Yes to this re: brand merch from EMILY SUNDBERG - stop making junk! My most used piece of brand merch is a Sofar Sounds can opener key chain I still use 5 years later. Also always a fan of pens and mugs. No water bottles please.

"They call it the creative economy, but it's really the attention economy, and creativity is simply a tool to harness attention." Great vid on creativity and entrepreneurship in the attention economy, via HINDZ: youtu.be/a4qlaAD70EI?si…

"Is it the anxiety stress or the fun stress? Or, are we feeling nothing towards our plans, which might mean we’re prioritizing projects that are too boring to keep our attention." great reminder from Tatiana Figueiredo ✨ on the good kinds of stress

Interested in starting a new venture related to social health (social connection, belonging, etc.)? The comments section of this post is an interesting place to start for ideas of specific needs people are lacking: annehelen.substack.com/p/what-communi…

A follow up: this thread on problems getting in the way of building community/hanging out more: annehelen.substack.com/p/community-ro…

a product I'd like: Songkick for art exhibits

seeing too many people compromising on their values to get rich it makes me think of the Kurt Vonnegut quote we should catch young people before they become CEOs, investment bankers, consultants, and money managers (and especially hedge fund managers), and do our best to poison

Nothing I love more than reading about others' non-traditional paths. Love this newsletter from Kara Detwiller on her family's farming + freelancing lifestyle: wishfulworking.co/p/how-freelanc… Although, as she notes - farming is actually the more traditional path 😉