With startups acting as determinants of the future, lack of diversity in entrepreneurship trickles downstream into lack of diversity in the broader economy and culture.
Loved this description featured in ActionDigest from investor Chris Paik re: navigating a major innovation period in tech, “each time a new shift occurs, it is analogous to the formation of an unstable radioactive isotope. The radioactivity throws off a huge amount of energy in the form of capturable enterprise value, but is subject to half-life de... See more
At the end of the day, marketing leaders care about data, discovering new ways to think, and being able to make connective pathways through traditional marketing funnels—and that’s what my expertise is in.
their company culture being built around S.T.E.W. an acronym for Satisfy the customer, work together as a Team, strive for Excellence in everything you do and get the customer to say Wow—they don’t do them like Stew anymore.
What is tradition to a generation that has been born with access to everything all at once? GenZ is known to have the lowest of brand loyalty when compared against older generations, so it’s no surprise to see them reject what feels conventional, and treat ingredients in the same way they’ve broken the fashion in... See more
The feeling after a release sells out is euphoric. The kind of clear-cut validation that’s rare for creative people. When we’ve spoken with creators after their Metalabel drops have sold out they’ve felt celebrated and seen. We get to put our imposter syndrome aside and enjoy the moment.
But beware! We should not always aim to sell out. As we’ve lea... See more
For creative people this hits especially hard as social media’s invention of “personal brands,” “influencers,” and the “Creator Economy” turned the few remaining aspects of life that hadn’t yet been marketized into the last ways we could make a living without working for somebody else. Gradually and then suddenly creative people found themselves do... See more