Lillian Sheng
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Lillian Sheng
On the other hand, this type of environment also means that some people will make a lot of money by buying early and selling before the whole thing collapses. In China, the biggest winner from the real estate frenzy was the local government, the original owner of the land. Online, the same outcome is quite likely: The companies selling these plots... See more
Dror Poleg • LinkedIn
For the boat to make it to its destination, everyone must paddle. You can't change the world alone — you will need some help — and to truly get from your starting point to your destination takes friends, colleagues, the good will of strangers and a strong coxswain to guide them.
William H. McRaven • "Make Your Bed"
Buying from livestreaming or from e-commerce - who is the dumb one?
Lillian Li • Internet and the murmurs of post-modernity in China
Based on the idea of shoppable content, Jow is a 100% recommended interface where you buy recipes and automatically constitute your basket of ingredients: not one by one product, but 5, 6 or 7 products at the same time, so it goes much faster. For the staples part of the basket, the equation is different: consumers don't need inspiration but... See more
Alexandre Dewez • 🥕 Key Learnings From our Webinar on Grocery
The grocery value chain is highly fragmented and new players operate on a variety of segments: restaurant delivery (Deliveroo), multi-product delivery (Glovo), grocery personal shopper (Instacart), and instant delivery shopping (GoPuff or Gorillas). Such actors can be both competitors and partners for traditional retailers. Faced with such... See more
Alexandre Dewez • 🥕 Key Learnings From our Webinar on Grocery
“This is water.”
jamesclear.com • "This Is Water" by David Foster Wallace
Think about it: while the owners of business enjoy the dividend yields and earnings growth that our capitalistic system creates, those who play in the financial markets capture those investment gains only after the costs of financial intermediation are deducted. Thus, while investing in American business is a winner’s game, beating the stock market... See more
John Bogle • "Enough"
Setting the bar Magic Eden views itself as a steward of the ecosystem—one that is a standard-bearer in the NFT space, carrying a higher degree of responsibility to its users. In a world in which web3 apps are notoriously challenging for newcomers to use, Jack takes the opposite stance, arguing that Magic Eden ought to feel similar to using a web2... See more