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The massive dissemination of information — and I would argue a large contributor to a network’s massive value — comes from the ability of information to jump from one subnetwork of users to another. On Twitter, the jumping function is the retweet. A person who lives and breathes technology tweets about a new streaming music service called Spotify, ... See more

VCs have become used to 70–80%+ margins in software businesses. Well, that is hard,if not impossible, to achieve in hardware companies. So many entities along the value chain ‘touch’ the product that if everyone took such high margins, products would become too expensive to be useful. But 40–50% margins are not to be scoffed at, and we need to adju... See more

Shopify is the second-largest retailer after Amazon

But whether Substack is good for writers is one question; another is whether a world in which subscription newsletters rival magazines and newspapers is a world that people want.

To cross the chasm, startups must first dominate a niche or create a beachhead and then expand from a position of strength. Too often, startups try to skip the early adopter stage and move to early majority. The issue is that the early majority requires references, and they won’t buy the product no matter how valuable it is without them.

With large teams and important business goals to lead, Heads of Community will earn a rightful place on the executive leadership team. Community leaders will no longer be embedded inside other functions — they will be valuable enough to stand alone and to build large, high functioning teams.