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Today is not about big, pyramidal organizations seeking supply-side economies of scale to mass-produce standardized goods and services for mass consumption. It is about agile, innovative firms obsessed with using technology-driven network effects to produce an exceptional experience at a large scale.
Nicolas Colin • Hedge: A Greater Safety Net for the Entrepreneurial Age
Becoming a full-stack creator is also important. Social media is about to become far, far, far more lucrative and monetizable than people realize. They think it’s over or stagnant. But we’re just getting started. Many who want to build billion-dollar companies will have to also build million-person media followings.
Eric Jorgenson • The Anthology of Balaji: A Guide to Technology, Truth, and Building the Future
the internet era of culture is a contest between the old model of top-down elite tastemakers telling you what's good and the new numbers-driven viral creator ecosystem in which algorithmic feeds tell you what you like
Kyle Chaykatwitter.comReshuffle: Who wins when AI restacks the knowledge economy
Sangeet Paul Choudary • 5 highlights
amazon.com
To your point, I think if you’re building a vertical social network, you need verticals that are inherently social—that people like to talk about. Otherwise, it’s too hard to force connections and conversation around it
Jonathan Lai • The Founder's Dilemma: To Compete or Unbundle | Andreessen Horowitz
Talent will increasingly own their audience, with the rise of “channels of one” and community-as-a-service... Equivalents to Substack (where you build and monetize your own email list) will emerge in video, communities, branded products (like Borgo, still pre-launch) and other ways to build, manage, and monetize your audience. Some early breakouts ... See more
Scott Belsky • 8 Themes For The Near Future Of Tech 🔮
Some useful takeaways on growth, board mgmt and product from week 2 @_surgeahead sessions with our founders. Thank you @gauravmunjal @RomanSaini @sashankr @saisrinivas 🙏 @Sequoia_India https://t.co/XXZhumKJUP
