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Comment · 8 years ago
Hi Vapemaster and others,

Currently doing some research on the industry and curious if you could link to some of the "dead bodies"? Also curious if you know how Verseon's model (https://www.verseon.com/) stacks up versus some of the others mentioned? Obviously it might be hard to say since all their drugs are currently in the pre-clinical trial phase but would appreciate any info you might have.

Thanks in advance

Comment · 9 years ago
Comment · 9 years ago
Appreciate the feedback!

Is there any example from history you think could be used as an analogy or do you think there's no way of comparing this to anything that's happened before? If so, how do you think about cryptocurrency valuation?

Comment · 9 years ago
Comment · 9 years ago
I agree and this is what we want whoever we hire to do as we currently don't have the skill-set/human resources to test out the different propositions.
Comment · 9 years ago
Comment · 10 years ago
"I think this will be very successful. The roll of storytelling in business is becoming increasingly important, especially for consumer companies targeting millenials. See: http://blog.hubspot.com/opinion/why-storytelling-will-be-the...

Agreed. I think this combined with Snapchat advertising could be the first steps in the direction of changing advertising from the intrusive and unwanted interruption of your daily life to something people actually browse through in order to discover interesting stories and experiences.

However, I also think as social media has proliferated, the definition of the word "brand" has expanded as now more than ever, people are seen as "brands" - often with hundreds of thousands of followers (more than many actual brands and even media companies). As everyone becomes a brand, I believe increasingly the line between marketing and storytelling will be blurred and marketing will become deeply embedded into our culture. Product placement in movies, celebrity endorsement, "native" posts: all these are the first indicators of a culture in which everything is meant to sell something. Whether this is a good thing or not is up for discussion.

Comment · 10 years ago
Cheers for the response. Unfortunately she's living in Equatorial Guinea so there's no good local courses - it has to be an online one. Any ideas?
Comment · 11 years ago
Apologies, couldn't find the thread I originally made and the 2nd one I put too little information. Thanks for that.

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