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Discord is not a strategy.
People screaming into a server is not a community.
NFTs are not about shitty collectibles and PR inches.
If you’re going to explore Web3 as a brand, do it from a place of strong foundations & business acumen, not a broken hype-based playbook.
Gaming as a creative tool: Hardware: Creation using game consoles, Software: Creation using interactive mobile apps, Hardware/Software: Creation using mixed-reality tools
Cherie Hu • 15 ways to incorporate gaming into your music strategy
A lot of people seem to have a necessary level of stress, and when their life is going well they make up imaginary problems to fill the void.
Morgan Housel • Some Things I Think
In a crowded software market, hardware can be your moat. The most successful of these companies is Peloton. If you buy a bike (or presumably a Tread), to just get your hardware to turn on, you have to pay Peloton $39 a month for a subscription. And while your parents’ generation ended up using exercise equipment mainly as a clothes horse, these new... See more
Shripriya Mahesh • Hardware as a Moat - Adventuring
It could be said that the success of our human future requires the pursuit of narrative, reflection and empathy. To be sure, we can move in that direction through education, civic discourse and therapy. But if the design of our digital technologies helped us get to where we are, then design can also help get us somewhere better. Indeed, there are a
... See moreTim Gorichanaz • Finding Heroes In A Messy Digital World | NOEMA
Unlike the other monetization models I have explained so far, a complementary product does not generate revenue from access to or interactions on the marketplace. Instead, it involves selling a standalone product to enhance the marketplace’s value proposition.
Sameer Singh • The Marketplace Monetization Map: Complexity and Asymmetry
Nootropic, Functional Mushroom Supplements | Earth & Star
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I now pay for 4 @SubstackInc newsletters which is ~4x my annual @nytimes subscription.
2 realizations:
1) the medium (newsletters) is personal, provides discourse & connects creator & consumer. it's an ideal model
2) cost modeling, need for bundling will be tested very soon