Andy Payment

CMO. Startup advisor.

[Andy Payment @AndyPayment]

Why bother? No differentiated/proprietary products, no services that require physical presence, no useful e-commerce strategy, doesn’t serve rural/low-income communities. Am gonna miss those 20% coupons though.

[Reuters @Reuters]

Shares of Bed Bath & Beyond slumped more than 40% in early trading after the retailer's plans to raise about $1 billion through an offering failed to convince investors the company could avoid bankruptcy https://t.co/pM0WfEZxrr

[Andy Payment @AndyPayment]

Gives new meaning to the joke: “Do you know Tom, the mycologist? Yeah, he’s a fungi.”

[WIRED @WIRED]

The Cordyceps infection was a scary sight. It's just another reason to fear the fungi. #TheLastOfUsHBO https://t.co/yQNLXH2dgP

[Andy Payment @AndyPayment]

This sounds familiar…

[FinTech Futures @FinTech_Futures]

Several major #US #banks reportedly team up on new #digitalwallet project

A number of US #banking heavyweights are reportedly teaming up to offer a digital consumer e-wallet in order to grab market share from tech titans @Apple and @PayPal.

https://t.co/PeJADJsMBh

[Andy Payment @AndyPayment]

Lot of great info in this piece. Answers many of the “Where do I start with sales & marketing questions.” https://t.co/6olZXeZHG8 #tech via @a16z

[Andy Payment @AndyPayment]

Can someone explain the part where they keep holding votes without being certain they have agreement with the 20 holdouts? https://t.co/KBYjXfRzhs

[Andy Payment @AndyPayment]

I love what the #Braves are doing (focus on sustained competitiveness vs throwing in the chips to win it all in 2023). But as a soon-to-be-their-own-public company, do they even prioritize winning the WS? Do they even need to?

[David O'Brien @DOBrienATL]

Sean Murphy on Tuesday joined expanding list of #Braves signed to long extensions. What the catcher’s potential $88 million deal means going forward and what's left for team to do: https://t.co/ZnR685EMIP

[Andy Payment @AndyPayment]

Have to admit, this isn’t bad. Clear and immediate applications for marketing and sales, even in complex B2B plays. (Copy drafts, keyword suggestions, doublechecking work). Not enough YET to take out real costs, but enough to support scale scale. #ChatGPT #b2bsales #b2bmarketing

[Andy Payment @AndyPayment]

Tell me someone pooped in the pool without telling me someone pooped in the pool.

[Andy Payment @AndyPayment]

Would “Reaganing” be the opposite of “goblin mode?” I think this is most ppl’s wfh days btw… https://t.co/pT7uk2sUkJ

[Andy Payment @AndyPayment]

This is so true I had to help the kids invest their savings in Roblox stock. Then had to promptly subsidize their losses. Thanks $RBLX. https://t.co/wCYWLzouqY

[Andy Payment @AndyPayment]

In any other context, a newly-private company rapidly shedding cost and barriers to success (e.g. employees not in the canoe) would go unnoticed by the masses. We’re just uncomfortable saying out loud that this is often the playbook for these situations.

[Chris Bakke @ChrisJBakke]

Employee #146,987 at Google ($735k/yr TC) who works 13 hours per week waking up to discover that Twitter is still running with 700 employees.

[Andy Payment @AndyPayment]

Good read if you rely on digital ads to run your business. “…if data is the new oil, ad platforms are losing 84% of their Brent Crude.”

https://t.co/3Gh9NC7bwe

[Edward Snowden @Snowden]

sure laugh at zuckerberg's stock crash but remember that in five years he's gonna own your eyeballs and pause the ads every time you blink

[Andy Payment @AndyPayment]

What are the best examples of B2B #growthhacking?

[Andy Payment @AndyPayment]

We too often mistake all the data and noise for "insight." I like the bar this piece sets of "information...competitors don't have access to." https://t.co/4b1VedWgPq

[Andy Payment @AndyPayment]

Congrats to all the Mets fans out there for most games in 1st place this season! #GoBraves

[Andy Payment @AndyPayment]

Good piece from @a16z on building a fintech infrastructure. Especially the part about not straying from your initial use case. https://t.co/iG9HbOkVZU

[Andy Payment @AndyPayment]

Great piece if you're launching a startup and looking for your first customers. Selling people new stuff is hard: https://t.co/9jss5lnFFL #startup #sales #MarketingStrategy

[Andy Payment @AndyPayment]

“He stood up to the bully Adam Lanza and saved nine of his classmates’ lives,” Lewis said. “I hope that I did that incredible courage justice when I was able to confront Alex Jones, who is also a bully. I hope that inspires other people to do the same.” https://t.co/JtGr6M9bzL

[Andy Payment @AndyPayment]

Hard to imagine 🙄🙄🙄

[Paul Fairie @paulisci]

A Brief History of Nobody Wants to Work Anymore

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