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JANUARY 31, 2024

The most common analogies I’ve been considering with the current wave of generative AI are blockchain, self-driving cars, and Web 2.0. And both founders and investors are grappling with similar questions that were top of mind during early Web 2.0: These questions seem suspiciously familiar, and I wonder if the OG’s of the Web 2.0

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SEPTEMBER 12, 2017

We are currently seeing the most rapid collapse of retail since the Great Recession, due to the internet changing consumer demand and purchasing patterns. Most apparel purchases are now in some way influenced by the internet. Apparel is currently one of the most fascinating categories within the Everyday Economy. Reinventing Retail.

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JANUARY 19, 2017

As a nosy prepubescent, I eavesdropped on these ‘adult’ conversations about internet purchasing on our landline between my parents and relatives or family friends as I eagerly awaited my turn to warp our home phone into a glorious portal transporting me to the land of America Online and A.I.M. It wasn’t just my parents.

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JULY 31, 2014

As my partner Rob Go has written , our goal is to invest half in consumer web and mobile and half in business-focused ventures. Ecommerce has transcended merely shipping a box to your home — it’s about leveraging mobile plus the internet to create an elegant purchasing experience previously unavailable. The “Internet of Things”.

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JANUARY 21, 2016

Today’s guest, Tony Haile, makes me hopeful for the future of all things created for the internet. There’s no denying the sheer creative power of the internet, but too often, it turns into a race to the bottom — more clicks (and therefore more clickbait), more pageviews, more impressions, more ads.

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2017

Certain areas of the Everyday Economy , such as home and food , have been largely insulated from the internet and other technological forces. But one aspect of our daily lives has already changed dramatically since the dawn of the internet: How we are entertained.

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APRIL 11, 2016

And that portion of overall internet users is much bigger now than ever before. It’s not smarter or dumber, but it’s because Siri can answer with five different links and they have blurbs — it’s on your phone, it’s connected to the internet.

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