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I’m intrigued with the modern version of a country club. I think of concepts like Soho House or the Wing as “urban country clubs”. These membership businesses gather communities of like-minded people. They create repeat traffic and have demographic and psychographic desirability in their members. These communities are powerful because if they endor... See more
Julie Thibault • The Internet empowered us to find our tribes. Retail isn’t keeping up.
In fact, I’d argue an emerging class of creators and consumer brands is actually employing curation as a business strategy. Gohar World, Ganni and Soeur have been sharing city travel guides, Ghia has been sharing Spotify playlists, and tastemakers like Olympia Gayot and Alex Eagle are joining entirely new social platforms purpose-built for discover... See more
Michelle Rose Joseph • No. 13 — Reclaiming Discovery From the Algorithms
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
She saw it as her unique contribution to the world to show each and every one of us that we were all psychic too, and that working with our own intuitive voice—as Katie Winterbourne helped me to do—was the first step to leading an ultimately fulfilling life.
Ruby Warrington • Material Girl, Mystical World
We are living through the emergence of a new business category which I believe will become an important part of our digital lives: community-curated knowledge networks
(a thread on why) https://t.co/ZNg3FHiGUD
**THE CLUB AS A LIFESTYLE PLATFORM: IT’S BIGGER THAN BRAT
**Bushwick circa 2022 onward is one of the most meme’d lifestyles, identities and ‘vibes’ that New York City has produced. The growing crop of club venues even amidst record rent raises demonstrate an urgent appetite for community, connection, and escapism that has emerged from that year or t
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Curators Are the New Creators. The Business Model of Good Taste | by Gaby Goldberg | Medium
Gaby Goldberggabygoldberg.medium.com