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# Trends

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### [The Power of Emotional Contrast in Marketing](https://www.nlopchantamang.com/articles/contrast-marketing)

Apr 5, 2021 2:56:46 PM

The average supermarket carries [~47k products](https://www.consumerreports.org/cro/magazine/2014/03/too-many-product-choices-in-supermarkets/index.htm#:~:text=We%20eyeballed%2053%20varieties.,Marketing%20Institute%2C%20a%20trade%20group.), many of which compete against each other for your attention. To survive, great CPG brands must master the art of standing out. 

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### [Let’s Talk About Sex(tech) (Part 1)](https://www.nlopchantamang.com/articles/lets-talk-about-sextech)

Apr 5, 2021 2:06:11 PM

Sexual wellness is an underfunded industry that is set to explode as sexual taboos continue to lift. 

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### [The Tools Behind a 7-Figure Newsletter](https://www.nlopchantamang.com/articles/newsletter-software)

Mar 15, 2021 11:01:15 AM

So, you wanna start a newsletter? 

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### [A 5-Part Framework for Building Your Brand Community](https://www.nlopchantamang.com/articles/a-5-part-framework-for-building-your-brand-community)

Oct 12, 2020 8:16:51 AM

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### [27% Margins: Lessons From the Paper Notebook Business](https://www.nlopchantamang.com/articles/27-margins-lessons-from-the-paper-notebook-business)

Sep 8, 2020 3:01:47 AM

For a brief time in the mid-2010s the well-known notebook brand Moleskine was listed as a publicly traded company on the Milanese stock exchange. In their 2015 financial statements, they reported a whopping ~27% operating profit margin. 

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### [A Wild Week of IPOs: Lessons from Sumo Logic and Others](https://www.nlopchantamang.com/articles/a-wild-week-of-ipos-lessons-from-sumo-logic-and-others)

Sep 1, 2020 1:46:33 AM

In a single day last week, a small army of software companies [filed to go public](https://www.forbes.com/sites/elanagross/2020/08/24/snowflake-leads-software-ipo-filing-bonanza-including-asana-jfrog-sumo-logic-unity-software/#72316c222d02).  

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### [The Modern Junto: How Executive Peer Groups Print Millions](https://www.nlopchantamang.com/articles/the-junto)

Aug 10, 2020 4:24:49 PM

***(Lindsay Kaplan & Carolyn Childers are printing Benjamins with their modern, women-centric executive peer group, Chief) *** 

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### [12+ Niche Business Ideas from Our Small Business Database](https://www.nlopchantamang.com/articles/12-niche-business-ideas-from-our-small-business-database)

Aug 3, 2020 2:27:29 PM

The Trends SMB Database offers a snapshot of the financials, insights, and lessons learned by 200+ founders across a range of industries. We ask business owners and operators a number of questions, including: 

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### [How Top Job Boards Make Money](https://www.nlopchantamang.com/articles/how-top-job-boards-make-money)

Jul 27, 2020 2:01:50 PM

Even with the growing importance of technology, people play a pivotal role in the success of any organization. [A recent study](https://www.kornferry.com/content/dam/kornferry/docs/article-migration/Korn-Ferry-Institute_The-trillion-dollar-difference.pdf) by the consulting firm Korn Ferry, along with the Centre for Economics and Business Research, put the global economic value of human capital at $1.2 quadrillion, more than 2x the value of physical capital like technology. That figure is expected to grow in the coming years. 

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### [Widen the Moat: How and Why to Build a Strong Brand Community](https://www.nlopchantamang.com/articles/widen-the-moat-with-community)

Jul 6, 2020 1:23:47 PM

Think about the biggest sports fan you know. Has that person ever bought a different brand of dish soap because it was on sale? Probably. 

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