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Farther Farms
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We are a collector, a museum, and a gallery. We create educational content. We’re also an auction house and an exchange rolled into one. I think if you had to recreate something for our generation, you have to rethink what that looks like and combine the pieces of what works in the world to create a new thing.
High Snobiety • Investing in Culture: An Interview With Michael Karnjanaprakorn, Founder of Otis
Most of today’s consumer tech giants monetize through ads: Facebook, Google, Twitter, Snap, YouTube. Virtual worlds are the next generation of consumer tech, and they’ll monetize through commerce—through virtual economies and marketplaces.
Rex Woodbury • Virtual Worlds and Virtual Economies
Here are some high-level examples of strategies:
- Tesla: Build a high-priced sports car → Use that revenue to build an affordable car → Use that revenue to build an even more affordable car → While doing so, also provide zero-emission electric power
- Uber: Launch Uber Black → Bring prices down by launching UberX → Bring prices down by launching Uber Po
Lenny Rachitsky • Mission → Vision → Strategy → Goals → Roadmap → Task
Open Source Content represents an incredible opportunity for UGC platforms to turn viewers into creators. Platforms adopting this model are more likely to enjoy much better engagement than the standard 90-9-1 ratio, like Musically's 25% creator ratio reported prior to the TikTok acquisition.
Zack Hargett • Open Source Content is the future of user-generated content
Patrick McCarthy
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So, the condition of superabundance creates a need for aggregation. LLMs will amplify that abundance. It’s a good bet that this strengthens the strategic importance of aggregation.