Diego Segura
@diegosegura
designer, writer, founder. currently obsessed with monetary theory, high finance, corporate law, regretting dropping out of high school, and sudoku. author of a 2018 book, “the dropout manifesto.”
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the first children’s climate trial took place in the U.S. when a group of 16 young people sued Montana for violating their constitutional rights, including rights to equal protection, dignity, liberty, health and safety, and public trust, all predicated on their right to “a clean and healthful environment” as enshrined in the state constitution.... See more
America’s Carbon Bill Is Coming Due
Tapestry and Capri companies don’t have the infrastructure to pull off that vaunted upmarket leap. They are, after all, basically holding companies that deal in fashion products
Coach & Kors’ Marriage of Convenience
what does this infrastructure look like?
— institutionalized creativity
— budgets willing to be wielded for brand building purposes
— time to see through the transformation
The company personifies this era.And this was more or less [Weiss’] first real job, opening Into the Gloss and starting in Glossier, and then it became this, literally, billion dollar company, which is remarkable.
After the Gloss: What’s Next for Emily Weiss
Years ago, I was a modeling agent, and I thought, my gosh, brands would actually get a lot further if they used a celebrity versus a model because of the amount of impressions that a celebrity would garner . I left the agency, opened up my own company, and here I am 30 years later.
The Tao of Shemarya
this is a very brilliant, situation-specific “business transformation” / idea that lead to a very successful move for him
there are a million of these waiting to be discovered or already have been discovered by people with ideas but lacking the capital, time, or empowerment to go pursue them within organizations
i.e., the modeling agency he worked for itself
He reminded me that at the end of 2003, John Kerry was polling seventh in the Democratic primary race... and went on to become the nominee. At this point in the 2016 election cycle, he noted, it was Scott Walker leading the Republican field, followed by Jeb Bush , and “the soon-to-be indicted” Rudy Giuliani , in third.
May the Schwarzman Be With You
While Lemonade’s growth has been steep, so too has its learning curve. At the end of 2017, its loss ratio—the amount it pays in claims divided by the premiums it collects—was an unsustainable 166%, compared to 65% to 70% for large insurers.
Jeff Kauflin • First, Fire All The Brokers: How Lemonade, A Millennial-Loved Fintech Unicorn, Is Disrupting The Insurance Business
We were inspired by the Picasso quote that only art critics talk about the Big Ideas, real artists help each other find cheap turpentine.
Bloomberg-Beta • Manual/1 - Manual.md at main · Bloomberg-Beta/Manual
In April, after the Fashion Trust U.S. awards, she estimated her debt to be about $90,000. Her creditors include factories that are starting to get mad, she said, but also people central to her team, like the designer Andrew Curwen, who is owed a few months’ worth of invoices.
Jessica Testa • Should Making It in Fashion Be This Hard?
She was very fond of saying, “People ask, is Glossier a tech company? Is it a beauty company? And I say, yes.” It was a little bit trendy, a little bit sexy to be a tech company in that age. And if you are a tech company, that justifies the amount of funding you're getting and can potentially raise your valuation.