Ideally, the lending product would create: (1) A tech-enabled window into the creator’s business and (2) a repayment flow from the platform to the lender that mirrors the cash flows of the business. By building predictability into the unprecedented and de-risking the payback, a tech-enabled subscription platform may allow lenders to provide competi... See more
New technologies will completely dissolve the line between virtual and in-person, so that your favorite celebrity becomes just another member of your friend group.
You can stand out by offering unique features for your biggest supporters and early adopters. Nothing creates a more powerful marketing initiative than rewarding your current top supporters. They’ll go out and sell for you like crazy when they are regularly acknowledged and rewarded for being part of the founding community.
Forecast with a greater degree of accuracy than any internal model for a more complex and wide-ranging set of companies than something like Facebook’s Prophet.
For a $10k fee, ZeroDown will buy a home on a consumer’s behalf and rent it to him for 5 years. Each month, Consumers earn equity in their home. After 5 years, they have credits worth 15% of the home’s value.