Full Width [alt+shift+f] Shortcuts [alt+shift+k]
Sign Up [alt+shift+s] Log In [alt+shift+l]
1

Premium: The Hater's Guide To SoftBank

from Ed Zitron's Where's Your Ed At [alt+shift+b] in startups

Soundtrack: Ozzy Osbourne — Mr. Crowley A lot of people have been making a lot of fun of the SoftBank 46th annual shareholder meeting and Masayoshi Son’s (to quote Bryce Elder of the Financial Times) Untethered Goose Game, specifically referring to slides that, well, looked like this: As
6th Jul 2026

Stay updated

Get a weekly newsletter with the top 5 articles worth reading every week.

More from Ed Zitron's Where's Your Ed At

Exit Liquidity

I’m taking a week off of premium as I’ve had a family situation that has absorbed a lot of my time this week, but I’ll be back with a barnburner next Friday (11/6).  In the interim, I’m running a week-

3 minutes ago • 1 votes
Premium: How Has AI Changed The Economy?

This week, the Wall Street Journal ran an alarming illustration of AI’s potential share of GDP that I’d argue did more to muddy the waters than actually telling anyone anything, mostly because its measurement, for whatever reason, covered 2025 to 2032, meaning that six out of

3 weeks ago • 3 votes
Hyperscale Normalization

If you liked this piece, you should subscribe to my premium newsletter. It’s $70 a year, $18 a quarter, or $7 a month, and in return you get a weekly newsletter that’s usually anywhere from 10,000 to 18,000 words, including vast, detailed analyses of

1st Sep 2026 • 0 votes
The AI Demand Bubble

If you liked this piece, you should subscribe to my premium newsletter. It’s $70 a year, or $7 a month, and in return you get a weekly newsletter that’s usually anywhere from 5,000 to 18,000 words, including vast, detailed analyses of NVIDIA, Anthropic and

4th Aug 2026 • 1 votes

More in startups

Exit Liquidity

I’m taking a week off of premium as I’ve had a family situation that has absorbed a lot of my time this week, but I’ll be back with a barnburner next Friday (11/6).  In the interim, I’m running a week-

3 minutes ago • 1 votes
My simple map of the NYC subway went viral

Look Mom I’m famous on French Linkedin

2 hours ago • 1 votes
Brian

“That’s so thoughtful,” I thought to myself. “And so mature.”

2 days ago • 3 votes
Steve Jobs and NeXT

The company has not yet achieved the success of your logo for it, but we are still trying.

3 days ago • 3 votes
Richard Bartlett on the Art of Hosting

we get very detailed and autistic about social dynamics in this one

4 days ago • 1 votes
📚 BoredReading

You seem to be enjoying this.

Join free to unlock everything.

Create free account

Already have an account? Sign in