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I’m Jane Smith, the founder and CEO of Wild Widgets. Industrial Magazine named us Top Widget Maker of the Midwest, which was a huge honor in our business. I’ve scaled back from six to two staff and am looking to build
Danielle LaPorte • The Fire Starter Sessions: A Soulful + Practical Guide to Creating Success on Your Own Terms
Scott Belsky Talk at South Park Commons
Often designs from frustration
Right now, greater skill is being brought by compute and developing a democratization of many things (code, design, etc.). Because of this, taste will probably be the most important skill
Taste is derived from culture and overlap of industries
Because of that
Curators Are the New Creators. The Business Model of Good Taste | by Gaby Goldberg | Medium
Gaby Goldberggabygoldberg.medium.com
The Internet empowered consumers to find their tribes. They choose which content to interact with, they tailor their media based on their real friends, aspirational friends, values, aesthetics, etc., they share their opinions on global platforms and they seek out the products, people and brands that align with their view of themselves.
Julie Thibault • The Internet empowered us to find our tribes. Retail isn’t keeping up.
Forerunner Ventures’ Kirsten Green , Into the Gloss co-founder Nick Axelrod (now at UTA Ventures), or Emily’s former assistant, Morgan Von Steen
After the Gloss: What’s Next for Emily Weiss
Curators filter signal from noise in an increasingly noisy world. As the barriers to being a creator decrease, the internet gets even noisier and the need for credible curators increases. Algorithms will continue to play a role in aggregation, indexing, and personalization. But the best curation requires a human touch. You’re more likely to have an... See more