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Fine! Go build a better Internet by yourself in your own personal Mastodon server. But that’s not enough for you—you want the world to join you. And rightly so! If you want that, you need to compete for the world’s attention, and you must compete on the merits. Decentralization in this context is not an advantage; it is a handicap. So be it. You ca... See more

This is an insight that has been repeated by artists, too. Pablo Picasso: “Without great solitude, no serious work is possible.” James Baldwin: “Perhaps the primary distinction of the artist is that he must actively cultivate that state which most men, necessarily, must avoid: the state of being alone.” Bob Dylan: “To be creative you’ve got to be u... See more

First of all, it’s no longer sufficient to look at traditional financial metrics, especially ones associated with profitability. While much of the business world has adapted to the information age, accounting has not.

Jet black also arrived at a time when a few startups had been trying text-based shopping, including Hello Alfred, Magic, GoButler, Operator, Fetch, Scratch and others. (Most have since failed or pivoted.) Walmart’s entry into this market, at the time, was then considered notable.

The biggest difference between Pinduoduo and incumbents was that the product was designed for mobile. Instead of manually searching for products like on Amazon or Google, products were sourced to users in a feed similar to Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, or TikTok. In the early days, the app often had no more than 20 SKU’s at any one time. This allow... See more

The trick is learning to frame your new ideas as tweaks of old ideas, to mix a little fluency with a little disfluency—to make your audience see the familiarity behind the surprise.