Lillian Sheng

1. StorytellingMany companies in their early beginnings rally people behind anything but the actual product.But Clay rallied people behind a story: David Rockefeller (third generation of the Rockefeller family) gathered over 100,000 index cards without ver 200,000 meticulously crafted notes of every person he had met throughout his life. The... See more

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

In contrast, TikTok integrated the explore-exploit process into one tab. You never had to decide which tab to view—you just had to swipe to the next video when you were done with the current one. You also never had to follow anyone to see great content, because the app learned about your taste as you watched videos.

The chattering teeth and shivering moans of the trainees were so loud it was hard to hear anything. And then, one voice began to echo through the night, one voice raised in song. The song was terribly out of tune, but sung with great enthusiasm. One voice became two and two became three and before long everyone in the class was singing. We knew... See more

Valuable. There’s a question that goes around Twitter every so often that goes something like “How much would someone have to pay you to not use Twitter?” I asked it myself while I was writing this piece, and the answer is eye-popping but not surprising. Across over 1,100 responses to my very unscientific poll, 40% of respondents said they’d need... See more

The process has two significant competitive advantages. The first is that it significantly reduces the cost of incubating a new livestreamer relative to the MCN production model. The second is that it solves the conflicts of interests between livestreamers and MCN companies to a certain extent. The relationship between livestreamers and their... See more

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

new restaurant onboarded → book photo shoot → edit photos → post to Sheets for approval → post to app

First things first, I’d start by verifying all human and legitimate business users.