I do think that bringing the marketplace functionality too early can be a burden on the company, especially one that's not capitalized well... offer something with high intrinsic value and low marginal cost, start getting customers hooked into that workflow, and then expand into other parts of the workflow that leave you well-positioned to launch a... See more
Something like 20% of homeowners are digital natives, and yet the one store we still go to is Home Depot. This is something that it’s not obvious you can bring online, but you can.
You made a comment about the data warehouse. I think it's the ease and ability to access what I call “gold standard data.” You might say source of record, whatever it is. To me, this is the gold standard that everyone should be using. The ease of getting that data other places and then doing things with it is the value of the modern data stack.... See more
There's a future world where it will be relatively common for brands to not only potentially be required to, but on their own accord, put on labels or on their website, or just generally be more transparent about their environmental footprints.
We have a resource we’re updating constantly to give brands a sense of top tools in each layer of the stack.For automation on Alloy, we see a lot of recurring names like Gorgias and ReCharge, but also we’re usually the first to meet up and coming players as well