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After spending the year cut off from our broader social networks, people are hungry for community. As a result, I expect we’ll see several ed-tech companies try to leverage the power of social learning to drive better education and business outcomes.

Product design is inherently culture design. The quote tweet feature promotes a commentary structure within the network. Compared to a simple retweet which is an act of cosigned elevation and agreement.

If commerce is a transaction between buyer and seller, the face of the seller is evolving with new tools for discovery and purchase that allow for a personal relationship between creator and customer. Beyond a corporation or mass retailer, the seller is now frequently a person or small business. We are seeing a new long-tail retailer learning how t... See more

In a 2004 study, Angelo Maravita and Atsushi Iriki discovered that when monkeys and humans consistently use a tool to extend their reach, such as using a rake to reach an object, certain neural networks in the brain change their “map” of the body to include the new tool. This fascinating finding reinforces the idea that external tools can and ofte

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2. Market and business modelWhat is the big opportunity you are addressing? What are the steps to getting there?What is your business model? How will you make money? How big of a market is your specific market really?Who is the competition? Why will you beat them?Why are you uniquely positioned to win in the market?What is the market structure and ... See more

If ultrafast delivery services flame out, it will most likely be because despite their popularity and value proposition, they cannot make the unit economics sustainable. What will happen instead is that existing players in grocery will leverage their existing infrastructure of stores and warehouses or acquiring an ultrafast player at a discount to ... See more