Danielle Vermeer
@daniellevermeer
Co-Founder & CEO of Teleport. Writer of Goodwill Hunting, a newsletter hunting the best pre-loved fashion finds, insights, and jobs. 11+ years of buying no new clothes.
Danielle Vermeer
Have your executive staff succinctly describe their vision, operating plan, metrics, roadmap, and resourcing needs using this straight-forward strategy memo.
Andy Johns • Unusual Ventures' Strategy Memo Template
One of the biggest motivators we observe is the power of subcultural capital - or what we call the “hipster incentive”. It’s an important interpretation of Bordieau’s work on the value of cultural capital in defining our position within society -- the hipster incentive is grounded in our need for status or social capital.
jad • 🥲 Bad Incentives Ruined the Internet
We make choices that signal what we wish to convey.Signaling is the act of conveying information about ourselves to people in a way that is costly for us and therefore believable. Without the associated cost of sending a signal, we would not be able to trust the information being sent.
Farnam Street • Signaling: The Language Peacocks, Gazelles, and Humans All Speak
FASHIONPHILE
fashionphile.com
The future of fashion shopping online is where content, community, and (re)commerce collide. Younger consumers are looking for a safe, “third space” online to express their authentic style and to shop cute clothes from trusted peers.
Danielle Vermeer • Goodwill Hunting #21: joining a startup
How to Create and Manage a Board : YC Startup Library | Y Combinator
ycombinator.com
Take out a piece of paper or open a doc. Write out the answer to “Who is the person I aspire to be?” (in 2 years).
Be brutally honest about it - just get as clear as you can. Income, health, appearance, marital status, etc.
No one has to see this but you. Make it count. 2/
Dr. Julie Gurnertwitter.comEschewing an overt materialism, the rich are investing significantly more in education, retirement and health. Education accounts for almost 6% of top 1% household expenditures, compared with just over 1% of middle-income spending. Inconspicuous consumption confers social mobility.