Sam Blumenthal
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Sam Blumenthal
In a world of branded quasi-commodity products like coffee with little barriers to entry, the social interaction — or atmosphere of the store’s community — is ultimately what differentiates a brand and creates defensibility.
Sam Blumenthal • Social Retail: Immersion & Serendipity
On his blog, gaming company founder Kyle Russell envisioned a successor to Marvel’s cinematic universe popping up on a project like Loot: Assuming the project’s originators went with the direction of the Loot zeitgeist, all of this would be [intellectual property] that could be re-used and remixed by anyone. That might sounds crazy — isn’t the... See more
The Verge • Loot is a viral social network that looks like nothing you've ever seen
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And with Escape Velocity, we see the emergence of the classic “Growth Team” that the big companies have. Escape Velocity, Goal: Scaling up growth across many efforts and channels, Roadmap: Multiple growth strategies — primarily 2 or 3 — that work in concert to grow the product to millions or tens of millions of users, Outcomes: Multiple... See more
Andrew Chen • What to look for when you’re hiring a Head of Growth at andrewchen
While the shopping habits of different cultures may differ, younger consumers, regardless of where they live, are similar in how they use social media to connect. Livestreaming taps into that trait because, unlike the shopping channel model, it gives viewers the ability to have a two-way conversation with the host, said Alessandro Bogliari,... See more