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While the Aggregators definitionally serve nearly everyone, they actually do overlook a segment of their users: the people who aren’t happy to just use the products for free, but who want to earn ownership, privileges, and money for their participation, and who are willing to accept a lower-quality user experience to get those things. This is where... See more

Tell a teenager: “You are so brilliant. I can’t wait to see who you become. And I love who you are right now.”

Have a detailed vision of what a perfect normal day in your life looks like in five years. Where do you wake up? Who's there? What are you working on that day? Then, as often as you can, think through the steps you need to take today to get closer to that life, and cross them off one by one, week by week.

Part of why I get so furious when people dismiss creativity is that [when] it’s an activity practiced in its most noble and collaborative form, it means a bunch of people who come together in an empathic and selfless way. What I have come to realize is that the process of creating with large groups of people is really hard and is also unbelievably... See more

But any attempt will need to compete for attention from the ultimate discovery network, Instagram, or the ultimate search engines, Google and Amazon. And right now, at launch, the Shop app is nowhere close to the magic of either of them.