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Creator centric platforms are at an advantage to beat traditional finance to adapting to the capital needs of creators. They have unique insight into the pipeline and revenue data that traditional financial institutions don’t have and don’t understand.
Nisha Rangarajan • embedded finance x creator economy
Gain data scale through demand-side integration
Sangeet Paul Choudary • Amazon is a logistics beast - A detailed teardown
Relationships: The Heart of Networks
David Ehrlichman • Impact Networks: Create Connection, Spark Collaboration, and Catalyze Systemic Change
My general theory of social apps is that they compete on the basis of their network structures, rather than their content formats. The network structure—who sees what—is usually the main driver of value.
Every • Why I like Dispo
They are much better than startups at getting large groups of people to change their behavior
Neel Mehta • Blockchain Bubble or Revolution: The Future of Bitcoin, Blockchains, and Cryptocurrencies
true network-effects business.
Scott Kupor • Secrets of Sand Hill Road
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 🔮
To conclude, as products increasingly go digital and the social aspects gets unbundled out of the offerings, we will begin to see separate social offerings to help customers add these social elements back.