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
The product isuniquely focused ondriving one corebehavior within theapp that is central tothe vision laid out bythe founders. TheUI/UX for that singularfeature is effortless.
Unusual Ventures • Evaluation Rubric for a Seed-Stage Consumer Social App.pdf
The digital obsession with cores—used as a suffix that basically denotes a kind of style—began back in 2013, when the term normcore was first coined by trend forecasters K-Hole as a philosophy of fashion. They posited that the chronically online were competing for virality and uniqueness, and as a result, both were harder to come by. Enter... See more
Core Is the New Chic
"Grind culture thrives on us remaining in our heads, unable to allow the technology of our divine bodies to soar and develop. There is massive knowledge and wisdom lying dormant in our exhausted and weary bodies and hearts."
glennon doyle • How to Finally Rest with Tricia Hersey
Given that everyone can now buy designer handbags and new cars, the rich have taken to using much more tacit signifiers of their social position.
bbc • The new, subtle ways the rich signal their wealth
It is invariably the case that the company is better served if the Chairman and CEO are different people. The CEO can focus on managing the company and providing information to the Board. The Chairman in his role as mentor and overseer, can advise the CEO on alternative courses of action, question missing data, probe her analysis and decisions,... See more
Early Stage Tech Boards • 3.5 Splitting the Roles of Chairman and CEO | Early Stage Tech Boards
Take out a piece of paper or open a doc. Write out the answer to “Who is the person I aspire to be?” (in 2 years).
Be brutally honest about it - just get as clear as you can. Income, health, appearance, marital status, etc.
No one has to see this but you. Make it count. 2/
Dr. Julie Gurnertwitter.comCorteiz Bolo is evidence that these consumers prefer a sense of belonging over status.