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Main Street fights back
We are entering a new evolutionary stage of retail, in which big companies will get bigger, many mom-and-pop dreams will burst, chains will proliferate and flatten the idiosyncrasies of many neighborhoods, more economic activity will flow into e-commerce, and restaurants will undergo a transformation unlike anything the industry has experienced sin... See more
The Atlantic • The Pandemic Will Change American Retail Forever
What is the future of business when technology-enabled networks and marketplaces let people choose when and how much they want to work?
Tim O'Reilly • Wtf?
2. The big get bigger - The antithesis of greenfield, today’s big box retailers and large tech incumbents often suck the air out of the room and capture disproportionate share of consumer spend.
Bessemer Venture Partners • Roadmap: Enabling entrepreneurship in the creator economy
The American Dream is Going Digital
The American Dream is Going Digital: The Land of Opportunity is the Internet This tweet went viral. As one might expect, the responses ranged from despair over a lost generation of youth, to proclamations that China would inevitably overtake the West as the leading superpower. Some ascribed ...
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On one side of the collaboration, we have industrial strengths: companies, governments, and institutions (the “Inc”) that apply significant resources, talent, and money to simplify the complex, apply standards and consistency, deliver economies of scale, and create global brands. On the other side we have individual strengths: individuals and small
... See moreRobin Chase • Peers Inc
“The Stakeholder Economy” will reinvigorate emerging brands and local businesses and be the most disruptive force against internet behemoths and global marketplaces. Brands are now collectively determined by the content generation of the masses as opposed to a creative agency and a nationwide ad buy. The second disruptive force at play is the const... See more