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André Chaperon
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Your CAC doesn’t matter: Brands of the next decade will win with loyalty, not acquisition
Jason Bornsteinforerunnerventures.com
As consumers, our most valuable affinities will be to brands and communities, not specific products.
Joey DeBruin • (Amazon) Prime time in web3
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
the only way to maintain a competitive advantage in the media and entertainment business is to continue knowing more about your audience than the competition does.
Tom Webster • The Audience Is Listening: A Little Guide to Building a Big Podcast
Overdeliver: Build a Business for a Lifetime Playing the Long Game in Direct Response Marketing
amazon.com
The Start-up of You: Adapt to the Future, Invest in Yourself, and Transform Your Career
Reid Hoffman • 2 highlights
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Second, I’m reflecting on a point former Netscape CEO Jim Barksdale famously made in 1995: “There are only two ways to make money in business: bundling and unbundling.” I think we’re burnt out by the fragmentation that the D2C era brought to everything. After subscribing to tons of hyper-niche content over the years, the idea of a couple brands we ... See more
Michelle Rose Joseph • No. 13 — Reclaiming Discovery From the Algorithms
@patrick_oshag I think with so much data and algorithmic-everything, the value of hand curation will continue to increase. 1,000 movies the computer suggests are not as compelling as 1 movie from a person I trust.
I think there must be an analytical corollary to this, but I'm not yet sure what
Simon Sarrisx.com