Registry & Ecomm at @Zola. Formerly: @amazon, @gilt, @stanford_biz. New Yorker. Food blog devotee. Opinions are my own.
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forgotten in the Barneys bankruptcy saga: WEDDING REGISTRIES. couples who contacted Barneys about their wedding gifts this week learned that they had as much as $9,000 in store credit and a day or two to spend it: nytimes.com/2019/11/08/style…
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We're utterly failing kids as a society when we build schools to accommodate shooters rather than students.
Tonight on @NBCNightlyNews: @TVKateSnow travels to Michigan, where a new school is being built with curved walls and hiding places – specifically designed to deter active shooters.
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Really good piece on the impact of tariffs. Ultimately prices will go up on many low margin consumer goods. wsj.com/articles/10-tariffs-…
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It's awesome to have a front row view into how weddings are rapidly changing via the work we do @Zola. This week I shared the biggest shifts we've seen (and served) with @WSJ @Leigh_KC ! 👇
Brides will increasingly propose to grooms, "fantasy" dresses will be replaced by multioutfit wedding wardrobes, and more predictions from the CEO of wedding business Zola on.wsj.com/2YkwSWg
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The more deeply immersed you are in a problem, the harder it is to solve elegantly.
Reminded about this yet again today—the biggest breakthroughs we've had are when we've consciously stepped back, pencils down, and asked ourselves "What would I, as the customer, actually want?!"
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NEW: Nordstrom will open tiny outposts known as "Nordstrom Local" in the West Village and the Upper East Side this September. They won't sell anything but will be hubs for online orders, returns, tailoring & more: nytimes.com/2019/05/01/busin…
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Retweeting this for just this reason.
Haven't seen Katie Bouman's name enough today associated with the black hole photo.
She created a key algorithm that enabled this to happen -- as a grad student (!)
A woman of science who deserves to have her name known.
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1 - There's just a lot of chatter on many fronts about where retail is going.
It's not dying as a whole ... though parts of it are most certainly dying.
But the fixed-cost / long-lease structure of retail causes it to evolve more slowly than other industries.
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“What can we do to get more women in tech??”
In the immortal words of @karaswisher, “you literally just fucking hire them.”
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Words of wisdom from a great CEO: the how and what aren’t the hard parts. The hardest part and the job of the CEO is deciding when.
.@kevinryan and @shanlynm have been at the center of my tech career. They are both deeply invested in building a community of tech entrepreneurs here. Wonderful to see their contribution to NYC tech recognized this way by @nytimes. nyti.ms/2GBsvC5?smid=nytcore…
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We’re so proud and excited to announce that we’ve been named one of the top 50 Most Innovative Companies on @FastCompany’s #FCMostInnovative!
Check out our full article here:
bit.ly/2EkHDRM
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Wedding planning can take on a life of its own!
We learned how Zola CEO/Founder @shanlynm created one of the most popular wedding sites!
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YOU ASKED, WE LISTENED: @Zola just launched Thank You Cards, in a customizable design that matches your wedding website, fully integrated with your Zola Registry and Guest List! GO TEAM!!
zola.com/wedding-planning/th…
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I cannot urge early stage startups enough to make a model of their unit economics. It is so telling what will likely cause great, early pain in your startup in the first 5 years. It’ll keep you honest & let you test the accuracy of your intuition. Buffer for the unknown.
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Great article with lots of detail. It looks like it costs ~$200k/store to add electronic shelf labels for a big box.
Best Buy Bets on Digital Price Labels (in 240 stores, showing ratings and reviews and a QR code for each SKU) shoppermarketingmag.com/best…