The “Direct-to-Consumer (D2C)” Brand Movement
The “Direct-to-Consumer (D2C)” Brand Movement – Cutting Out the Middleman with Digital-First Brands
Entrepreneurs, Innovators, Disrupters
The “Direct-to-Consumer (D2C)” Brand Movement – Cutting Out the Middleman with Digital-First Brands
The “Big Box” Retail Model (Home Depot, Best Buy) – The Superstore Revolution That Reshaped American Shopping
The “Venture Capital” Scaling Model (YC, Sequoia, a16z) – Institutionalizing Startup Creation and Hyper-Growth
The “App Store” Economy (Apple, 2008) – Creating a Digital Marketplace That Redefined Software Distribution
King Solomon’s Copper Mines – Leveraging Natural Resources for Trade
Jeff Bezos (Amazon’s Global Expansion & AWS) – From Online Bookstore to Digital and Physical Infrastructure Empire
Jacob Fugger “the Rich” – The Banker Who Financed Empires and Invented Modern Finance