Brigadoon Weekend
Connecting curious minds to curious ideas.
December 11, 2021
Ross Rant:
Nouns. Verbs.
"I am the Vice President of Sweet Tooth Vending Machines."
"I am the Chief Marketing Officer for Acme Lollipops."
"I am the General Manager of Candy Wrappers."
These are all examples of being a noun.
These are statements for people who are telling what they are.
These people are nouns.
These are not statements for people telling you what they are doing.
Whereas.
"I am producing a film."
"I am innovating grass turf."
"I am solving medical challenges in the inner cities."
These are statements for people who are telling what they are doing.
These people are verbs.
These are not statements for people who are telling you what they are.
Don't always be a noun; embrace being a verb.
-Marc
Five Weekend Reads:
Five Weekend Reads:
Shein: The Chinese company storming the world of fast fashion: The brand has become the biggest in the US market by being cheaper and quicker than rivals like Zara. But is its model sustainable?
FT
The sublime spectacle of Yoko Ono disrupting the Beatles: In Peter Jackson's "The Beatles: Get Back," Ono is a performance artist at the height of her powers.
NYT
Sneakers are now 3D-printed and metaverse-ready: These startups push the footwear sector forward as sneaker sales soared.
Sifted
How Bake Off conquered America
Robert Jackman
An NFT collector hit Art Basel for a crash course. The WSJ tagged along. Felix Xu, a leading digital-art collector and co-founder and CEO of crypto startups Arpa and Bella Protocol, made his first visit to Art Basel Miami Beach and discovered much to respect.
WSJ
Quote of the Week:
"We had to manually give them food like in ancient times."
-- Kyle Lerner, a 29-year-old small business owner, tells the Wall Street Journal that his cats' automatic feeder stopped working due to the Amazon Web Services' outage this week.
Books of the Week:
The DO Team's 100+ must-read books in 2021
The DO Lectures
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-Marc
Marc A. Ross | Founder + Chief Curator @ Brigadoon
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