My concern is not an explicit critique of what Li Jin would describe as the need for a creator’s middle class. Although I do believe that some of my beliefs would make for an interesting conversation clash with her. Instead, it is circling what happens when we make monetization an expansive possibility within the platforms we interact in.
Neither of these models fully replace business school. In any ISA there’s an adverse selection issue, where only students who can’t afford to pay for school up front are attracted to that model. On the equity investment side, the glaring issue is that it’s only relevant for people who want to start venture scale businesses. If we think back to our ... See more
The anti-Amazon fight is not going to be won by Shopify becoming an integrator. Instead, it is the fulfillment, financing, and other on-platform initiatives that are important.