Nick Benson

Founder & CEO — Atelier. Building the future of manufacturing. Supply chain. Sustainability. Manufacturing.

[Nick Benson @pls_tks]

To understand what's happening in global #SupplyChain we need to understand both the demand and supply sides of the marketplace.

(I don't go in for the 🧵 I'm more of a 🌩️ kinda guy) but read on for the bones of the #SupplyChainCrisis

[Nick Benson @pls_tks]

CPG INDUSTRY DOOM SIGNAL:

Nestle’s net profit falls 31.4% !!! ⅓ of profit lost in 6 months, 16,000 ppl laid off AND the fire sale of Blue Bottle Coffee. Eeeeep. The incumbent CPG model > build brands, charge premiums, harvest margin is producing losses at scale.

[Nick Benson @pls_tks]

The little treat economy is not a market trend. It is a symptom of a particular historical moment in which the traditional objects of desire. Homeownership, retirement security, upward mobility, the future as a real place, have become inaccessible to a large and growing cohort

[Nick Benson @pls_tks]

@packyM More than interest. Both are my entire life.

[Nick Benson @pls_tks]

@micsolana @typesfast Also NY

[Nick Benson @pls_tks]

All these products created on the Atelier development and manufacturing platform in less that an hour!

Fastest product development ever?!

[Atelier @Atelier_hi]

4 packaging concepts inspired by the #MetGala - @burnaboy, Jenny Ortega, Pedro Pascal, & Emma Chamberlain. Made on the Atelier Platform.

[Nick Benson @pls_tks]

First, make it work. Then make it right. Then make it beautiful.

[Daniel Hadas @DanielHadas2]

'Moby-Dick' was written after the invention of gun-powder-powered harpoons, but set before it.

This is not a small detail, but a key to the book.

[Atelier @Atelier_hi]

Finally, software designed to simplify #cosmetic #formulations and increase creative control for #beauty brands

[Nick Benson @pls_tks]

@danzodanzo More the former than the latter <\3

[Atelier @Atelier_hi]

The world's first all-in-one NPD and manufacturing platform for beauty.
Welcome to the future of manufacturing.

[Nick Benson @pls_tks]

Why am I so polite to chatGPT?

[Ben Armstrong @_BenArms]

Awesome for @archangel_vc to be listed in the emerging 50 fund managers list alongside the inspiring group 🙌. Looking forward to making an impact in 2023 for our founders and LPs.

..and a big thank you to @TomkeyKong for the lovely quote. 😍

[Nick Benson @pls_tks]

@mrexits It’s special kind of insecurity. Fear rejection/longs of acceptance. The baseline for that fear is established in school years & v hard to shake.

Tech founders have ‘ugly duckling’d’ their lives -no ‘need’ for the insecurity now - since when do emotions give a fuck about needs

[Nick Benson @pls_tks]

One thing I’ve missed about the US is how often I can hear Sean de Paul in the wild. @duttysean bless

[Sean Henry @seanhenry]

Cloud Supply Chain does not simply fix today's supply chain issues caused by disparate partners and tech.

It makes them obsolete. 

Cloud Supply Chain offers a fully-integrated, infinitely-elastic, and consistently-optimized supply chain, delivered as a scalable utility.

[Jordi Hays @jordihays]

There are only 5 ways to help a founder:

1. Introduce them to customers
2. Introduce them to candidates
3. Introduce them to investors
4. Give them access to your Gulfstream G700
5. Amplify their company on Twitter

All other "valued add" is just glorified therapy

[Nick Benson @pls_tks]

@benedictevans Dalle driven co replaces canva.

[Nick Benson @pls_tks]

Manufacturing efficiency is my love language.