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-Patron Podium: Mirror crowdfunds support a reward tier called the Patron Podium that rewards the top three contributors with unique 1/1 NFTs. It’s a great way to distinguish the project’s superfans and top supporters, and introduces a competitive auction-like element to your campaign.
Mirror • Grand Opening: Crowdfunds Go Public
1st Place = Home
Reggie James • Y2k-20 Will Come In 3rd Place
Habits are undeniably useful tools, relieving us of the need to run a complex mental operation every time we’re confronted with a new task or situation. Yet they also relieve us of the need to stay awake to the world: to attend, feel, think, and then act in a deliberate manner. (That is, from freedom rather than compulsion.) If you need to be remin... See more
Michael Pollan • How to Change Your Mind: What the New Science of Psychedelics Teaches Us About Consciousness, Dying, Addiction, Depression, and Transcendence
Meanwhile, the more recent rise of social media — plus digital publishing and the continued growth of e-commerce — has given brands strong incentives and tools to build direct relationships with their clientele, skipping the retail middlemen and keeping the rest of their margin.
Dan Frommer • The end of Need Supply
0% of US parents want to homeschool their children but only 3% do.
Mercedes Bent • The Future is Happening Now: Accelerating into a New World of Edtech
In all of these cases, the primary challenge with building a large consumer company is not “how will you make money,” but “how do you get to be a long-standing durable network and define a new set of behaviors or verbs?” Once you can do that, it’s very likely you will be able to monetize at significant scale.
Josh Elman • “How will they make money?” is the wrong question
Issue a rebate back to the customer if they do not return anything after 30 days (goal is to disincentivize ordering of multiple sizes/variations)
Melina Flabiano • 🛒 The problem with eCommerce
In the post-social media era, subscription and co-operative models will aim to create places for communities to become more aligned, sustainable, and intentional.