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
Equity is the unit of ownership of your company. It has two features:
Yin Wu • Keeping your slice of the pie - The Startup Founder's Guide to Equity - Part I
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?
Product strategy and
Andrea Cheong has made TikTok videos on topics including clothing modularity, future wardrobes and the use of mushrooms in beauty and fashion. She she made sure to stay away from traditional influencer hauls which encourage overconsumption.
Glossy • Meet the TikTokers educating Gen Z on sustainable fashion
Economics - what is your upside? This is the financial benefit you receive from the company doing well.Control - who decides the future of your company?
Yin Wu • Keeping your slice of the pie - The Startup Founder's Guide to Equity - Part I
Today, consumers currently have a bifurcated experience in discovering vs. shopping fashion online. In general, either platforms are optimized for discovery/inspiration or for shopping. But Gen Z is demanding more: they want authentic content alongside niche communities and easy, more sustainable shopping experiences.
Danielle Vermeer • Goodwill Hunting #21: joining a startup
In this instance, investors would probably like to see founders who are “native enough” to understand crypto and Web3 with a lot of depth and nuances, who have the right network to attract crypto engineers, but who also so native that they can’t understand the experience of the average mainstream, non-crypto user they might be talking to.