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Responsible Digital consumption, Sports Marketing, Reach 100% Recyclable, IPO and future of dating and free databases & π 30 Trends + π» 20 Products. Enjoy π
These last two weeks, we saw restaurants reoppen in France, Amazon buying MGM for a lot of money, Bitcoin is crashing 8%, again (Why?) and games hitting record hit on Apple Store.
β»οΈ Digital consumption COβ responsible user-centric
πͺ A renewed interest in sports marketing
π Dating a founder is never an easy job
π€ The One: itβs all about IPOs and the future of dating.
βοΈ May's overload
π Surpriseβ¦ π Trends + π» Products
β»οΈ Digital consumption COβ responsible user-centric
If we want to be green and to say that we are responsible, we, as human being, need to consume less or more responsibly. To consume less, data is great to make us aware of our current consumption, estimate how much we would save money and through that, make the right changes.
π According to VOGUE Business, buying online is not that green after all. Many fashion brands have rethought their customer experience online and in-retail as well as rethink their production line. Reach this 100% recyclable clothes is the goal of LVMH, H&M or Adidas. Should the luxury do the same as people are buying more luxury items online?
βοΈ The COVID-19 pandemic is creating a startup boom in the airline industry. The travel industry is nevertheless best at this sort of things, estimating. Every time you purchase a ticket and having to chose your luggage preferences, you would know how many CO2 you are saving, by trip, person. The only problem is that after-sale service for flights delays and cancellations consume in average 72% more energy that any departure. That number could increase by +4% in 2022 if we do not do something about booking platforms. Tesla did rethink cars but how about flying in a 100% electric flight? Think outside the box with the Beauty of tomorrow: LβOrΓ©al Travel Retail.
π² Think transportation, think Top 39 Electric Bike and Scooter startups. Yes, bicycle has reopened a door to green alternative in bigger cities. The scooters successfully failed.
β‘οΈ The electricity industry has thought about reducing people's consumption at home as people tend to spend more time working from home. Hello Watt is a good example of a startup finally making this change possible.
π Resolution on. Our lifestyle needs to change dramatically. Need another reason to switch to a 4-day workweek? It helps fight climate change
π If you are interested in these subjects of sustainability, we wrote a pretty complete article on its variety.
π The worldβs data explained: How much weβre producing and where itβs all stored
πͺ A renewed interest in sports marketing
More recently, sport is back in the game. The reoppen of Football Championship & the sun back in Europe, this summer season seams to hit growth mode.
Sports marketing intelligence software assists sports teams to measure, capture and organize their return on investment (ROI) for all media and sponsorship initiatives.
In addition to that, these platforms observe engagement across several digital channels to capture audience interests in providing comparative analysis according to the performance of each account. They dig into the insights surrounding all property, fans and sponsorships. It optimizes and simplifies sports marketing strategies and activities.
The adoption of Marketing Intelligence Software has transformed the dynamics of the sports sector completely. It has given new dimensions to the fantasy gaming and sports betting industries. The global Sports marketing intelligence software industry has recorded an enormous growth over the past few years.
ππ More information here
π 21 Sports Marketing Trends to Watch Out for in 2021 - Source
π Remaking Marketing: Centering The Business Itself In Purpose For Long-Term Success
π Dating a founder is never an easy job
Being a founder is not an easy role, and can be somewhat exhausting, but itβs exciting and exhilarating all the same. According to Shifted, there are 6 role trends that came across our readings:
β€οΈ Three in bed - βWhen you marry someone who starts a company, there are three people in the marriage,β says Tahmima Anam, a novelist who is married to Roland Lamb, founder of music tech company Roli. βItβs you, the partner and the startup.β That takes a while to get used to β and doesnβt necessarily get better over time.
π Kind ofβ¦ fun? - βItβs a bit like being a founder yourself, being the partner of a founder. Sometimes youβre bouncing ideas off one another, other times youβre a product tester β Iβve got some really nice underwear at the moment!β says Rose de MendonΓ§a, whose partner John has recently launched Cavalier, a new sustainable underwear business and his third company.
πΌ βSpecial projectsβ - Nearly all foundersβ partners have their tales of the early days β and are somewhat dumbfounded and delighted by how much their partnersβ companies have grown since then.
π The listening ear - Another role most foundersβ partners seem to play is unofficial counsellor/advisor/therapist.
βοΈ Boundaries - Work/life boundaries are pretty impossible to keep when youβre a founder β or in a relationship with one. But some boundaries are possible.
π Burning out - Over time, the pressures of running a fast-growing business, raising money and being responsible for an increasing number of employees can get too much.
ππ»ββοΈ Run a mile? - If you wonder whether to start swiping left on founders, hold on. βItβs tough, but very enriching,β
π€β€οΈ The One: itβs all about IPOs and the future of dating.
After SPAC, the era of IPOs is back. If you love checking out the most recent IPOs, I suggest these newsletters:
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Human IPO - Invest in people you believe in
IPO List - Curated list of publicly traded tech companies. π¦
Anyway,
Finding true love is not so impossible after all. Thanks to dating apps, it is possible to match with the right person anytime, anywhere #Tinder. During the lockdown, dating apps were on at its best performance, along with games and productivity tools.
After Netflix announced The One, I came to realize that it was pretty easy to match your better half but, at what cost? Put through a psychological test like the MBTI or a gene test matching the right physical state that you think would match best. It's not always easy to trust a startup that would insight you to do something in exchange for your lives' data.
π Look at the COVID-19, people are still debating whether to trust Moderna or Pfizer and conspiracies are on the way regarding the origin of the virus and whether it is effective on all variants. How would you convince somebody to trust Tinder for spending the rest of your life with someone you never met before?
This is a questionable debate whether Tinder would go public #SpoilingAlert.
Meanwhile,
Tinder will now quiz you on your vibes.
β€οΈ I'm a dating coach whose inbox is flooded with requests from newly vaccinated singles. Here's what I predict will be popular on dating apps post-pandemic.
β€οΈ Toast (Beta) - Dating that doesnβt go stale
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π Pfizer brought in $3.5 billion from COVID-19 vaccine sales in the first 3 months of 2021
π¦ π¨π³ The theory that COVID-19was leaked from a Chinese virology lab has recently gained momentum.
βοΈ May's overload
This is the part where I drop a cool bunch of perks I found on our radar. I am trying to cover 2 weeks basis π so bare with your "too much" comment. Here we go...
π 30 Trends
π 27K FrenchTech leads for free, thanks LaGrowthMachine
π Stonks only go up, and so do financial meme accounts on Instagram.
π¨π»ββοΈ Top law firms in cannabis
π Cybertruck patent applications show off UI, solar bed cover, βarmor glassβ
π§ Twitter Blue, a $3 monthly subscription service, could be coming soon (Twitter vs. Facebook - Twitter no ads)
π‘ The psychology behind why we hate-follow people on social media
π End-to-End Encryption not coming to Facebook Messenger and Instagram soon
π¦ Are we seeing the return of the closed-door office? I hope not.
π What's Behind the Shopify Effect?
π People are flocking to Sextech startups ahead of the 'hot vax summer.' VCs are taking note.
πΎ VC funding for indoor farming tripled to almost $1.9 trillion last year, and Bowery's deal is the biggest on record for the industry.
π Reactive, reproducible, collaborative: computational notebooks evolve
π Venture Capital Interview Trainer - Practice your interview with 60+ real questions
π Pandora Pledges to Use Only Lab-grown Diamonds
ππ»ββοΈ Headway raises $70M at a $750M valuation to help connect therapists with people and insurance schemes
π¦ β»οΈ A bank account thatβs good for the planet is one of Fast Companyβs World-Changing Ideas
πΎ How farmers are using NASA technology to reduce carbon emissions
π This automated superhive could help save the global bee population
π What if you could condense all your pills into one? With 3D printing, you can
π» Chromebook's shipments grew 275% in Q1
πΉ Live video platform Bright lets you Zoom with your favorite creators
π€ I just raised $30 million. Here are 4 questions I wish Iβd asked before I started my business
π¦ How Duolingo became a $2.4B language unicorn
π Follow Eurazeo (ex. Idinvest)'s Venture Chronicles - April 2021
π€ The Computers Are Getting Better at Writing
β This is 50+ things to consider when raising for your startup
π Thereβs no such thing as a tree (phylogenetically) π
π¦ Nubank with The Generalist: Finding Brilliance in Brokenness - The world's largest digital bank is a feat of ingenuity
π Y Combinator-backed Uiflow wants to accelerate no-code enterprise app creation
π Heirlume raises $1.38M to remove the barriers of trademark registration for small businesses
π» 20 Products
π§ Listenable 2.0 -Bite-sized audio courses authored by well-loved experts
π Templates Library by Helppier - Curated directory of 40+ in-app messaging templates for SaaS
π Setclo - Your Virtual Closet - Organize your closet and randomly generate outfits
πΉ Swipe to Study - Learn languages with YouTube videos
πΌ Super Boss Mode - Find and list incredible remote gaming jobs
π Benotes - Open-source web app for your notes and bookmarks
π Cointable - Track cryptocurrency prices in a useful table or board
β Airheart Explorer - Quickly understand where you can travel and whatβs required
π Timestripe Community - Share lists, productivity templates, and step-by-step guides
πΎ Stacker 2.0 - Our next-generation no-code platform is here
π MetaSurvey V2 - Find out what your customers care about
π€ The Stage - A daily email lottery π° to share one link with the entire list
π¦ Facebook launches Neighborhoods, a Next door clone
π Send Gmail to Notion - Save email messages from βοΈ Gmail to your Notion workspace
πΏ Stamp Social - Introducing the social way to watch movies
π Hence - Take control of your consulting and legal relationships
ππ»ββοΈ Ambie - Beautiful white noise app to help focus, sleep, or meditate
β Retro Party Board - Collaborative real-time sprint retrospective board
π€£ ProgrammerHumor.io - Humor only programmers can understand
π Checkrβa winner of Fast Companyβs 2021 World-Changing Ideas Awardsβhelps companies avoid bias by searching for only past convictions that are relevant to the job. Let's see if this will change the HR industry, for real this time.