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The Rise of Soho House Part I: Highly Public Exclusivity and The New Aristocrats
How Soho House rode the rails of new celebrity & status voyeurism all the way to an IPO
David Litwak
Jun 30, 2021
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SoulCycle & Mistaking Exclusivity for Community (Cafe Society Quick Bite #1)
Exclusivity Doesn't Scale & Toxic Communities
David Litwak
Jan 28, 2021
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The Tinder Swindler, Inventing Anna & Status Peacocking
The recent high society cons expose our fake social life and explain why so many people are opting out.
David Litwak
Mar 16
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Community Doesn't Scale: Soho House & MiniClubs (Cafe Society #6)
Plus Gucci's New Ad Campaign, Mexico Cartel Coronavirus Aid & Universities & Offices are "Dead"
David Litwak
May 16, 2020
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Community Doesn't Scale: Soho House & MiniClubs (Cafe Society #6)
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Ford Bronco, Blockbuster & Nostalgia Porn For A Simpler World (Cafe Society Dinner Discussion #10)
Nostalgia marketing is tied to missing a deeper connection to one’s community that modern city life is lacking.
David Litwak
Sep 4, 2020
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Ford Bronco, Blockbuster & Nostalgia Porn For A Simpler World (Cafe Society Dinner Discussion #10)
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We Signed A Lease In Tribeca . . .
. . . to build a fully participatory social club where you pour your own drinks and can cook in the kitchen.
David Litwak
Nov 1, 2021
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Bored Ape Yacht Club, Comic Con & Mistaking Identity Expression for Community Formation
NFTs are necessary but not sufficient for community, and the more likely destinies of PFP collections are media companies or fashion brands.
David Litwak
Feb 7
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Soho House of Cards (Part II) - Bundling Moments of Highly Public Exclusivity
Annabel's urinals, Winnie The Pooh and I'm-Better-Than-You As A Service -- how Soho House is all the calories and none of the nutrition.
David Litwak
Nov 22, 2021
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Welcome to Cafe Society
An Anthropological Look At Community & Society
David Litwak
Jan 25, 2021
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Rubirosa, Dodgeball & The Unraveling Of Our Local Neighborhoods (Cafe Society Dinner Discussion #13)
The neighborhood community bundle kept CAC low, LTV high for local business & in return you got community. Not anymore.
David Litwak
Feb 26, 2021
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Rubirosa, Dodgeball & The Unraveling Of Our Local Neighborhoods (Cafe Society Dinner Discussion #13)
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Club Necaxa, NFTs & The Funding of Communal Institutions (Cafe Society Dinner Discussion #16)
My case for a bar & restaurant funding platform that combines emotional & monetary incentives
David Litwak
Jun 12, 2021
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Club Necaxa, NFTs & The Funding of Communal Institutions (Cafe Society Dinner Discussion #16)
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Inclusive Exclusivity - Self-Cancelling Greek Life And Our Broken Vocabulary Around Curation (Cafe Society Dinner Discussion #11)
The Wing's Mea Culpa, Sofar Sounds & Exclusivity/Curation vs. Elitism
David Litwak
Oct 20, 2020
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