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Trends PRO #0085 – Music NFTs
(This course is available for Pre-order and delivery within a few days!)Music NFTs will lead to a new category of music revenue reporting. The current model looks at streaming, digital downloads, physical sales and syncs. File Size:840.93 kB
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Trends PRO #0086 – Education Platforms
(This course is available for Pre-order and delivery within a few days!)Being the best teacher in your school, town, city or state will become less valuable as rewards flow to the best teachers in the world. File Size: 2.07 MB
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Trends PRO #0087 – Curation as a Service
(This course is available for Pre-order and delivery within a few days!)Automated curation will not replace human curators. Despite Skyscanner’s powerful algorithms, Jack’s Flight Club has 1,500,000+ members and ~$800,000 in revenue.File Size: 1.95 MB
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Trends PRO #0088 – B2B SaaS
(This course is available for Pre-order and delivery within a few days!)Businesses will use personalization to nurture leads and convert customers at high-intent moments. Live video sales reps is the second most upvoted idea on Kernal.File Size: 1.87 MB
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TrendsVC PRO 0001 – Cloud Kitchens
Yes, but, recent logistic improvements and friction reduction takes this to another level.
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TrendsVC PRO 0002 – Podcast Memberships
Tim didn’t make his content exclusive. He offered benefits (such as Q&A) alongside free content. The content ‘hard choke’ seems to be more effective than the ‘soft choke.’
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TrendsVC PRO 0003 – Co-Living
Similar concept. Both demographics are skewed young. But many co-living residents are young professionals not college students.
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TrendsVC PRO 0004 – Income Share Agreements
Perhaps students make more because interests are aligned. Can we separate these outcomes? Attend a traditional school if you think so.
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TrendsVC PRO 0005 – Bootstrap Funds
Some founders beg to differ. They can find cheaper, non-dilutive capital but opt for bootstrap funds instead. Hint: It’s not about the capital. They want help.
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TrendsVC PRO 0006 – No Code
Most no-code tools can scale but it doesn’t matter. Scaling isn’t the hard part. Traction is. Once you validate demand, I’ll come scale it for you.
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TrendsVC PRO 0040 – Digital Products
Presell to gauge demand and boost urgency with presell pricing. Failory used presell pricing for the Product-Market Fit book.
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TrendsVC PRO 0041 – Alternative Assets
Alternative assets will become more accessible. Vinovest (wine), Otis (collectibles) and Masterworks (fine art) give us access to alternative assets.
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TrendsVC PRO 0042 – CrowdSourcing
We’ll see more crowdsourced networks like Helium. The need for permissionless access can outweigh the cost of inefficient, decentralized networks. Cuba is a natural experiment.
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TrendsVC PRO 0043 – Remote Work
Use paid job tests to hire. Sift through large candidate pools based on merit. And lower your risk of making mistakes.
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TrendsVC PRO 0044 – Presales
Offer presale discounts and bonuses. See conferences (early-bird tickets), video games and books (pre-order perks).
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TrendsVC PRO 0045 – Paid Communities
Fractionally-owned assets will be the basis of “paid” communities. Nike MAG shareholders have more in common than those of utility companies.
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TrendsVC PRO 0046 – SMS Marketing
This comes with platform risk, it’s not ubiquitous (cell phones ≠ smartphones) and all brands can’t justify building an app.
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TrendsVC PRO 0047 – Lifetime Deals
Attract early adopters and evangelists with lifetime deals. Deep discounts and a promising roadmap can convince users to take a chance.
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TrendsVC PRO 0048 – Data as a Service
Build a paid community on top of data. See Altan Insights. Users who share interests in data may have shared values and identities.
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TrendsVC PRO 0049 – Internet Challenges
Use challenges to build an email list. See Gabby Berstein’s Manifesting Challenge. Align your value ladder with the challenge. See lead generation for more.
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TrendsVC PRO 0050 – Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs)
Reward early believers with retroactive airdrops. RAC used Zora. Roll and Unite are other options. Seed Club offers social-tokens-as-a-service.
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TrendsVC PRO 0053 – Structured Interviews
Make it a no-brainer for guests. Minimize the time required and answer “What’s in it for me?” Collect and share success stories.
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TrendsVC PRO 0054 – Decentralized Autonomous Organizations (DAOs)
Politicians will gut the old system from the inside out. They are stakeholders in the new system and incentivized by lobbyists. The mayor of Miami is a canary in the gold mine.
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TrendsVC PRO 0055 – Low-Code
Launch a XaaS around DAOs. Seed Club offers social-tokens-as-a-service. Cooper Turley is a social token manager. Guide others through the frontier.
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TrendsVC Pro 0056 – Charter Cities
Experiments have positive expected returns. Most fail but some have asymmetric upside. We need more than 195 experiments.
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TrendsVC PRO 0065 - Million - Dollar, One - Person Businesses
TrendsVC PRO 0065 - Million - Dollar, One - Person Businesses has the same quality as the author's salapage.
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TrendsVC PRO 0066 - Ecosystems
TrendsVC PRO 0066 - Ecosystems has the same quality as the author's salapage.
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TrendsVC PRO 0067 - Audience - First Product
TrendsVC PRO 0067 - Audience - First Product has the same quality as the author's salapage.
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TrendsVC PRO 0068 - Consulting
TrendsVC PRO 0068 - Consulting has the same quality as the author's salapage.
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TrendsVC PRO 0069 - Micro Private Equity
TrendsVC PRO 0069 - Micro Private Equity has the same quality as the author's salapage.