A lot of DTC brands, across categories, adopted “reviving the middle” strategy in the form of good quality items at affordable prices and excellent service. The downside of this model is that it’s costly, and most of these brands emulating it are VC-funded and not yet profitable. Scaling this model is also a challenge, as costs of supply,... See more
The Creator Economy - is starting its transition to the Community Economy.
The Community Economy – enabled by cryptonetworks and social tokens – incentivizes early followers to use their underutilized skills and assets to support a community or individual.
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At the moment our gardens are rather solo affairs. We haven't figure out how to make them multi-player. But there's an enthusiastic community of developers and designers trying to fix that. It's hard to say what kind of libraries, frameworks, and design patterns might emerge out of that effort, but it certainly isn't going to happen behind a Medium... See more
Web3 changes what it means to be a great founder.
The successful founders of centralized web2 companies were authoritarian, manipulative, fairly sociopathic.
Web3 founders are empaths: they have to collaborate with one other, build community, and earn trust w/ a bigger mission.