Danielle Vermeer

At surface level, Shein and Depop are polar opposites, but this is more about the what and the how of their business models. Diving deeper, we see that both Shein and Depop address a similar who and why. Both Shein and Depop meet the same underlying consumer needs for trendy, cheap fashion.

The United Nations Environmental Programme found that not only is the dyeing process for fabrics the second largest source of water pollution, but that the fashion industry alone is producing 20% of the world's wastewater.

These resale sites have low-to-zero marginal costs because they don’t have standard product COGS, physical distribution, and transaction costs. For example, Poshmark enables the connection between millions of sellers and buyers. The seller manages inventory, photography, pricing, marketing, packaging, and fulfillment. By making it easy to sell,... See more

Incredible consumer products have one thing in common - they convert their users into evangelists. Here's how it works, in three stages ⬇️

Notionally the role the CEO is to run the company the role of the Chairman is to manage the CEO and the board. However, in practice the relationship between the Chairman and CEO is so much more than that. The ideal Chairman is a mentor, coach, and critical friend. The ideal CEO is open, coachable, and responsive. The quality of their relationship... See more

Consumption driver: a feature that serves up ready-made content to the user (e.g. a newsfeed or digest email)Verbs: the core actions you want the reader to take when consuming content (e.g. like, upvote, downvote, share, retweet, comment, etc)Personalization: data infrastructure and product features that “push” new content to the user (Youtube,... See more

The social media site is designed to feel like a welcoming playground, a place for imagination and where users can learn from each other. The landing page is a vibrant expression of blue sky opportunity stickered with fun visuals that bestow happiness. What is most interesting about the intended design of the space is that there will be no... See more