š¤ User research for consumer tech startups
š§ Innovation in social systems
By building out their social elements (which are coming after the game is more fleshed out), STEPN has the opportunity to build the first fitness app for non-athletes. It feels meaningful that they went with the name āSTEPNā instead of āRUNāN.ā Itās for casual use, not necessarily for athletes.
This is the first time my wife has been interested in crypto. Itās the first time my non-crypto friends have been interested in crypto. Itās the first time my crypto guy friendsā partners have been interested in crypto. ... I have never seen a crypto application generate this much outside interest.
Tailoring language to avoid scrutiny predates the Internet. Many religions have avoided uttering the devilās name lest they summon him, while people living in repressive regimes developed code words to discuss taboo topics.
If all the uses of GST help you earn more GST, theyāre headed for disaster. But once you can spend GST to enhance your status in ways that donāt allow you to earn more, they might just make it.
In the U.S., moving decision making from the hyperlocal level to the state level is the first step to fixing the broken development process. This would ensure that a larger proportion of voters had a say, though an indirect one, in housing, transportation, and renewable-energy policy, because more people vote in these elections than hyperlocal... See more
If your role is focused on creating user and customer value, but management and leadership are incentivized to goose shareholder value, you are subject to that structural relationship and often have very little power to change it.