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However, creatives have been limited in their ability to monetize their work while supporters have historically been limited in their ability to collectively share in the upside of their growth.
Cooper Turley • We moved to Bankless.com | Substack
SNAP. #Roamcult. Stitch Fix. Just a few examples of companies for which UI/UX is a powerful “soft” moat, where user experience and brand are entwined.
Marc Geffen • Friction Layers
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Identity. Value innovation is the opposite of imitation. It is a pursuit of singularity and incomparability. Häagen-Dazs tagline is “made like no other.” First-best brands, like Amazon, Apple or Hermès, invest in their own identity that transcends categories. They do not focus on what their competitors are doing. Kanye doesn’t compare himself with ... See more
Ana Andjelic • What modern brands can learn from Häagen-Dazs
Hyper-mimetic bubbles often indicate the long-term macro trend is very real, but the people/projects capturing the hype in the short-run may not be.
Nick Tomaino • We Like the Nouns
Despite hundreds of features, the navigation bar at the bottom of the WeChat screen is four icons: Chat, Contacts, Discover, Me. Zhang: “I told the team to establish a rule that WeChat shall always have a four-icon bar, and never add anything to it.”
Patricia Mou • vol.33: 15 Mindful Product Principles from Allen Zhang, Father of WeChat
I do believe in this idea that you shouldn’t have to click, “Follow,” we should just learn that you want to follow.
Ben Thompson • An Interview with Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger About Artifact
Perhaps that is why so many of us have half-done tasks on our to-do lists and half-read books on our bedside tables, scroll through Instagram while simultaneously semi-watching Netflix, and swipe between apps and tabs endlessly, from when we first open our eyes until we finally fall asleep. One uncomfortable explanation for why so many aspects of m
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