One of the major concerns that consumers have about the growth of ecommerce is the excess waste that goes into packaging. With consumers now wanting to feel less responsible for their impact on the environment, they're seeking out brands that facilitate environmentally conscious purchase habits–and waste-reduction is a key part of that process.
Since the emergence of productivity software in the 1980s, it was sufficient for a long time to entirely focus on features (1st wave of differentiation). This is not surprising as a large value could already be created by adding desired features to very rudimentary software products.
a fascinating distinction between subscriptions (legacy media) & membership (creators) happening in real time—
subscriptions: best content is paywalled because content is the only value
membership: best content is free because the creator and the community is the value.
In the 2010s many of our public spaces started to be molded, physically and literally, by the market advantage of luring patrons looking for highly Instagrammable shots. Businesses that once paid large sums of money to have photographs taken for advertisements that cost even more to run now had access to an army of free labor, taking pictures for... See more
No offense to my VC friends, but they often think that their investments give them the right to lecture entrepreneurs at board meetings, even though many VCs have never been in the combat seat themselves. Having seen things done is not the same as doing them.
...opportunities for new products and services within business applications and software infrastructure that serve SMBs, mid-market, and enterprise customers.