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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Rather than sell policies backed by established insurers (the way fintech competitors Hippo and Jetty do), Lemonade would become a licensed carrier itself, retaining claim liability on its own balance sheet.
Jeff Kauflin • First, Fire All The Brokers: How Lemonade, A Millennial-Loved Fintech Unicorn, Is Disrupting The Insurance Business
Resolve Team • What Is Invoice Factoring and Should You Use It? | Resolve
Let’s assume for a moment, though, that between the two sales, Paramount walks away with $4.5 billion in cash. Paramount has $13.5 billion of net debt, as of March 31. If Bakish decided to use the $4.5 billion in cash from the sales of S&S and BET to pay down that debt—always a good use of cash—Paramount would still have $9 billion in debt. On the... See more
Are You There, Aryeh? It’s Me, Shari…
High Finance and media
it seems as though these are all brands that could be fucking incredible but are being manage-managed rather than brand-managed
Independent brands — even those with significant backing — were boxed out by luxury’s biggest players, whose heft gave them a major edge in distribution and marketing, where they enjoy greater leverage with multi-brand retailers, mall owners, real estate developers, magazines, influencers and other key players in the fashion ecosystem. In 2019,... See more
The Nine Lives of Proenza Schouler
“we can't **outspend** these people is what makes me most alarmed
how do you overcome that? what changed, if anything? what leverage can be applied on ad spend and shows?
it might just be storytelling
it's like the old granddad authors who have a pitiful enough looking face for tiktok that their books start flying off the shelves in support
Glossier took pride in creating their own tech for things like point-of-sale and checkout, and perhaps the big irony is that recently, they moved over to Shopify.
After the Gloss: What’s Next for Emily Weiss
what does an even more reductive version of this look like with even more defined form, a single sheet
In August 2016, the company raised $13 million in funding from XL Innovate (part of XL Group), followed by a $34 million Series B funding round in December 2016.
Lemonade History: Founding, Timeline, and Milestones - Zippia
they wouldn't write their first policies until September 2016
Under the impressive leadership of Jonathan Karp , S&S generated revenue of $1.2 billion in the 12 months ending March 31 and operating income of $255 million, a margin of 21 percent. No wonder KKR wants the business.
Are You There, Aryeh? It’s Me, Shari…
media and High Finance
publishing ain't so bad after all
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.