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Clay Shirky • Here Comes Everybody: The Power of Organizing Without Organizations
Instead of manipulating “users,” the best products of today are putting technology back in control of people’s hands by using game play principles, not game mechanics. Understanding the difference between these two things, and how they apply to products outside of the gaming category, will dictate the difference between the winners and losers of pr... See more
Matthew Hartman • i++ Issue #4: The next Zapier or IFTTT will use Game Design
Discord has strong momentum, and its growth is powered by a community engagement flywheel. The majority of Discord activity revolves around gaming, but this flywheel is relevant for a multitude of interest groups beyond gaming.
Derek Yang • #2 - Discord and the Creator Economy
We feel there is enormous opportunity for growth in this market and in fact, some reports claim it could reach $50bn by 2025.
Louise Rix • An Overlooked Opportunity: The past, present and future of FemTech
I want to end with an excerpt from the interview with Andrew Mason, the Founder and early CEO of Groupon.
Youngling Feynman • younglingfeynman.com
On intuition and asking for feedback:
“Henry Ford didn’t need focus groups to tell him that people would prefer inexpensive, dependable automobiles over horses. Alexander Graham Bell never stopped to worry about whether people would prefer speaking to each other on the phone. If viewers liked watching news on television, why wouldn’t they want the o
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Every VC and executive has been trained to ask about and judge businesses based on their go-to-market and distribution strategy but perhaps they should start focusing on their stay-in market and retention strategy more deeply.