@BretWeinstein Yes, #1. Too many variables for designer to predict fitness.
Only path to recreate intelligence in a foreign environment: a cell with two instructions, reproduce and survive.
Then hundreds of millions of years of patience — and on that point our creator is likely beyond human.
@jasonfried Boosting your ego by judging people who put Calendly in footer: 🧠
Boosting your ego by putting Calendly in your footer & declining everyone who books without asking:
@rrhoover Azul, if you like fun & simple
Puerto Rico, if you fun & complex*
(*divisive pick = most people think it's a 3-4 player game, but 2 player is like economic chess & my fav way to play.)
@tobi 🔥 We’re helping brands use QRs & links to get more customers signed-in to Shopify.
Put the QR in front of a mannequin, or printed next to a model in direct mail = “Save this outfit”
Here’s a live example:
https://t.co/JtCTTufNyI
@chaseclymer Amazon gives away Echos like candy during Black Friday / Cyber Monday.
I’ve been using 5 connected Echos + Spotify for the last 2 years. Covers every room in the house, Alexa app is garbage but audio is perfectly in sync.
Can’t beat it for the price. 🤷
@PhilipPages (For the record, I think you're awesome & of course there will be consumables that win on DTC. I'm just #TeamApparel on Shopify and enjoying the banter.)
@PhilipPages I like that. Also just love debating ecomm 😎
The "pay $50 to acquire customer and $5 to ship for $8 margin on their *second* order of lotion" playbook was the real temporary economic swing... fueled by VC & hot economy.
Prices need to be way too high to make it work.
@TheDavidJo@PhilipPages Shoppers will be more loyal (less likely to cut spend) with products that go on their body & reflect who they are.
My clothes, my shoes, my makeup? Last to go. My identity.
Magic Spoon, expensive snacks, trendy lotions? First to go. Save $100/mo at Kroger and nobody notices.
Startups are almost always under-resourced.
There are always 100 things broken, all crying out for attention, but you only have the resources to fix a handful of them. Even then, the best entrepreneurs know not to spread those resources evenly.
Do you have just enough people to handle ten things? Then it’s better to pick two things and do them five times as well.