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The pitfalls of purpose Purpose is polarising. There are those who promote it as a paragon of positioning and a...
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Purpose is polarising. There are those who promote it as a paragon of positioning and a silver-bullet strategy for success. Then there are those who refute purpose’s power and dispute its capacity to connect with consumers. It is clearly a debate that divides. For every...
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Come for the tool, stay for the network A popular strategy for bootstrapping networks is what I like to call “come for the tool, stay for...
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over a year ago
A popular strategy for bootstrapping networks is what I like to call “come for the tool, stay for the network.” The idea is to initially…
Noahpinion
The U.S. needs to pay more attention to electronic warfare A guest post by Steven Glinert.
3 months ago
Steve Blank
Secret History – When Kodak Went to War with Polaroid This part 2 of the Secret History of Polaroid and Edwin Land. Read part 1 for context. Kodak and...
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7 months ago
This part 2 of the Secret History of Polaroid and Edwin Land. Read part 1 for context. Kodak and Polaroid, the two most famous camera companies of the 20th century, had a great partnership for 20+ years. Then in an inexplicable turnabout Kodak decided to destroy Polaroid’s...
SatPost by Trung...
Steve Ballmer, Larry Ellison and That Sweet Sweet Tech Equity The backstories for how the single biggest shareholders in Microsoft and Oracle built their stakes.
3 months ago
Rest of World -...
How Careem went from Pakistan’s ride-hailing leader to stuck on the sidelines After falling from dominance, Careem is experimenting — from corporate rides to price bidding — to...
6 months ago
Paul Graham: Essays
Write Like You Talk
over a year ago
Blog posts of...
Sh*t! Twitter is exciting - again! Every epoch in the history of humanity had a raw resource that became the key to commercial success...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
Every epoch in the history of humanity had a raw resource that became the key to commercial success that time. Similar to companie...
Stephen Diehl
Monads to Machine Code
over a year ago
Essays - Benedict...
Competing in search A quarter century after ‘don't be evil’ a judge has found that Google is abusing its monopoly in...
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4 months ago
A quarter century after ‘don't be evil’ a judge has found that Google is abusing its monopoly in search. But no-one knows what happens next, and whether this ruling will change anything. Will Apple build a search engine? Will ChatGPT change search? Does it matter?
Working Theorys
When founders outgrow their startups On the rise of personal power and the new founders' dilemma.
3 months ago
Platformer
Why Substack is at a crossroads Some thoughts on platforms and Nazis
11 months ago
Rest of World -...
How China took over the world’s online shopping carts Chinese e-commerce platforms like Shein, Temu, and TikTok Shop are going global with big ambitions.
a year ago
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Joining a startup is far less risky than most people think Joining a startup is far less risky than most people seem to think.  In fact, I don’t know if anyone...
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Joining a startup is far less risky than most people seem to think.  In fact, I don’t know if anyone has ever studied this systematically…
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"The Not So Global Internet" Fred Wilson writes about how frustrating it is when companies break the internet: We are in the...
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Fred Wilson writes about how frustrating it is when companies break the internet: We are in the caribbean this week celebrating the year end…
Noahpinion
The New 1970s The U.S. is a confused, unsettled nation. But green shoots are quietly sprouting.
a year ago
Entrepreneur's Edge
Revenue is easy, profit is harder The fundamentals needed to run a business in the next economic cycle.
a year ago
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Which VC firm should I pitch? A friend asked me the other day “Which VC firms should I pitch?” and I started to respond to him,...
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A friend asked me the other day “Which VC firms should I pitch?” and I started to respond to him, but then realized that most of my…
Essays - Benedict...
Who cares about tech regulation? Tech regulation gets a lot of headlines, and seems like a big deal, but most people in tech don’t...
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9 months ago
Tech regulation gets a lot of headlines, and seems like a big deal, but most people in tech don’t seem to care much. It’s boring, and years away, but more fundamentally, it really doesn’t affect what people spend their time working on.
SatPost by Trung...
Gordon Ramsay's Apprenticeship The iconic chef said a top-tier mentor (Marco Pierre-White) taught him the value of learning high...
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8 months ago
The iconic chef said a top-tier mentor (Marco Pierre-White) taught him the value of learning high standards and how to take the reins.
42!
Optimising bank working hours Photo by Museums Victoria on Unsplash This is probably an out of date concept these days, however if...
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Photo by Museums Victoria on Unsplash This is probably an out of date concept these days, however if you ever ran a traditional business back in the 70’s, 80’s and 90’s as I did, one of the most frustrating things ever was trying to get my banking done over the counter. Almost...
Paul Graham: Essays
High Resolution Fundraising
over a year ago
Rest of World -...
Visa and Mastercard are pouring money into Africa From a startup accelerator to funding startups and even investing in telecom companies, the two U.S....
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9 months ago
From a startup accelerator to funding startups and even investing in telecom companies, the two U.S. giants are steadily increasing their presence on the continent.
Stephen Diehl
Haskell For a New Decade
over a year ago
Rest of World -...
How Tesla’s Mexico plans stalled out When the Monterrey factory finally arrives, will Elon still want it?
6 months ago
Rest of World -...
Forget a U.S. ban — TikTok is thriving in its second-biggest market TikTok Shop, the controversial app’s ambitious next phase, has caught fire in Indonesia. “This is...
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a year ago
TikTok Shop, the controversial app’s ambitious next phase, has caught fire in Indonesia. “This is truly the year of TikTok,” says one seller.
AVC
The Blackbird Platform The first project launched this week on our portfolio company Blackbird‘s platform. It is a friends...
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The first project launched this week on our portfolio company Blackbird‘s platform. It is a friends and family program at a restaurant in Williamsburg Brooklyn called Gertie. Blackbird wrote about it today on their excellent Supersonic blog: Throughout, when you tap Gertie’s...
David Perell
The Jerry Seinfeld Guide to Writing Writing and editing should be separate activities.  When I’m in this creation mode, I shoot for a...
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Writing and editing should be separate activities.  When I’m in this creation mode, I shoot for a flow state. I keep my fingertips on the keyboard and measure progress by how many words I put on the page.  My physical environment helps me be generative too. If I’m sitting down at...
Noahpinion
Our climate change debates are out of date Solar and batteries are going to win, and our thinking needs to adjust accordingly.
a year ago
Rest of World -...
The regional flavors of labor-on-demand A new report digs into the social dynamics of gig work.
8 months ago
Data Boutique
How to Estimate Sales Using Inventory Web-Scraped Data A powerful use case for web data
9 months ago
Nadia Asparouhova
Cultivating agency I didn’t always know that I wanted to have kids. I wasn’t against it, necessarily – for awhile,...
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I didn’t always know that I wanted to have kids. I wasn’t against it, necessarily – for awhile, there were just more reasons in the “why not” column than the “why”: uncertainty about whether I’d be a good parent, fear of losing my identity, a lack of maternal instinct. Those...
Aaron's Essays
Generative AI Might Just Save Venture Capital Originally published in The Information on November 2. For the past nine months, nearly every...
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over a year ago
Originally published in The Information on November 2. For the past nine months, nearly every investor with a Twitter account, blog or board seat has been beating a unified and constant refrain: The go-go days are done. Founders were being pushed to build 36 months of runway,...
David Perell
Annual Review 2022 This year was an emotional odyssey. At times, it was tormenting, at others intoxicating. Here, I...
a year ago
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a year ago
This year was an emotional odyssey. At times, it was tormenting, at others intoxicating. Here, I share my joys and struggles, my dreams and regrets. 2022 completely changed my life. The post Annual Review 2022 appeared first on David Perell.
Essays - Benedict...
A decade of the Tim Cook machine In all the enthusiasms, arguments and panics around tech, Apple is the $2tn elephant in the...
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In all the enthusiasms, arguments and panics around tech, Apple is the $2tn elephant in the corner, mostly silent and serenely indifferent to the news cycle. It just ships - and it ships market-leading products, with metronomic precision, at massive scale, on a decade-long...
Working Theorys
Rise of the Silicon Valley Small Business | Theory No. 7 In 2023, we’ll see more Silicon Valley startups that operate like small businesses. And some of them...
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In 2023, we’ll see more Silicon Valley startups that operate like small businesses. And some of them will have big outcomes. Perhaps even billion-dollar ones. I call this phenomenon the Silicon Valley small business (an SV-SB for short).
Stephen Diehl
On Unintentional Scams
over a year ago
SatPost by Trung...
From Beatlemania to Taylor-mania How the meteoric rise of The Beatles helps to explain Taylor Swift's "Eras" tour, on pace to be the...
a year ago
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a year ago
How the meteoric rise of The Beatles helps to explain Taylor Swift's "Eras" tour, on pace to be the first tour ever to gross $1B.
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Equity value Warren Buffet once said: Buy into a business that’s doing so well an idiot could run it, because...
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Warren Buffet once said: Buy into a business that’s doing so well an idiot could run it, because sooner or later, one will. This is a useful…
Internal Tech Emails
Microsoft execs on Apple's music store We were smoked.
a year ago
Rest of World -...
Why thousands of Chinese young people use a pink dinosaur as their alias Users adopt the alias “momo” as a way to speak more freely, evade harassment and protect personal...
a year ago
Business Brainstorms
💡 Business Brainstorms 💡- My favorite ideas of the week #1 💡 It’s an easy trap to start making excuses when sales velocity is slow. It’s almost always a...
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#1 💡 It’s an easy trap to start making excuses when sales velocity is slow. It’s almost always a symptom of a fundamental issue, not an unchangeable feature of the system. The one things missing from the growth model described here is prompts. In Brian Fogg’s model: B = MAP,...
Rest of World -...
AI is making Philippine call center work more efficient, for better and worse BPO workers say AI tools are monitoring their calls, assisting them with customers, and scoring...
3 weeks ago
Internal Tech Emails
Microsoft's gaming strategy we are exactly like Polaroid. We are core gaming which isn't growing its TAM (analogous to film...
a year ago
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a year ago
we are exactly like Polaroid. We are core gaming which isn't growing its TAM (analogous to film photographers) while mobile gaming MAU is growing WW at a significant rate (like digital photography was growing).
Noahpinion
A pivotal moment for Japan's national defense A guest post by Jonathan Grady
7 months ago
AVC
Transit Tech Lab The Partnership for NYC, alongside its partners at the MTA, the Port Authority of New York and New...
11 months ago
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11 months ago
The Partnership for NYC, alongside its partners at the MTA, the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, NJ TRANSIT, and NYC Department of Transportation, launched a call for applications for the 6th annual Transit Tech Lab this week. To kick off this year’s program, the...
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Movie stars, matchmakers, and aunties: How WhatsApp became an unstoppable cultural force The world’s most popular messaging platform is synonymous with the internet for millions of people.
a week ago
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The bowling pin strategy A huge challenge for user-generated websites is overcoming the chicken-and-egg problem: attracting...
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A huge challenge for user-generated websites is overcoming the chicken-and-egg problem: attracting users and contributors when you are…
Paul Graham: Essays
Maker's Schedule, Manager's Schedule
over a year ago
Noahpinion
How we could return to the productivity growth of the 1990s A guest post by Preston Mui.
9 months ago
Internal Tech Emails
iMessage for Android I am concerned the iMessage on Android would simply serve to remove and obstacle to iPhone families...
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I am concerned the iMessage on Android would simply serve to remove and obstacle to iPhone families giving their kids Android phones.
Rest of World -...
Breaking down the world’s tariffs against China’s tech industry President-elect Donald Trump pledges to escalate the trade war, but non-Western nations have...
3 weeks ago
Articles - Alex...
Magpie marketing We believe we work in turbulent times. A quick skim of the industry press and you’ll learn that...
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We believe we work in turbulent times. A quick skim of the industry press and you’ll learn that ecommerce is upending retail. Social media is uprooting advertising. Private labels are replacing brands. Advertising is dying. And TV is dead. We believe change is the new...
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Nine reasons screenshots are awesome By taking a screenshot, you can “export” from any app on any device. You can “import” screenshots...
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By taking a screenshot, you can “export” from any app on any device. You can “import” screenshots back into any app that imports photos…
Noahpinion
At least five interesting things for your weekend (#32) The bridge disaster, Daniel Kahneman, Biden and nuclear power, ebbing unrest, Bay Area...
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The bridge disaster, Daniel Kahneman, Biden and nuclear power, ebbing unrest, Bay Area "progressives", and cancer detection
Rest of World -...
Argentina’s “TikTok nun” is bringing Catholicism to the masses Sister Cattaneo has gained 200,000 followers through cumbia dances, influencer collabs, and...
2 months ago
42!
My first ever app I made and sold... I was digging through a cupboard today, when I came across the package shown below. I was initially...
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I was digging through a cupboard today, when I came across the package shown below. I was initially flabbergasted that I still had a copy on hand, but that soon gave way to feelings of nostalgia that took me back 30 years (yes, that is 3 decades) to when I first created this. It...
Roberto Vitillo's...
I am writing a book I have released the first chapter of Understanding Distributed Systems ! "Wait, what? Weren't you...
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I have released the first chapter of Understanding Distributed Systems ! "Wait, what? Weren't you working on a video class?" - I hear you…
Unpacked
Highlights: First Quarter of Unpacked Bold product moves, AI things accelerate, Tech policy in the front seat, Interesting things...
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Bold product moves, AI things accelerate, Tech policy in the front seat, Interesting things continue. This post is a bird’s eye view of the seventeen articles published on Unpacked in the past quarter.
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The credentials trap I talk a lot to people who are deciding between startups and established companies. They’re usually...
over a year ago
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I talk a lot to people who are deciding between startups and established companies. They’re usually early in their careers and have been…
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The one number you should know about your equity grant The one number you should know about your equity grant is the percent of the company you are being...
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The one number you should know about your equity grant is the percent of the company you are being granted (in options, shares, whatever…
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Hardware startups For a long time, entrepreneurs and investors shied away from hardware. This seems to be changing. As...
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For a long time, entrepreneurs and investors shied away from hardware. This seems to be changing. As Paul Graham says, there are many…
XO Capital - Field...
v2 XO V1 concluded with 10 acquisitions and 1 "fund". The V1 "conclusion" is really a line in the sand...
8 months ago
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XO V1 concluded with 10 acquisitions and 1 "fund". The V1 "conclusion" is really a line in the sand but it feels right as we continue to offload assets to focus on larger deals using outside capital. This will transition us into v2 which we'
Working Theorys
Explain It Like I'm One of You Basketball podcasts, new media, and no more ELI5
8 months ago
Blog posts of...
The Founder’s Lie About Comfort Zones There is a lot of talk going on about the endurance and struggle that startup founders go through....
over a year ago
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There is a lot of talk going on about the endurance and struggle that startup founders go through. How long the hours are, we all...
Rest of World -...
The deepfake election nightmare hasn’t happened. Singapore still wants to ban them Following South Korea’s lead, Singapore intends to ban deepfakes ahead of upcoming elections,...
4 months ago
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The entrepreneur navigating fintech’s ups and downs for 15 years Bipin Preet Singh is the co-founder and CEO of Indian fintech major MobiKwik.
9 months ago
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How to disrupt Wall Street Sarah Lacy has a very interesting post on TechCrunch where she argues that the internet is finally...
over a year ago
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Sarah Lacy has a very interesting post on TechCrunch where she argues that the internet is finally starting to disrupt Wall Street. I’d love…
Noahpinion
EVs are just going to win Because they're a superior technology, and superior technologies win.
2 months ago
Platformer
Nine wild details from the new Elon Musk biography Walter Isaacson brings new tales of Jack Dorsey, that Sergey Brin selfie, and more
a year ago
AVC
The Rebrand I’d guess that upwards of half of USV’s portfolio companies have changed the name of their company...
a year ago
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I’d guess that upwards of half of USV’s portfolio companies have changed the name of their company during their lifetime. It is not hard to understand why. Founders start out with an idea and not much more. By the time they have built a product, built a team, and found product...
Noahpinion
At least five interesting things for the middle of your week (#12) The college shakeout, China vs. its developing neighbors, Chinese zombie companies, more fun YIMBY...
a year ago
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a year ago
The college shakeout, China vs. its developing neighbors, Chinese zombie companies, more fun YIMBY stuff, and the victory of the Melting Pot
Tech + Economics +...
The Hyperloop was always a scam Paris Marx: The tech industry’s move into transportation was not only a failure; it was...
12 months ago
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12 months ago
Paris Marx: The tech industry’s move into transportation was not only a failure; it was an active campaign to deny the public access to better transit and trains because the billionaires of Silicon Valley don’t personally want to get around that way. The...
Stephen Diehl
Exotic Programming Ideas: Part 3 (Effect Systems)
over a year ago
Internal Tech Emails
Samsung vs. iPhone | Elon Musk's schedule Steve Job's passing has led to a huge wave of press coverage of Apple's and iPhone's "superiority",...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
Steve Job's passing has led to a huge wave of press coverage of Apple's and iPhone's "superiority", all created by the, "passionate, tireless, perfectionist..." The point here is that there is an unintended benefit for Apple, since the external messages by 3rd parties are all...
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Lessons from the PC video game industry The future of media is here — it’s just not evenly distributed The success or failure of tech and...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
The future of media is here — it’s just not evenly distributed The success or failure of tech and media products depends on complicated…
Platformer
Why journalists can't quit Twitter The media should be building alternatives. Instead, some are doubling down
a year ago
Raw Thought (from...
How Looper Works
over a year ago
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AI moderation is no match for hate speech in Ethiopian languages New research raises concerns that moderation tools can't detect violent threats in Tigray and...
a year ago
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"The business plans of the next 10,000 startups are easy to forecast: Take X and add AI." Kevin Kelly thinks artificial intelligence is finally ready deliver on its promise: The AI on the...
over a year ago
Ed Zitron's Where's...
How Tech Outstayed Its Welcome Last week, Apple opened pre-orders for the Vision Pro, a $3500 “spatial computer” that is its first...
10 months ago
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10 months ago
Last week, Apple opened pre-orders for the Vision Pro, a $3500 “spatial computer” that is its first real “new” thing since the Apple Watch, and arguably its most notable release since the iPad or iPhone. Ming-Chi Kuo, one of the few truly reliable Apple analysts, estimates
David Perell
The Paradox of Abundance Information abundance, like all markets of abundance, is bad for the average person but great for a...
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over a year ago
Information abundance, like all markets of abundance, is bad for the average person but great for a small number of people. Abundance is a paradox. Environments of abundance are bad for the median consumer but extremely good for a small number of conscious ones. Average consumers...
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How Bangladesh’s tech industry navigated an unprecedented political crisis July’s internet blackout and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s sudden exit is estimated to have cost...
3 months ago
SatPost by Trung...
9 Creative Lessons From Virgil Abloh Insights from the late designer who went from studying architecture, working with Kanye, founding...
2 months ago
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Insights from the late designer who went from studying architecture, working with Kanye, founding Off-White and leading menswear at Louis Vuitton.
Noahpinion
What if Xi Jinping isn't that competent? (repost) Plus a new update showing how right I was.
a year ago
Paul Graham: Essays
The Patent Pledge
over a year ago
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Disturbed by tragic deaths, Indian students are raging against celebrity YouTube teachers Students feel betrayed by the lack of support from these educators who enjoy near-cult popularity.
4 months ago
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Web services should be both federated and extensible One of the most important developments of the web 2.0 era is the proliferation of full featured,...
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One of the most important developments of the web 2.0 era is the proliferation of full featured, bidirectional APIs.  APIs provide a way to…
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Parents turn to AI tablets after China’s tutor crackdown Tech companies iFlytek, Baidu, and BKK are cashing in on parents who fear their child will fall...
10 months ago
haseeb qureshi
Another decade I recently turned 30. When the decade began in 2010, I was still 20, a professional poker player, a...
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over a year ago
I recently turned 30. When the decade began in 2010, I was still 20, a professional poker player, a college dropout, and deeply unhappy. What did I believe I’d be doing a decade later? I don’t think I knew, only that I definitely wouldn’t be playing poker anymore. I’d be doing...
Unpacked
NVIDIA Explained: Origins, GPUs and AI stock bump | EP8 NVIDIA has seen their valuation 5x over the last 5 years and is now worth more than $2 trillion. In...
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NVIDIA has seen their valuation 5x over the last 5 years and is now worth more than $2 trillion. In the latest episode, we dive a few layers deep into the company. We start with the origin of the company and the launch of their first GPU in 1999 which unlocked several...
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Predatory loan apps are thriving in the Google Play store, despite ban Google says it takes the problem seriously, but over a dozen loan apps remain available in the...
11 months ago
Noahpinion
America doesn't really have a working class Why class politics is unlikely to succeed where identity politics failed.
a month ago
Rest of World -...
Nigeria’s dating app for people who want to stop dating and get hitched already What started out as a matchmaking WhatsApp group has turned into a popular dating app with over 2.1...
a year ago
Rest of World -...
Four predictions for 2024 It’s going to be a bumpy ride.
a year ago
SatPost by Trung...
Starbucks' Digital Dilemna The Starbucks rewards app is an incredible business. However, mobile orders are getting out of...
7 months ago
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7 months ago
The Starbucks rewards app is an incredible business. However, mobile orders are getting out of control and hurting the brand's "premium" vibe.
Data Boutique
5 Reasons You Should Stop Web Scraping An approach to web data as a service
a year ago
Paul Graham: Essays
How to Start a Startup
over a year ago
Rest of World -...
The AI startup outperforming Google Translate in Ethiopian languages "Chatbots like ChatGPT are utterly broken or useless for these languages."
a year ago
Noahpinion
Don't be a decel Technological progress must be harnessed, not fought
a year ago
Noahpinion
Why targeted tariffs are more effective than broad tariffs Something the Trump administration should probably think about.
a month ago
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It’s not that seed investors are smarter – it’s that entrepreneurs are Paul Kedrosky recently speculated that there might be seed fund “crash” looming. Liz Gannes followed...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
Paul Kedrosky recently speculated that there might be seed fund “crash” looming. Liz Gannes followed up by suggesting seed investors are a…
Working Theorys
What I Talk About When I Talk About Reading Optimize your life for good conversations.
7 months ago
Aaron's Essays
Conflicted Capital I’ve spent a long time wrestling with how to advise founders about investors and the conflicts of...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
I’ve spent a long time wrestling with how to advise founders about investors and the conflicts of interest generated by opposing incentives.[1] These considerations are especially important when a founder thinks about fundraising. The founder needs to figure out how to treat...
Dustin Curtis
Luxury for everyone: thoughts on Vision Pro and Apple's DNA In 2009, Microsoft released an enormous 200lb coffee table with an embedded 30-inch touchscreen...
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In 2009, Microsoft released an enormous 200lb coffee table with an embedded 30-inch touchscreen called Surface. Although the iPhone had been around for a little while, the larger screen made Surface feel absolutely futuristic: in the Photos app, you could toss around pictures...
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Ride-hailing unions in Africa are struggling for traction Drivers’ unions in South Africa, Nigeria, Kenya, Ghana, and Tanzania say they’re no match for...
a year ago
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a year ago
Drivers’ unions in South Africa, Nigeria, Kenya, Ghana, and Tanzania say they’re no match for companies like Uber, Bolt, and inDrive.
Rest of World -...
Pese a prohibición, apps de préstamos depredadores proliferan en la tienda de Google Play Google dice que se toma el problema muy en serio, pero más de una docena de apps continúa disponible...
11 months ago
tomcritchlow.com
The roadmap is not the territory Most of my consulting work connects to “marketing strategy” in some way - clients come wanting to...
a year ago
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a year ago
Most of my consulting work connects to “marketing strategy” in some way - clients come wanting to talk about growing their business. But the funny thing about growth and marketing is that each component is like a thread that, once pulled, unravels the whole spool.
Paul Graham: Essays
Where to See Silicon Valley
over a year ago
Noahpinion
At least five interesting things for the middle of your week (#29) AI might help the middle class, Americans can afford food, narratives about science, Europe's...
9 months ago
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9 months ago
AI might help the middle class, Americans can afford food, narratives about science, Europe's defense industry, and Native American YIMBYism
Data Boutique
Expensive Data and Cannibalism Or.. Why some data products are priced so high
a year ago
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"You actually have to remind yourself not to believe" [Virtual Reality] is the last medium. We’re at the very beginning of it, but version 147 is The...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
[Virtual Reality] is the last medium. We’re at the very beginning of it, but version 147 is The Matrix or Total Recall. Our brain is no…
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Four types of mobile apps If you are a founder trying to create a new mobile app or an investor trying decide whether an app...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
If you are a founder trying to create a new mobile app or an investor trying decide whether an app has enduring value, it is helpful to…
Ed Zitron's Where's...
Requiem for Raghavan Last week, Prabhakar Raghavan was relieved of duty as Senior Vice President of Search, becoming...
2 months ago
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Last week, Prabhakar Raghavan was relieved of duty as Senior Vice President of Search, becoming Google's "Chief Technologist."  An important rule to follow with somebody's title in Silicon Valley is that if you can't tell what it means, it probably doesn&
Platformer
How TikTok failed to make the case for itself After a rocky appearance before Congress, the company has reason to reflect
a year ago
Rest of World -...
Our favorite Rest of World photos from 2023 39 photographers, 31 cities, 22 countries. This is what global tech looked like this year.
12 months ago
Internal Tech Emails
Elon Musk and OpenAI Guys, I've had enough. This is the final straw.
a month ago
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Artificial intelligence is about to create some serious propaganda problems, a new paper argues. One solution: to nuke the web
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The chatbot answering modern-day questions about an ancient religion JainGPT answers inquiries ranging from “What is Jainism?” to “What happens after we die?”
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The apps were designed for home security. They’re being used to watch and harass domestic workers Tiger Global-backed MyGate and Google-backed NoBrokerHood are digitizing social biases.
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Increasing velocity Two common discussions in the startup world right now are 1) the increasing speed at which new...
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Meta recently conceded that in-app behavioral advertising in the EU can no longer be opt-in by default, marking the end of an era. The regulators won, at least for now.
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Why decentralization matters The first two eras of the internet During the first era of the internet — from the 1980s through the...
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The fastest-growing countries for software development, according to GitHub New data shows a rising tide of coders in Bangladesh and Nigeria.
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Customer service can make or break a company; it has been one of the key differentiators as a new generation of startups seeks to compete against incumbents. While people remember examples of awesome customer service, the opposite is also true. At GoCardless, we decided early on...
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Does the notion of a "Global South" still make any sense? There are really four Global Souths.
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Notes on the acquisition process Ten years ago, startup financing was an insider’s game. Since then, the topic has been widely...
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I saw Dan Primack assert that the venture capitalist’s customer is their limited partners in this tweet about the Citizen app, the recap, and their VCs: I DM’d Dan to let him know that is not the right way to think about the venture capital business. Back in 2005, in the early...
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Inferring intent on mobile devices [Google CEO Eric] Schmidt said that while the Google Instant predictive search technology helps...
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[Google CEO Eric] Schmidt said that while the Google Instant predictive search technology helps shave an average of 2 seconds off users…
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In China there is this strong culture of cloning things quickly and building lots of different products instead of just focusing on one thing at a time. This allows them to plant lots of seeds, and although it yields lower quality products in the short term as they're cloning and...
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Why you shouldn’t keep your startup idea secret A frequent question entrepreneurs have when they are just starting their company is:  how secretive...
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A frequent question entrepreneurs have when they are just starting their company is:  how secretive should I be about my idea?  My answer…
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One of the dumbest things I've ever published While I was reading through some of my older essays the other day, I came across a piece called...
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While I was reading through some of my older essays the other day, I came across a piece called Privacy vs. User Experience, published in 2014. In the article, I argued that Apple’s then-nascent philosophical stance on the supremacy of user privacy was going to slow down its...
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Rob Henderson: An Internet Academic Rob Henderson is one of my favorite up-and-coming writers. I like him because he’s one of those...
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Rob Henderson is one of my favorite up-and-coming writers. I like him because he’s one of those people who doesn’t fit into a category. He’s a Ph.D. candidate in psychology, but I met him in a book club about technological stagnation. He’s spent years in the academy, first at...
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The experience economy Before World War 2, the middle-class in the developed world struggled to afford basic needs. In the...
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Before World War 2, the middle-class in the developed world struggled to afford basic needs. In the post-war boom, standards of living rose…
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Japan’s sleepy tech scene is ready for a comeback After decades of slumber, the country that brought us bullet trains and Nintendo has mustered some...
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How to quit capitalism. Let's start with something controversial: Capitalism is not an economic system. It is a...
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Using AI to build the “definitive” Spanish writing tool Abraham López is the CEO of Correcto, an AI-powered grammar tool.
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Japan’s digital ID program is a complicated mess The “My Number” card program, initially hopeful, is now making more headaches than headway.
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Three levels of enthusiasm for technology Most businesses today believe that technology can dramatically improve the way they operate. But...
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Most businesses today believe that technology can dramatically improve the way they operate. But they embrace technology with varying levels…
Internal Tech Emails
Sundar's meeting with Tim Tim’s overall message to Google was “I imagine us as being able to be deep deep partners; deeply...
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Tim’s overall message to Google was “I imagine us as being able to be deep deep partners; deeply connected where our services end and yours begin and sees no natural impediment to us doing more together. Knows there is a past but doesn’t feel encumbered by it and wants to figure...
Steve Blank
Reorganizing the DoD to Deter China and Win in the Ukraine – A Road Map for Congress This article previously appeared in Defense News. It was co-written with Joe Felter, and Pete...
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This article previously appeared in Defense News. It was co-written with Joe Felter, and Pete Newell. Today, the U.S. is supporting a proxy war with Russia while simultaneously attempting to deter a China cross-strait invasion of Taiwan. Both are wakeup calls that victory and...
Unpacked
Data Scraping in the Spotlight: Are Language Models Overstepping by Training on Everyone's Content? As I wrapped up the research for this piece and was about to start writing, OpenAI had a perfect...
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As I wrapped up the research for this piece and was about to start writing, OpenAI had a perfect announcement to go with it - they are temporarily disabling the “Browse with Bing" feature on ChatGPT. If you haven’t used it before, this is a feature available to paying Plus users....
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Ride-hailing drivers in Nigeria are suffering after government triples fuel prices Uber and Bolt drivers say the fuel subsidy removal has put them at risk of losing their livelihoods.
a year ago
AVC
I’ve Moved Onchain Over the last few years, I’ve moved my internet life from web2 to web3 and rarely use any web2...
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Over the last few years, I’ve moved my internet life from web2 to web3 and rarely use any web2 services anymore. So I am starting a series called “I’ve Moved Onchain” to explain this journey to everyone and today’s opening post is about blogging, naturally. I’ve blogged at...
Aaron's Essays
In defense of exploding term sheets There’s a lot of content out there arguing that exploding term sheets—ones that expire after a set...
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There’s a lot of content out there arguing that exploding term sheets—ones that expire after a set amount of time, whether or not they’re accepted—are bad. Some of this comes from founders who do not appreciate the pressure; some if it comes from VCs who want to emphasize their...
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Last-mile delivery is so normalized that we can’t see the endgame approaching Latin American delivery businesses are now entering a new phase of consolidation into their own...
a year ago
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Come see me speak about Japan! Plus: A bunch of fun posts I've written about Japanese urbanism and Japanese society.
4 months ago
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The role of trust in building fintech for Africa Yanmo Omorogbe of Nigerian wealth management firm Bamboo talks about navigating government...
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Yanmo Omorogbe of Nigerian wealth management firm Bamboo talks about navigating government regulations and the role of longevity.
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Netflix and thrill: the hunt for the next Squid Game in Southeast Asia As Amazon and Disney step back, Netflix invests in “locally authentic” content to grab subscribers...
3 months ago
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“Walking meetings” are not going to bring people back to the office. Joy Adan, senior thought leadership manager at Reward Gateway, an Australian human resource...
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a year ago
Joy Adan, senior thought leadership manager at Reward Gateway, an Australian human resource consulting company, said that connecting with co-workers and building those relationships were a critical part of work and should not be trivialised. “Coffee badging...
Noahpinion
Decoupling isn't phoney The global trading system is starting to rearrange itself, and it's mostly not Biden's doing.
a year ago
AVC
Flooding I spent a good part of my childhood at West Point, the US Military Academy. I got an email yesterday...
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I spent a good part of my childhood at West Point, the US Military Academy. I got an email yesterday with photos of the flooding at West Point. My dad and brother used to work in that grey stone building called Mahan Hall. And the same storms that did this to West Point did worse...
haseeb qureshi
So you want to build a crypto startup? I’m a crypto VC. That means I spend my days talking to crypto entrepreneurs, hearing pitches, and...
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I’m a crypto VC. That means I spend my days talking to crypto entrepreneurs, hearing pitches, and evaluating products. The first thing you realize working in this industry is that pretty much everyone is winging it. (That applies to me, but it especially applies to...
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New York City needs a tech startup blog At first it seemed like Silicon Alley Insider would be this, but they seem to have moved away from...
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At first it seemed like Silicon Alley Insider would be this, but they seem to have moved away from covering NYC startups. The New York Times…
Noahpinion
Indiamerica A new quasi-alliance is born, but there are still some challenges to overcome.
a year ago
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The myth of the Eureka moment I’ve been involved in the development of a number startups over the years, including three I...
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I’ve been involved in the development of a number startups over the years, including three I co-founded.   I have also observed the idea…
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Getting a job in venture capital Getting a job in venture capital is extremely hard.  There are a lot of really smart, well...
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Getting a job in venture capital is extremely hard.  There are a lot of really smart, well qualified, eager people who want to work in VC…
Paul Graham: Essays
Writing, Briefly
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Google should open source what actually matters: their search ranking algorithm Websites live or die based on how a small group of programmers at Google decide their sites should...
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Websites live or die based on how a small group of programmers at Google decide their sites should rank in Google’s main search results.  As…
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Seeking asylum at the U.S.-Mexico border? You’d better speak English or Spanish Migrants speaking Haitian Creole or Indigenous languages face challenges at the border.
a year ago
Business Brainstorms
No agenda cold emails, dealership visits as a service, prompt money, the doing game. Hey, this is Jakob Greenfeld, author of the Business Brainstorms newsletter - every week I write...
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a year ago
Hey, this is Jakob Greenfeld, author of the Business Brainstorms newsletter - every week I write this email to share the most interesting trends, frameworks, opportunities, and ideas with you. Let's dive in! 💡 Opportunities Prompt Base has a list of the
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Why does it matter that Twitter is supplanting RSS? The other day I claimed that Twitter is supplanting RSS, and that long term that’s a bad thing....
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The other day I claimed that Twitter is supplanting RSS, and that long term that’s a bad thing.  Andrew Weissman had a very reasonable…
Internal Tech Emails
Barry Diller: Facebook is trying to "steal" Tinder's cofounder Their attempts to hire Sean away from us potentially indicate they believe something like Tinder...
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over a year ago
Their attempts to hire Sean away from us potentially indicate they believe something like Tinder could be replicated by them. I’d like to avoid that, though I don’t know that FB itself makes it that much more likely to succeed than anyone else.
Data Boutique
Urgency Factor: Why Timing is as Critical as Cost The Issues of Planning Web Data Projects
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Beating the Auction Duopoly Sotheby's and Christie's are a combined 538 years old. Can the 48-year old Heritage Auctions topple...
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Sotheby's and Christie's are a combined 538 years old. Can the 48-year old Heritage Auctions topple this duopoly?
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The U.S. is racing to source chips from Vietnam —  but engineers are scant A deficit of 15,000 engineers is predicted in the next five years. Just 89 students are enrolled in...
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A deficit of 15,000 engineers is predicted in the next five years. Just 89 students are enrolled in the country’s only comprehensive chip engineering degree.
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How WhatsApp ate the world WhatsApp is already the world’s most widely used messaging app. Meta wants it to be a lot more.
a week ago
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Scale AI’s Remotasks platform is dropping whole countries without explanation Workers in Kenya, Nigeria, and Pakistan were booted off the AI-training service earlier this month.
8 months ago
Noahpinion
The elemental foe Lifting humanity out of poverty is Job #1.
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The Middle East is getting older Why I'm optimistic about the waning of conflict in the region.
a year ago
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AI’s “tech tsunami” is coming for call center workers The Philippines’ 1.6 million outsourced workers fear they may soon be automated out of a job.
a year ago
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Google and AI | Elon Musk on Tesla comp Such a deep ML system could well be developed outside of Google-- at Microsoft, Baidu, Yandex,...
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Such a deep ML system could well be developed outside of Google-- at Microsoft, Baidu, Yandex, Amazon, Apple, or even a startup.
Dustin Curtis
Bill Gates is Angry Steven Levy interviewed Bill Gates for Wired, and it is quite an illuminating conversation. In past...
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Steven Levy interviewed Bill Gates for Wired, and it is quite an illuminating conversation. In past public appearances, Gates – like most experts – has attempted to walk the line between antagonizing the Trump administration and promulgating real science. But now he appears to be...
Platformer
How Facebook does (and doesn’t) shape our political views Four long-awaited studies paint a muddy picture of social media’s impact on public opinion
a year ago
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Jumia Food’s shutdown left hundreds of drivers jobless, unable to withdraw earnings Former gig drivers in Kenya, Nigeria, and Uganda are still feeling the pinch after Jumia Food...
8 months ago
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Art On The Wall I’ve written about this topic a bunch over the years. It is something I’ve been interested in for...
a year ago
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a year ago
I’ve written about this topic a bunch over the years. It is something I’ve been interested in for quite a while. Our homes are filled with big hunks of plastic hanging on the wall that are off most of the time. They look like this: Now that’s a lovely scene. Some nice plants. A...
Devmoh
Programming transforms your brain. Here's how. Knowing how to program has a multitude of positive effects on the brain.
a year ago
Noahpinion
What's up with those revised job numbers? Government data revisions can be scary, but they actually aren't that hard to understand.
4 months ago
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The ByteDance streaming app that’s quietly going global Resso could give Spotify a run for its money.
a year ago
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SEO is no longer a viable marketing strategy for startups Many of the today’s most successful informational sites such as Yelp, Wikipedia and TripAdvisor...
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Many of the today’s most successful informational sites such as Yelp, Wikipedia and TripAdvisor relied heavily on SEO for their initial…
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Chris Sacca on the implied user contract Chris Sacca nicely summarized today’s FB vs Google vs Twitter controversy: It comes down to what...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
Chris Sacca nicely summarized today’s FB vs Google vs Twitter controversy: It comes down to what each company has promised its users…
AVC
NFT Art CDMX We spent this past weekend in Mexico City at Bright Moment’s NFT Art CDMX. Bright Moments is the...
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We spent this past weekend in Mexico City at Bright Moment’s NFT Art CDMX. Bright Moments is the premier NFT art “gallery” in the world. I use that term in parentheses because Bright Moments is much more than a gallery but that word is well understood. USV is a member of the...
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Unleash the bololô: Masses of delivery workers set off horns and fireworks at bad customers’ homes In Brazil, workers protest nasty customers with bikes, horns and fireworks.
a year ago
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Threads Like tens of millions of others, I downloaded Threads onto my phone yesterday and signed up. The...
a year ago
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a year ago
Like tens of millions of others, I downloaded Threads onto my phone yesterday and signed up. The thing that Twitter has been missing since it killed off its ecosystem over a decade ago is competition. And as we all know, lack of competition is a very bad thing. In governments and...
Ed Zitron's Where's...
Godot Isn't Making it Before we get going — please enjoy my speech from Web Summit, Why Are All Tech Products Now Shit? I...
2 weeks ago
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Before we get going — please enjoy my speech from Web Summit, Why Are All Tech Products Now Shit? I didn’t write the title. What if what we're seeing today isn't a glimpse of the future, but the new terms of the present? What
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"There's just a tremendous amount of craftsmanship in between a great idea and a great product" Steve Jobs in 1995: There's just a tremendous amount of craftsmanship in between a great idea and a...
over a year ago
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Apple’s reluctant shift toward India Apple apparently sees India as a destination to assemble and sell its iPhones. But CEO Tim Cook...
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Apple apparently sees India as a destination to assemble and sell its iPhones. But CEO Tim Cook hasn’t made any big promises yet.
David Perell
A Divine Intuition Under a secular mindset, intuition is all about you — your wants, needs, passions, and desires. A...
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a year ago
Under a secular mindset, intuition is all about you — your wants, needs, passions, and desires. A heavenly, God-inspired intuition is different. The post A Divine Intuition appeared first on David Perell.
Paul Graham: Essays
Design and Research
over a year ago
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Stickiness is bad for business It is common to hear entrepreneurs and investors talk about the high level of engagement (what we...
over a year ago
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It is common to hear entrepreneurs and investors talk about the high level of engagement (what we used to call “stickiness”) of their…