Laura ChauChecking 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…3 min read·Jun 30, 2021----
Laura ChauZoomtopia: 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…5 min read·Oct 21, 2020----
Laura ChauThe 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?7 min read·Jul 8, 2020--1--1
Laura ChauContent consumption habits in the age of COVID (…beyond just Netflix while you work)We are all watching more content these days.5 min read·May 12, 2020----
Laura Chau6 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’…6 min read·Apr 28, 2020--3--3
Laura ChauThe 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…4 min read·Dec 5, 2019--1--1
Laura ChauSocial Media: A Game of StatusThe social media landscape has fundamentally changed where companies that were once “social” are now mainly “status media.”6 min read·Nov 21, 2019--2--2
Laura ChauA 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.3 min read·Feb 25, 2019----
Laura ChauA 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…6 min read·Jan 23, 2019----
Laura ChauThe 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…5 min read·Nov 26, 2018----