Sam Blumenthal
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Sam Blumenthal
Participation in the Propose phase within a network spans from centralized to decentralized, describing how widely distributed the power to add options to the network’s agenda is. In networks where the agenda is informal and doesn’t define which actions can be executed, the power to propose is influential rather than fundamental. Proposals don’t... See more
Mirror • Anticapture
Inflation, Interest Rates, The War in Ukraine & Commodity Prices, Labor Markets and The Great Repricing
Compounding Thoughts • Making Sense of the Macro
The new gaming features are integrated into the experience of browsing. The Treasure Spin appears at the top of a customer’s feed in the Tophatter app, and the skins they win are visible to all of the bidders on a particular product. “If you have time to spare and you’re looking for what to do in that time, we want to be top of mind in terms of a... See more
Michael Waters • Tophatter is bringing gamified commerce to the U.S.
Recruiting Tech and
“Influencers, they understand their community,” Bogliari said, which makes the viewing experience feel more personalized, and could then lead to higher conversion rates. He added that influencers make livestream shopping “more relatable and appear less commercial.”
Retail Dive • What's old is new: Brands craving connection with consumers turn to livestreaming
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