Virgin: big and bold brand bets, and the culture at tech giants enabling innovation
Virgin: big and bold brand bets, and the culture at tech giants enabling innovation💡JC's Newsletter #108Dear friends,In JC’s Newsletter, I share the articles, documentaries, and books that I enjoyed the most in the last week, with some comments on how we relate to them at Alan. I do not endorse all the articles I share, they are up for debate. I’m doing it because a) I love reading, it is the way that I get most of my ideas, b) I’m already sharing those ideas with my team, and c) I would love to get your perspective on those. If you are not subscribed yet, it's right here! If you like it, please share about it on social networks! 💡Must-read👉 “The secret to big leaps” – Richard Branson (Master of Scale)
➡️ I love the appetite for risk and boldness.
➡️ When he started an airline, so please let’s all be bold!
➡️ How can we be more pushy in marketing? Take more risks?
➡️ It is super funny. How can companies be playful like that?
➡️ Really fun too!
➡️ Very interesting point about “brand”! 🏯 Building a company👉 Robert Cantwell, Jesse Pujji - Facebook: The Trillion Dollar Listing (JoinColossus)
➡️ Idea: Share the ad revenue with the User.
➡️ When you reduce friction, people come!
➡️ Interesting model, based on performance.
➡️ Super interesting benchmark. I find it crazy high! 👉 Marc Andreessen - Making the Future (Join Colossus)
➡️ It is very connected with what we want to do with distributed ownership! Making it exciting to build wonderful and hard products at Alan! 🗞In the news📱Technology👉 The Apple v. Epic Decision (Stratechery)
👉 Apple Makes the Rules, Reader and Productivity Apps, High-spending Gamers (Stratechery)
👉 Reddit’s Ad Revenue Expected to Double to at Least $350 Million This Year (The Information)
🏥 Healthcare👉 BetterUp, a mental fitness/coaching platform for employees (the one that Prince Harry works for as Chief Impact Officer), raised $300 million at a $4.7 billion valuation (Link)
➡️ Should we have a Chief Impact Officer? Who would you like us to have? 👉 Personalized Health Insurance and the Payer Stack (Out-of-Pocket)
➡️ How can we have more targeted products at Alan?
➡️ It would be great to study their positioning and understand better. Do we want to create a product for non-binaries for example? What would it look like?
➡️ It would be interesting to check their product too.
👉 Apple plans to add blood pressure monitoring and a thermometer to help with fertility planning in an upcoming version of its watch. The company continues to lean into health as the watch’s killer app. 👉 Menopause start-ups:
👉 Lyra Health, Which Provides Therapy For Google And Facebook Employees, Is Facing Concerns Over Privacy And Treatment (Buzzfeed)
➡️ Past a certain type of issue, Lyra is not able to cover members' needs. How do we make sure Alan is plugged in all aspects of therapeutic care and can truly cover the full spectrum (even if it means redirecting)?
➡️ I think our business model doesn’t create these incentives but as we scale we need to make sure we are not creating them. It’s already over! Please share JC’s Newsletter with your friends, and subscribe👇 Let’s talk about this together on LinkedIn or on Twitter. Have a good week! If you liked this post from 💡JC's Newsletter, why not share it? |
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