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Hi there and welcome again to Fairness, a podcast concerning the enterprise of startups, the place we unpack the numbers and nuance behind the headlines.
Welcome to an old-school Fairness custom: the bonus present! Regardless of getting by way of our common episodes this week, we’ve yet one more for you. Why the additional version? As a result of Battery Ventures dropped an fascinating report on Gen-Z and I needed to speak about it.
So, I bought Courtney Chow, a vp at Battery and one of many report’s authors to speak with me about it. You’ll be able to learn the report itself right here.
That is what we bought into:
- The fracturing of tradition: Gen-Z is giant, and really various. The pattern away from monolithic cultural primacy that started years in the past has accelerated with the technology, making tradition itself extra private, and extra distinct. For startups, this implies branding will turn out to be a distinct problem in the event that they need to attain this demographic slice.
- Every thing is short-form video: Given large utilization of TikTok by Gen-Z and the recognition of different platforms that function short-form video, we have been curious how smaller firms can compete with incumbents that have already got a Reels technique, if you’ll.
- Moral capitalism: One of the vital fascinating areas of the Battery report was its notes on how entrepreneurial Gen-Z is, and the way various they’re. Gen-Z additionally has expectations round items and providers they buy regarding the actions of the businesses behind the sale. So, if you wish to promote to Gen-Z, you may must care about local weather change, for instance.
Gone are the times when millennials have been the punching bag of media, blamed for this, and blamed for that. Now we’re ____
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