Small business owners create value in a neighborhood, but they don’t capture most of it. withco exists to fix that by making small business owners property owners, too.
Focused, quality-obsessed publications will take advantage of bundle economics to collect “stars” and monetize them through some combination of subscriptions (less likely) or alternate media forms. Said media forms, like podcasts, are tough to grow on their own, but again, that is what makes them such a great match for writing, which is perfect for... See more
Don’t live in with one foot in an imagined world, ungrateful for the life that you created. We flourish when we stop fantasizing about the unlived life and accept the one we’re in.
Maybe “what have you done for the world” isn’t even the right question. It assumes an acting upon, separate from-ness. What if the good stuff happens less when you act upon the world and more when you become one with it? Part of it.
Conversely, as Casper discovered, there is no particular reason why a company selling consumer products ‘but on the internet’ should have any higher margins than anyone else. It seems quite likely that the great consumer reset underway now will see the creation of all sorts of new retailers, brands and products, but it doesn't follow that they will... See more