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Advice for founders - “Go find the thing you can commit to for 10 years, because that’s how long it’s going to take, minimum, to get a good outcome”

Tipping, donations, and microtransactions. Since Twitch launched tipping in 2017, we’ve seen early signs that it’s catching on in the U.S., often via donation platforms or common P2P apps like Venmo and PayPal. Clash, for instance, is a short video platform similar to TikTok where tipping is a key revenue source for creators (and Clash takes a cut)... See more

We posit that the most prominent NFT projects, things like Bored Ape Yacht Club and Pudgy Penguins, hold such a remarkably similar structure to Multi-Level-Marketing companies (MLMs) that they will also suffer from the same failures. Investors should exercise extreme caution as they evaluate this emerging asset class.

By framing LDAs dually as an economic investment and as a piece of the fan community, LDAs more fully capture the intangible, social value of art.

If lululemon were buying a standalone hardware business, I’d be skeptical of their ability to turn it into a stream of subscription revenue. But Mirror immediately gives lululemon a monthly charge on consumers’ credit cards, something they didn’t have before.

A digital oasis can look and feel like anything. It can be as simple as a one-page website, or as endlessly complex as a multi-layered, multi-player world. The unifying characteristics of oases—what binds them all together— is that they're authentic expressions of someone's humanity and creativity, and they treat internet visitors as cherished gues... See more

While videos are free to view on the platform, the registration process to be a commentator for Bilibili is perhaps the most demanding one for any social media platform today. It involves passing a 100 multi-choice questions test with at least 60 correct answers within an hour. Topics covered in the test include copyrights, commentary etiquette, pl... See more

-Their $999 price cap on IAP