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
Ambition is the drive to play games that others have created. Climb the corporate ladder. Play politics. Work long hours. Lean in—to corporate feminism.
Danielle Vermeer • Goodwill Hunting #10: cottagecore, girlboss culture, & the end of ambition
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But aggregation won’t be enough to make secondhand fashion first choice. Consumers need better discovery and curation, which is why I believe that the future of (re)commerce is curation.
Goodwill Hunting • Goodwill Hunting #06: how aggregation theory applies to resale fashion
on-going compilation of my notes, tweets, threads, blogposts and thinking re: strategy, which may eventually cohere into an ebook of its own
Visakan Veerasamy • LessUnstrategic
This guide will help you hone in on the best metrics for tracking user acquisition, activation, engagement, retention, and monetization. We’ll show you what those metrics are, what they mean, how to calculate them, and why they matter.
Amplitude • The Amplitude Guide to Product Metrics
Most of those 80 to 100 billion items of clothing – a conservative estimate – already end up incinerated or in landfill after just a few wears.
Bel Jacobs • How to be a sustainable fashion lover – and why it matters
Goodwill Hunting #05: curation is the future of (re)commerce
Danielle Vermeergoodwillhunt.substack.com
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.”