consumer

Experiential Retail Needs to Die

You make your way to the end of a line wrapped around two New York City blocks.

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The Sexy Investment Premium: Opportunities in Boring Assets

For the past few years I’ve had a side gig I rarely talk about.

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Is CPG Doomed?

What was the last thing you waited in line for…

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The Case for Cold Contacting

If you’re inundated with cold calls or cold emails (or cold tweets, cold inMail, cold snail mail, cold DMs, cold…

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How to Build a Consumer Brand

Brand has become a catch-all term.

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How to Beat Amazon

You can’t build a consumer brand in 2018 and ignore the 800-pound-gorilla that is Amazon.

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What Happened in Consumer in 2017

This past year was full of surprises for consumer goods companies.

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Why Diets Do Not Make Good Investments

Paleo, gluten free, juice cleansing, no sugar, low carb, low fat, high fat, South Beach – if there’s one thing…

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Five common mistakes of CPG startups

Even the very best idea isn’t a guaranteed success without the right implementation.

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How Warby Parker, Casper, and Dollar Shave Club Are Inspiring a New Generation of Entrepreneurs

By nearly any metric, it’s never been a better time to launch a consumer products company.

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Consumer Startups Are a Great Investment. Here’s Why.

Last month, the $1 billion acquisition of Dollar Shave Club by CPG giant Unilever prompted headlines like “Who’s Next?” and…

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