Shopify and the Hard Thing About Easy Things

Shopify and a new wave of ecommerce infrastructure tools make it easier than ever to start a direct-to-consumer business, but it's harder than ever to stand out from the crowd. Michael Porter's Five Forces and his value chain concept explain why it's a great time to be an ecommerce platform, and a hard time to generate sustained profits as a DTC business.  You can read the full post here. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ageofmiracles/message

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A narrative show that explores the complex industries that will play an important role in creating an abundant future for humanity. Every season, host Packy McCormick – a venture investor and writer of the popular Not Boring newsletter – brings in an expert cohost to go deep into the possibilities and challenges of making “sci-fi” dreams our reality in our lifetimes. The first season starts at the root of all progress and prosperity: unlocking 10x more clean and reliable energy by splitting and fusing atoms themselves. Age of Miracles is part of the Turpentine podcast network. Learn more: turpentine.co