Sam Blumenthal
@samblumenthal
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
Social DAOs: Users form communities over shared sets of values and interests. Social DAOs give the community the ability to coordinate towards a mission, program roles, and incentivize contributors. One use case could be a Creator-fan club that co-creates content and grows brand value together.
Natasha Khimji • Web3 Social Landscape
Racket
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CryptoPunks
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When it comes to buying, more buyers can be validating. Unlike the rise of social vertical communities—a promising trend in its own right—the success of a shopatainment platform isn’t about fostering community and intimacy among a small group of fellow shoppers. Shopatainment is a numbers game, where seeing more shoppers purchase a product helps... See more
Andreessen Horowitz (AZ) • Shopatainment: Video Shopping as Entertainment | Andreessen Horowitz
Inworld – The developer platform for AI characters & AI NPCs
inworld.ai
Metaverse and
Earlier this year, Wei, known as Viya, used Taobao to sell a commercial rocket for 40 million yuan, or $5.6 million. The hashtag #WeiYaSellsARocket went viral on the Chinese social platform Weibo after the incredible feat.
CNBC • Singles Day sales to get tremendous lift from livestream events, as U.S. retailers play catch-up
E-Commerce Marketplace Aggregators Are Hot On Thrasio’s Heels As Companies Raise $2.3B
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JuicyBear
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