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Large customers and partners are an issue for Stripe right now because they have more negotiating power. By one estimate, even before the pandemic, Stripe was generating $350 million in revenue from Shopify alone. That gives Shopify a lot of power over Stripe. If Shopify leaves, that’s a material hit to Stripe’s revenue.
Packy McCormick • Stripe: The Internet's Most Undervalued Company
“Looking at life from a different perspective makes you realize that it’s not the deer that is crossing the road, rather it’s the road that is crossing the forest.”
-Muhammad Ali
Pretty amazing that chefs on the home-cooked meals platform Shef earn an average of ~$40/hr after expenses.
For rough comparison line cooks make ~$13-$15/hr.
Tanay Jaipuriatwitter.comGiven the history of why web1 became web2, what seems strange to me about web3 is that technologies like ethereum have been built with many of the same implicit trappings as web1. To make these technologies usable, the space is consolidating around… platforms. Again. People who will run servers for you, and iterate on the new functionality that eme... See more
moxie.org • My first impressions of web3
In light of recent issues on Clubhouse & harassment targeted at @taylorlorenz, I want to share some thoughts re how difficult it will be for CH to set up an effective moderation system -- in particular, how difficult it will be to protect women & other marginalized groups. /1
Tatiana Esteveztwitter.comLinking these thoughts back to DAOs, I suspect we are now living in an age where decentralised internet communities that figure out how to organise themselves as an interdependent complex collective of diverse individuals will end up converging on better decisions. This is the next stage of social evolution. And as a consequence, these sorts of org... See more
Sacha Saint-Leger • DAOs and the pitfalls of progressive decentralisation
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If capitalism is driven by a search for profit, the food delivery business confuses the hell out of me. Every platform loses money. Restaurants feel like they're getting screwed. Delivery drivers are poster children for gig economy problems. Customers get annoyed about delivery fees.
themargins.substack.com • Doordash and Pizza Arbitrage
Now that restaurants are mostly open again - * Let's talk about the right way to book them *
This is a more complicated subject than one might think (warning: long thread). And a frustrating one for both diners and restaurant owners.
And me!
Because, well, we've studied it /1
Nick Kokonastwitter.com