Checking in with how we check out — why I’m more excited about nate than everWhat if you never had to waste your time with mindless tasks again? No more entering your shipping address. No more trying to remember…Jun 30, 2021Jun 30, 2021
Zoomtopia: What Zoom Gets Right and What it is Still MissingZoom delivers on the basic functionality needed for remote social and work-related communication. But 4 things are true for advancing…Oct 21, 2020Oct 21, 2020
The next great consumer companies won’t be exclusive clubs. They will be inclusive cults.Silicon Valley is obsessed with exclusivity. But is that actually good for business?Jul 8, 20201Jul 8, 20201
Content consumption habits in the age of COVID (…beyond just Netflix while you work)We are all watching more content these days.May 12, 2020May 12, 2020
6 consumer tech trends to watch in a post-COVID worldCreativity thrives within constraints. COVID-19, for better or worse, has provided some of the most unique constraints to test innovators’…Apr 28, 20203Apr 28, 20203
The Status Tipping Point and the Social <> Status CycleThis is one of a series of excerpts from my chapter in, Finding Genius by Kunal Mehta — available on Amazon . You can read my previous…Dec 5, 20191Dec 5, 20191
Social Media: A Game of StatusThe social media landscape has fundamentally changed where companies that were once “social” are now mainly “status media.”Nov 21, 20192Nov 21, 20192
A New Way to Party — with CoterieDozens of industries have been re-thought with the experience-driven, millennial customer in mind. Next up? Party supplies and decor.Feb 25, 2019Feb 25, 2019
A prescription for how the healthcare industry can “spark joy”I recently finished binge-watching Marie Kondo’s new Netflix show, Tidying Up with Marie Kondo, and after rifling through my apartment to…Jan 23, 2019Jan 23, 2019
The Beauty Industry is Ready for a MakeoverEarlier this month, I hosted Canaan’s inaugural Breakfast Club — a monthly gathering of entrepreneurs to share insights and build…Nov 26, 2018Nov 26, 2018