GEN C: Getting Unhinged on CES, Snoop x Solo Stoves and, Is Roblox the new Amazon? With Avery and Sam
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4.8 • 689 Ratings
🗓️ 22 January 2024
⏱️ 37 minutes
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Summary
With Avery back in action, she and Sam get into the latest news and updates like Snoop and Solo Stove and celebrity CMOs in this episode of “Gen C.”
Avery shares her experience attending CES, the Consumer Electronics Show, and the key trends and technology that stood out. They also analyze the massive growth of Roblox's user base and discuss how and when the platform should monetize its audience. Other topics include Forbes utilizing connected wallets for subscriber acquisition and the implications of AI in content production and e-commerce.
Links mentioned from the podcast:
- Inside Solo Stove’s Viral Snoop Dogg Partnership—And How It Almost Didn’t Happen
- Roblox Monthly Active Users tweet
- Forbes Makes Premium Content Free For Web3 Community Via Digital Wallet Connect
- Vayner Morning Brew tweet
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| 0:00.0 | Gen C is the generation of the new internet. |
| 0:06.0 | In Gen C, the C stands for crypto, but it also stands for creators, the connected consumer and collectibles, both digital and physical with on-chain provenance. |
| 0:15.0 | It stands for culture and characters, the ones we play in games, and the companion ones that AI is building alongside us. |
| 0:22.2 | It stands for community and digital citizenship, and the new set of transparent and trustless tools |
| 0:27.6 | being built to govern them. These are the people who were raised on a different philosophy, |
| 0:32.4 | on how they look at money, how they look at identity, how they look at privacy, and how they |
| 0:36.8 | look at the hybrid, digital, and physical spaces being built all around us. |
| 0:41.1 | And finally, how they reimagine their relationships with the communities and companies they interact with. |
| 0:46.6 | We focus on how brands, large and small, are building for these audiences. |
| 0:51.3 | Welcome to Gen C. |
| 0:57.4 | Avery, so good to see you. I know you had a couple weeks off. |
| 1:03.4 | You're on vacation. Well deserved. Some big news upon coming back. So I want to get into that. |
| 1:10.0 | But first, I saw Avery that you were at CES. I saw some crazy technologies coming out of CES. And I just wanted to hear from someone who's on the ground. |
| 1:13.2 | What was it like? |
| 1:14.0 | What was the vibe? |
| 1:14.9 | What were you excited about? |
| 1:16.0 | What did you see? |
| 1:16.9 | Give us your CES review. |
| 1:18.9 | Well, first, thank you. |
| 1:20.0 | I think I'm accepting a congratulations for you. |
| 1:22.1 | Indeed, big news. |
| 1:23.0 | We will get into that. |
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