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
RepLadies is a sub-Reddit dedicated to counterfeit luxury goods, and where a community of mostly millennial women gather to acquire them. Exquisite replicas of everything from designer shoes to Rimowa suitcases are available, but the bags are the real attraction. You can get just about anything in any color for one to 10 percent of the price of the... See more
The Cut • Reddit’s RepLadies: Would You Get a Fake Birkin From China?
✍️ updated weekly review:
· in what ways am I lying to myself?
· in what ways do I feel free/not free?
· am I getting closer to freedom?
· what are the things I say I value but don't act as if I value?
Not all attention and views are created equal.
- Attention is cheap . It’s easy to grab. Even easier to fake. The impact: revenue doesn’t scale.
- Intention is hard to gain . It takes consistency and purpose. It takes connection with your audience. The impact: revenue has a higher ceiling than you can imagine.”
Codie Sanchez • 6 Tier Content Frame: The only way to monetize
Product strategy and
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
Self-publishing makes it easier for you to publish “long-tail” books. With more control and upside.
Self-Publishing: Write in Public, Presales, Podcasts
The luxury secondary market was estimated to be worth $32 billion in 2020, but only 5 to 7 percent of resalable inventory globally was actually resold that year, according to BoF Insights research.