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The “Transitional Tech Generation” grew up with a maniacal focus on friction-reduction, creating tons of value along the way by smoothing interfaces and transactions. But there’s more to unlock. There are layers to this thing.

On the one hand, design could become one of the few key differentiators in product building and every team with more than 10 employees will have in-house designers.

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Apt is creating a nationwide housing development chain by standardizing its products on a building level. If it is successful, it will create thousands of housing units at affordable prices by facilitating the development of low-rise apartment buildings on lots that are currently used for single-family homes. Unlocking those lots means that eight... See more

B2B over B2C (for now) to reach impact at scale. We strongly believe in the mounting pressures from regulators, investors and individuals that require companies globally and across industries to adopt net-zero strategies. While many consumers welcome B2C solutions, we believe there’s even more urgency to act and impact to be had in this emerging... See more

And it’s not just Facebook. So much of the digital experiences we spend time on have this passivity ingrained. Instagram, Netflix, YouTube. The result? We know from Facebook’s own research that passive experiences leave people feeling worse. It’s when people interact with each other — when they actively participate in the digital forum — that they... See more

Active users of Discord have it on all the time, even when they are not playing games. It’s a passive way to have presence with your friends. And when your friends start playing games it makes it easy to with one click go join them in the game. Bringing your actual social graph across all games. Finally, voice chat makes it possible to talk with... See more