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When I was in grad school, the unstated assumption in most of what we were taught was that the sole point of a business (or any institution, really) was to grow. To grow, grow, grow, to as large a scale as possible. To build an empire, take over the world. My classmates — tycoons in waiting — lapped it up. “Lifestyle businesses”? Nah! Those were fo... See more

What excites me the most about these kinds of projects is that they combine multiple kinds of cutting-edge business models and technologies — digital scarcity, drop culture, blockchain and cryptocurrency — into a direct-to-fan transaction that actually makes real money for the artists involved.

What happens if companies focus solely on selling us something immediately, not on making us loyal customers? If companies need only to persuade us to buy something once, I wonder if it creates incentives to make meh products.

No category is really won until the social product is built.

There's a Lot of Hype Ar...

But in its current form, betting on the relevancy of someone without their permission is BAD and plays into people's worst behavior ---> wanting to make money off of nothing, hoping that someone else will hold the bag. Even though it’s not the exact same, it reminds me of MLM schemes where you know there isn’t any underlying value, but you can sell... See more