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- The cultural shift to e-commerce has brought about new expectations for immediate gratification from consumers, and with that, increased environmental impacts as retailers attempt to meet those demands. However, when companies are willing to invest in creating sustainable solutions to navigate the evolving demands of today’s shopper, they will see ... See more
from Can E-Commerce and Sustainability Co-Exist? by Marianne Wilson
- It's not enough to say 'matcha is good', it's not a story until you say 'compared to coffee, matcha makes you consistently alert but not jittery'. It's not a story with potential, though, until you say that 'stopping drinking coffee has been the single-most important change in my life in the past 3 years.' Most books try to describe pieces of these... See more
from Communication by Chris Lengerich
- Our current platform era is really built on the back of self-serve advertising. The Top 5 largest advertising businesses are all built on self-serve revenue
from Self-serve ads and the rise of DIY advertising by SparrowAdvisers
- -Only revenue generating in a meaningful way for creators with thousands of followers (w/ current structure).
from The Rise of the Creator Economy by Julia Maltby
- Audio that’s valuable as a professional or educational resource, which encourages users to get their employer to pay for it, or consider an educational expense.
from Subscription podcasting is not a breakout success by Dan Frommer
- When our activist came in, I offered to step down as CEO and the board wanted to go in a different direction. I didn't want to be on a board with an activist. I didn't want to run a company like that. It's just a Wall Street mess. It's not creative, it's diminishing. But the board said no. So at that point, I'm like, okay, I have to plan an exit. I... See more
from An Interview With Jack Dorsey
honest account from Jack Dorsey on the deadening effect of maximization and trying to hit the quarter numbers for a public company. incentives are everything.
- The usual cycle with social media sites is that they start out being very flexible and open, and are happy to have users even if those users are sharing content that sends other users off-site. But, over time, they try to get more content hosted on their own systems, and to promote it more relative to the competition. Google, while not a social pla... See more
from Price-First or Thesis-First Research? by Byrne Hobart
- At scale, Wander’s goal is to create an affordable experience at the intersection of life, work, and travel; potentially posing as a feasible alternative to rent.
from #19 — John Andrew Entwistle — Traveling into the future by Kyle Tibbitts
Though spoken half a century ago, the phrase encapsulates the dynamics of where we find ourselves today: “a technical triumph, and a social disaster.”
from How Online Mobs Act Like Flocks Of Birds by Renée DiResta