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Cocoon aims to change the way we share. It launched on Thanksgiving, with more than 10,000 users signing up from 163 countries that week, according to Monga. Everything you post stays within the group. The app is its own small world: a feed is the home screen, greeting users with updates since they last signed on; messaging capabilities include thr... See more

Being open and flexible to opportunity is sometimes more important than knowing what you’re trying to do.

What we need is social media made entirely for the purpose of revealing the truth. As the French investor Xavier Faure said: “We need a trust social network. Where we don’t signal what we like, but what we vouch for.”

Joy is the reward, really, of seeking to give joy to others. When you show compassion, when you show caring, when you show love to others, do things for others, in a wonderful way you have a deep joy that you can get in no other way. You can’t buy it with money. You can be the richest person on Earth, but if you care only about yourself, I can bet

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Many, especially the elderly, will need to take further precautions. But where it’s safe, let’s get creative and radically repurpose outdoor spaces for the time.

The Bacon Method for building communities: 1) Produce mission and value statements, 2) choose your community engagement model, 3) define what value you want to deliver, 4) produce your big rocks (broad objectives for the next year), 5) know your audience and build audience personas, 6) design your on-ramp and engagement model, 7) build your quarter... See more

Woody Allen said “80% of success is showing up.” To which @howes28 added, “and the other 20% is refusing to leave.” I think about that a lot when companies run into tough times. So much of long term company success is built on the team simply persisting.