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- 1/ Amazon is famous for its writing culture: • "Mock press releases / FAQs" for new product pitches • "6-page memos" instead of Powerpoint Two former Amazon execs wrote a book called "Working Backwards" detailing the philosophy. Here are some insights 🧵
- OpenSea has now passed Etsy in volume, with $1b so far in August NFTs are rapidly catching up to all of eBay
- Cliqz, a Munich-based privacy-focused browser, is shutting down their European anti-tracking alternative to Google search. Some thoughts on privacy & competition (thread) ↓
- Big idea from @johnrobb interview today: Circa 2030 you'll be involved in a bunch of networks Some you'll have a big ownership stake Some you'll have a small amount of equity Some you'll be a consumer You'll add value mostly across the networks you hold equity in
- 1/ @axieinfinity. It took them 3+ yrs to make their first $10M in revenue and 5 days to make their latest $10M. Runrating $1B+/mo of GMV. 350k DAUs. What is going on here…
- web1 -> web 2.0 -> web3 is about progressively giving more power+ownership to the community. web1: centralized content + ownership (Zagat, Encarta, Yahoo directories, etc) web2: UGC (Yelp, Flickr,..) but centrally owned+governed. web3: community has both ownership+governance.
Collective ownership, Coops, and User Owned Platforms and Web 3.0
- The lack of virality in an email newsletter still puzzles me. This is my list. Straight line. You would think more subs would mean more forwards and more subs, but no.