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
Investors want to see vesting because the success of the company is closely tied to the founder. Startup investors take a risk and bet on people and ideas. They want to see vesting included in founder shares to make sure all founders have the motivation to stick around for the long term.
Yin Wu • Keeping your slice of the pie - The Startup Founder's Guide to Equity - Part II
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
Let’s talk about Ambition vs. Agency
Ambition is like speed:
• speed = scalar quantity
• has only magnitude
Agency is like velocity:
• velocity = vector quantity
• has both magnitude & direction
It doesn’t... See more
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Writing books is largely a charitable act. Don’t write to make money. Write to get a message out. Seth Godin says “Publishing a book is really nothing but a socially acceptable opportunity to promote yourself and your ideas far and wide and often”.
Self-Publishing: Write in Public, Presales, Podcasts
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.