Lillian Sheng

Traditional settings for company towns were for the most part where extractive industries existed– coal, metal mines, lumber — and had established a monopoly franchise. Dam sites and war-industry camps founded other company towns. 

How he puts together his talks When I give a speech I use Keynote. I was actually one of the first users of Keynote. I live in it, and it’s the way I think about things.  When I give a talk I have about 200 slides, and none of the slides have words on them. Each has a picture and the picture brings up a story that I want to talk about. Each st... See more

• DoorDash is partnering with generalist and specialized retailers which are aggregated on the DoorDash marketplace. DoorDash manages the deliveries from the store network of these partners. Retailers can also leverage DoorDash last mile delivery network to sell and deliver their products in less than 30 minutes on their proprietary channels.


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Something similar is currently happening in the virtual world. Online scarcity is possible. Virtual land can be valuable if it provides exclusive access to a unique flow of economic opportunities — in the same way that a domain name can be valuable. As such, virtual land can indeed be scarce. But the fundamentals are tough to read, the number of ne... See more

GoPuff is working on 3 special projects: 

• Catalogue expansion: besides grocery, GoPuff has added pharmacy, baby products, pet food, etc. It's also launched ghost kitchens to complement its offering with fresh food with coffee or pizzas. 


• Advertising for CPG brands: GoPuff has a self-served advertising platform for CPG brands offering ad pro

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How do we liberate ourselves from the digital chains so that we can pay attention to other things? For me, the emphasis on individual solutions, therapy, and the change of behavior is the main obstacle to overcome the smartphone.

1. User ownership can jumpstart growth, but sustaining it is more challenging Giving users ownership in the form of tokens can be a powerful alternative to paid marketing, helping to bootstrap networks and overcome the cold-start problem.

bytedance's first hit was an algorithmic news product called toutiao. then in may 2015, toutiao began experimenting with video on its front page. in just over a year, video clicks began exceeding article clicks. bytedance had multiple teams work on different video ideas. the winning concept eventually became tiktok.