Sam Blumenthal

Tophatter’s games are reminiscent of the mini-games that have appeared for the past few years on Chinese e-commerce apps. One of the earliest examples is Alipay’s “Ant Forest,” which was launched in 2016, and gives users points that they can use to plant virtual trees each time they pay for, say, public transit. Most other mini-games, however, have... See more

The company [NTWRK] has also partnered with J Balvin’s creative director (known as Milkman), along with brands such as Vans, Nike, Adidas and Foot Locker, which is also an investor. According to Fitzgibbons, onboarding the right sellers starts a “snowball effect” that prompts other sellers to join.  “The key to live commerce is truly interesting... See more

Creative works are social objects in the fullest sense — they exist in a nexus of social, cultural, and legal links to other people and things, and they are only valuable to the extent they can fully participate in their whole context. Rights regimes restrict known rights, but also create rights if they are well designed, driving generativity.