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
Agency is the drive to play a game you created. Chart your own path. Forget politics. Work when, how, and where you want. Lean in—to your unique “why.”
Danielle Vermeer • Goodwill Hunting #10: cottagecore, girlboss culture, & the end of ambition
Rigorous Observational Interviewing (RgOI) goes beyond what the user says or even does to find those nuggets of insights lurking behind their words and behaviors.
Hema Padhu • The art and science of great customer interviews - Part I
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
Goodwill Hunting • Goodwill Hunting #06: how aggregation theory applies to resale fashion
Fashion is the favo
rite entertainment category for US Gen-Zers to spend money on, outranking other categories like dining, video games and consoles, and music.
Business of Fashion • Gen-Z and Fashion in the Age of Realism | BoF Insights
Automated curation will not replace human curators. Despite Skyscanner’s powerful algorithms, Jack’s Flight Club has 1,500,000+ members and ~$800,000 in revenue.
Curation as a Service: No-Code Directories, Personal Brands, Digital Products
if you present yourself as someone who is genuinely earnest, curious, open to listening, non-judgemental, etc, people tend to share their thoughts and feelings. If you make an effort to perform little acts of service, encouragement, support, people will love you
nametwitter.comCorteiz Bolo is evidence that these consumers prefer a sense of belonging over status.
Decode • The rise of Niche Culture and how it defines a generation
Status Signaling and
“Nouveau riche” industrialists began to buy their way into high society, and existing aristocratic elites, battling economic upheaval, were unable to guard against this pecuniary emulation.