Weeknotes, week starting November 4th

Natasja Giezen-Smith
Nov 8 · 2 min read

Short but sweet this week: I indulge my business crushes on StitchFix and Depop, curation is the new search, and some good career advice.

Those that know me, know I’ve got a bit of a business-crush on StitchFix, here’s a nice behind the scenes on their new style mapping tool https://fortune.com/longform/stitch-fix-data-algorithm-growth-katrina-lake/

And more fashion-ecommerce-business-model crush: an interview with Depop on how they approach social media https://www.alistdaily.com/lifestyle/yoann-pavy-depop-social-media/

Curation is the new search (I’ve written about this before as one of the logical next steps in e-commerce), Fast Company has a fascinating write up on Curated, for when you want to buy something in a category you don’t know well, how to connect with experts in that category. https://www.fastcompany.com/90424278/curated-startup-linkedin-exec-funding-kirsten-green-vc

Wired opines on the acquisition of Fitbit by Google, calling the acquisition amongst other things a ‘wearables turducken’ (all hail to the writer who managed to squeeze a turducken reference into an article like this) https://www.wired.com/story/google-fitbit-future-of-wearables/

Some really sound career advice: 1) work with good people 2) The best opportunities are those that open more doors 3)Cultivate a reputation as a hardworking and reliable worker 4) Do the hardest things first 5) Don’t confuse activity with progress 6) There are three ways to make mistakes 7) Recognize Decisions 8) Pick your battles 9) Seek to understand, before you seek to be understood 10) Time is more precious than capital. Invest it very carefully 11) Set high goals, go ahead. The full list is here: https://patriciamou.com/2019/10/30/listen-to-your-professors/

Natasja Giezen-Smith

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Work in e-comm, live in London, read a lot. @divinemissn on Twitter

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