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Patronage — It is my belief that audiences WANT to pay creators. Fans like to reward artists, musicians, authors and the like with the tokens of their appreciation, because it allows them to connect. But they will only pay if it is very easy to do, a reasonable amount, and they feel certain the money will directly benefit the creators.
French • Better Than Free
Founded in 2013 as a late-night service for college students to order junk food, rolling papers and condoms, GoPuff has gone mainstream, and now offers 3,000 items ranging from over-the-counter medicine and laundry detergent to pet food and nail polish—all delivered in around 30 minutes for a flat $2 fee.
Lauren Debter • Error PageSecurity Violation (403)
I see these as fairly universal i.e. that almost any group must be in one of these modes. Either the group is just chatting (i.e. a WhatsApp group, or book club), or the groups’ members have agreed to work together on some specific purpose (i.e. a open source software project, or startup), or they’ve developed an idea to a suitable state in order t... See more
Oliver Sylvester-Bradley • Making groups work
For this reason, websites like Craigslist and Are.na strike a chord: Their analog internet style and chunky buttons feel daring and intriguing in this modern context. Compared to the blasé, blue-branded modern tools we all spend so much of our time using today — and that contribute to that uniform sameness described earlier — these tools feel decid... See more
Molly Mielke • Why We Crave Software With Style Over "Branding"
Hooray Foods
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Future of Food and
Shipping fees... It may sound banal, even self-evident, but understanding that was, I'm convinced, so critical to much of how we unlocked growth at Amazon over the years. People don't just hate paying for shipping, they hate it to literally an irrational degree.
Eugene Wei • Invisible Asymptotes
Lavish Parties, Greedy Pols and Panic Rooms: How the ‘Apple of Pot’ Collapsed
Ben Schreckingerpolitico.com
People don't talk about the soul very much anymore. It's so much easier to write a resume than to craft a spirit. But a resume is a cold comfort on a winter night, or when you're sad, or broke, or lonely, or when you've gotten back the test results and they're not so good.
Here is my resume: I am a good mother to three children. I have tried never t
... See moreAnna Quindlen • Anna Quindlen's Commencement Address at Villanova
This one sounds ambitious, but I've seen several people go through the process of this now, and while it takes some upfront investment (a couple $1,000s) and a bit of courage to do something physical, it's also a pretty safe way to make a return.