Apps like Instacart itself will become key marketing platforms. Instacart is fully aware of this, and is moving quickly to become an ad platform. The top Instacart result becomes the new endcap placement. How long before the algorithm’s out-of-stock replacement suggestion becomes the most hotly contested spot?
What allows for long-term success in web3 is clear purpose, having an engaged and high-quality community, and matching the right organizational governance to that purpose and community.
-I expect on-demand delivery models to offer more gifting experiences in the app—for example, adding gift messages for the recipient and allowing the recipient to select the gift themselves within a gift allowance (similar to the fun gift selection experience that startup Goody offers today).
Jobs: It’s often the same with any new, revolutionary thing. People get stuck as they get older. Our minds are sort of electrochemical computers. Your thoughts construct patterns like scaffolding in your mind. You are really etching chemical patterns. In most cases, people get stuck in those patterns, just like grooves in a record, and they never g... See more
And I think summarization is an important technology trend that more and more people in the next couple of years will appreciate as they see their time disappearing. When your time is valuable, you want simple tools to help you get stuff done. Instead, we get sucked into engagement loops from companies whose business model is often advertisements. ... See more
As any asset begins to accrue greater recognition and deeper social significance, its value moves beyond being predominantly transactional and towards an expression of the owner’s identity.