days of web2.0. Feeds were the new thing and social graphs were open. Products like Spotify, Yelp and Zynga all leveraged this open social layer to grow massive user bases and billion dollar valuations. Then the social networks shut it down. Closed off the ability to integrate, all in support of t... See more