Archive for the 'shopping' Category
This post about competitive dynamics has been stewing in my mind for months now and it’s still a work in progress. At its heart is a framework for thinking about a common type of tech company: the aggregator. The aggregator takes disparate items, gathers them, and presents them as a unified front.
Aggregators can exist for [...]
(This is the first in a two part post. Part one contains a profile of a startup. Part two contains numbers and analysis related to that startup.)
Mobile Spinach is a small and ambitious Bay Area startup focused on the mobile coupon space. The company is still at a very early stage — seed funded [...]
Store Shopping Is Dead.
Offline shopping is dead. Amazon.com killed it.
I’m a diehard Amazon fan, as friends can attest. The lovefest started in late 2005 with a free trial of the (then) brand new Amazon Prime service (tip via slickdeals.net). Whereas previously only orders exceeding $25 received free UPS Ground shipping, becoming an Amazon Prime costumer gave free two [...]
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Jonathan Wegener is a technology & marketing enthusiast living in Brooklyn. Jonathan was once told in an interview that he "thinks too much." He didn't get the job. But it was the greatest compliment he's ever received.
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