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Micro-economies have a shared mission, are pre-product and have little to no revenue. They’re in the earliest stages of hiring and resemble structures like co-ops or committees.

The US compliance system has left alcohol behind in the ecommerce game; consumers largely don’t consider an alcohol brand’s website as a purchasing option. Thirstie is trying to change that as a white-label platform for alcohol suppliers.

Simply put, we must show people the cost of not doing business with us.

Let’s take an example. The luxury sector, fashion in particular, has increasingly become a key theater for umami. Throughout the history of human civilization, luxury was premised on being expensive, meaning it resulted from investing an unreasonable amount of work, material or other scarce resources into the making of a thing.

Our ultimate goal, after all, is not a good death but a good life to the very end.

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