Challenge #2: Low utilization of services to prevent and manage chronic conditions. With increasing consumer preference for convenient care options, we’re most interested in those virtual care technologies that leverage AI or asynchronous telemedicine to encourage the adoption of behaviors that prevent chronic illness.
I'm not surprised at all. Building good consumer products is insanely hard and takes lots of time and iteration.
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If I were Substack, I would end up doing a standard recommendation feed. I would use recommendations from authors, but I would also use recommendations based on AI: Substack has much more data on readers’ favorite types of authors and articles than writers do. If somebody reads the same five authors as you, it’s likely you’ll be interested in a 6th... See more
Warby Parker filed for a direct listing yesterday!
As someone who spends a lot of time with D2C brands, I was excited to get a closer look at one of the "OGs."
Read on for an S-1 teardown + some thoughts on valuation👇
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As agency has increased, and the world has become more meritocratic, many people reject it. It’s like someone is handing you power over your life and you say “no thanks!” Why? Because accepting power and agency means success or failure is your responsibility and your ego can’t handle it.