“Around 30% of all of our purchases… citing them either coming from someone recommending… seeing someone in an event who was wearing it”
This Week in Startups · The Gadget That's Better in Crowds Than Your Phone + Ring’s Founder Before Amazon Bought It | E2349
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What was described
Leverage event-based word-of-mouth; 30% of purchases cite seeing someone wear a Totem at an event
30% of purchases via recommendation or sighting at events
Said nearby on the same subject
“I started establishing a newsletter, building a database. I guess you had a small database. I did to start. Very small. Very small. Yeah. But I guess like you say, when it's word of mouth, even if you've got 30 people on that database.”
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“The way I like to think about it is… Black Swan events… Gray Rhino events… silver linings… typical way you see companies think about this in their annual risk snapshot.”