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Platformer
New cracks emerge in Elon Musk's Twitter Jira went down, Slack's gone, and site performance is degraded. What's next?
a year ago
Paul Graham: Essays
Hackers and Painters
over 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...
8 months ago
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8 months ago
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...
Noahpinion
The new industrial policy, explained We're starting to learn what replaces the old free-trade consensus.
a year ago
Blog posts of...
How i make investment decisions 🏝 The goal of this article is to break down how i make investment decisions in the hope that it helps...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
The goal of this article is to break down how i make investment decisions in the hope that it helps founders to see their fundraising effort from the “other side”.
Rest of World -...
Free AI tools are killing South Africa’s web designer job market Some web designers use ChatGPT to code and create basic designs, while salaries for web designers in...
a year ago
Steve Blank
Playing With Fire – ChatGPT The world is very different now. For man holds in his mortal hands the power to abolish all forms of...
a year ago
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a year ago
The world is very different now. For man holds in his mortal hands the power to abolish all forms of human poverty and all forms of human life. John F. Kennedy Humans have mastered lots of things that have transformed our lives, created our civilizations, and might ultimately...
Working Theorys
The Time-Boxed Startup What if startups had an expiration date?
10 months ago
Noahpinion
Why you should not ignore economists They aren't always right, but they almost always have something important to add.
4 months ago
cdixon.org RSS Feed
Different types of risk The idea that founders take on “risk” is a misleading generalization. It is far more informative to...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
The idea that founders take on “risk” is a misleading generalization. It is far more informative to separate the specific types of risks…
SatPost by Trung...
I want Apple's Vision Pro The Apple Vision Pro has a very appealing use case: "the workplace of your dreams".
a year ago
Data Boutique
Case Study: MatchesFashion Inventory Outflows Web data for market insights
9 months ago
Noahpinion
China's demographics will be fine through mid-century There is no imminent crisis.
6 months ago
Paul Graham: Essays
Chapter 1 of Ansi Common Lisp
a year ago
Internal Tech Emails
Bill Gates tries to install Movie Maker I am quite disappointed at how Windows Usability has been going backwards and the program management...
a year ago
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a year ago
I am quite disappointed at how Windows Usability has been going backwards and the program management groups don't drive usability issues.
Business Brainstorms
💡 Business Brainstorms 💡- My favorite ideas of the week #1 💡 Athletic Greens used to be a sketchy looking affiliate offer in 2011. Ranked #1 on Clickbank...
a year ago
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a year ago
#1 💡 Athletic Greens used to be a sketchy looking affiliate offer in 2011. Ranked #1 on Clickbank and was promoted by every direct response marketer. Always inspiring to see humble beginnings like this and a good reminder that most businesses are not sexy from day 1.
Rest of World -...
How an economic crisis shifted Sri Lanka’s e-commerce industry Rakhil Fernando of Daraz talks about how the company had to shift its focus from lifestyle products...
a year ago
Internal Tech Emails
Facebook vs. TikTok | Elon Musk emails Tesla's board Today we see a shift towards social media products serving as “discovery engines.”
over a year ago
Rest of World -...
When disaster strikes, the world opens WhatsApp Meta's messaging app has transformed communication in conflict and crisis areas.
3 weeks ago
Tech + Economics +...
How we turned into assholes The internet was supposed to unite us. So what the fuck happened? And how did we become a...
a year ago
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a year ago
The internet was supposed to unite us. So what the fuck happened? And how did we become a cross-generational digital nation of assholes? We dreamed of a global, decentralized network spreading information, enabling communication, and connecting humanity. But somewhere...
cdixon.org RSS Feed
The next big thing will start out looking like a toy One of the amazing things about the internet economy is how different the list of top internet...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
One of the amazing things about the internet economy is how different the list of top internet properties today looks from the list ten…
Noahpinion
Refusing to teach kids math will not improve equity We have public schools for a reason.
a year ago
Working Theorys
Some Thoughts on Airchat For people in a tiny slice of the world and internet, there’s no greater canon event than the...
8 months ago
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8 months ago
For people in a tiny slice of the world and internet, there’s no greater canon event than the prospect of a new social app taking off. Sometimes there are multi-year droughts. In a plentiful year, there are one or two prospects that excite us. (And I wrote a stream of...
Paul Graham: Essays
Great Hackers
over a year ago
Rest of World -...
The AI job interviewer will see you now AI interview services say they’re eliminating bias — but not everyone agrees.
5 months ago
David Perell
Trevor Bauer: Playing Professional Baseball My guest today is Trevor Bauer, who is arguably the very best pitcher in Major League Baseball. In...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
My guest today is Trevor Bauer, who is arguably the very best pitcher in Major League Baseball. In 2020, he had the lowest Earned Run Average of any pitcher and won the National League Cy Young Award, which goes to the top pitcher in the game. I wanted to interview Trevor not...
Stephen Diehl
The Philosophical Argument Against Crypto
over a year ago
Rest of World -...
As muggings spike, phone thieves in Brazil have an easy target: Gig workers Losing a phone can devastate gig workers’ ability to make a living, while the apps they work for...
a year ago
Rest of World -...
The Mexican senator building a plan for artificial intelligence Alejandra Lagunes leads Mexico’s National Artificial Intelligence Alliance.
a year ago
cdixon.org RSS Feed
eBay vs Amazon: decentralized vs centralized e-commerce Note: The company I cofounded, Hunch, was acquired by eBay in November 2011. I am now an eBay...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
Note: The company I cofounded, Hunch, was acquired by eBay in November 2011. I am now an eBay employee. But all the opinions expressed below…
Essays - Benedict...
Unbundling AI ChatGPT and LLMs can do anything, so what can you do with them? How do you know? Do we move to...
a year ago
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a year ago
ChatGPT and LLMs can do anything, so what can you do with them? How do you know? Do we move to chat bots as a magical general-purpose interface, or do we unbundle them back into single-purpose software?
Paul Graham: Essays
Coronavirus and Credibility
over a year ago
Tom Blomfield
Startup Series Part 1: Interviewing Engineers There’s been a huge volume of literature written on the subject of startup methodologies and...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
There’s been a huge volume of literature written on the subject of startup methodologies and philosophies. This is a positive thing for the ecosystem - just as new software tools mean it’s simpler and cheaper to start a company, these methodologies allow first-time entrepreneurs...
Stephen Diehl
The Token Disconnect
over a year ago
Noahpinion
Why Trump (or Harris) might fail to stand up to China A very real possibility that more people need to be worried about.
5 months ago
Paul Graham: Essays
Fierce Nerds
over a year ago
David Perell
People Don’t Actually Read People don’t read as much as they say they do. This trend is accelerating too. I’m in a friend group...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
People don’t read as much as they say they do. This trend is accelerating too. I’m in a friend group of intellectually curious people, and just about everybody says they’re reading fewer books than they used to. But at the risk of sounding like your 5th grade English teacher,...
Blog posts of...
Peter Thiel’s Startup Class Notes as PDF @bgmasters created an awesome series of blog posts covering his notes of Peter Thiel’s startup class...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
@bgmasters created an awesome series of blog posts covering his notes of Peter Thiel’s startup class CS183. Personally i try to re...
cdixon.org RSS Feed
Some problems are so hard they need to be solved piece by piece Andrew Parker had a great post a few years ago where he sketched out all the startups going after...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
Andrew Parker had a great post a few years ago where he sketched out all the startups going after pieces of Craigslist: Startups that have…
Raw Thought (from...
Lean into the pain
over a year ago
Rest of World -...
How WhatsApp ate the world WhatsApp is already the world’s most widely used messaging app. Meta wants it to be a lot more.
3 weeks ago
cdixon.org RSS Feed
Stored Hashcash One of the greatest inventions in the history of computer security is Hashcash. Internet blights...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
One of the greatest inventions in the history of computer security is Hashcash. Internet blights like spam and denial-of-service attacks are…
Aaron's Essays
Utopia Bets / Apocalypse Bets I think that it is nearly impossible to figure out the exact changes that new technologies will...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
I think that it is nearly impossible to figure out the exact changes that new technologies will create in the world. That's problematic because investing in startups is largely about figuring out whether or not a team with a new technology - or application of existing technology...
Nothing Human
Prayer over a new smartphone Hello, phone. For many years, starting today, you will be my most loyal companion and my most...
a year ago
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a year ago
Hello, phone. For many years, starting today, you will be my most loyal companion and my most treasured possession. I will feel your weight in my pocket every moment of every day, a presence as constant as my breath. The muscles and bones of my hand, arm, and shoulder will deform...
Rest of World -...
A U.S. outsourcing company brought lofty promises to Nepal. Then came the layoffs Former employees say the company killed the dream it once sold them.
a year ago
Working Theorys
The Lost Sense OR: The Marginalization of "Touch" in a Digital World
4 months ago
Rest of World -...
Samsung knowingly exposed workers to highly toxic chemicals, whistleblower claims In Vietnam, a key production base, a former safety officer alleges the factory also dumped chemicals...
a year ago
Paul Graham: Essays
The Roots of Lisp
over a year ago
Blog posts of...
Managing Remote Teams - A Crash Course Hey folks, I haven’t been blogging for quite some time, so everything is a bit rusty for me, but i...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
Hey folks, I haven’t been blogging for quite some time, so everything is a bit rusty for me, but i thought this article might be u...
Noahpinion
Where China is beating the world On high-speed rail, EVs, and solar, China is doing truly amazing things.
a year ago
Internal Tech Emails
Mark Zuckerberg: "speed and strategy" One way to make sure we can move quickly is for everyone to understand our strategy behind the major...
a year ago
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a year ago
One way to make sure we can move quickly is for everyone to understand our strategy behind the major product areas we're working on. I've tried to summarize some of the key ones here.
cdixon.org RSS Feed
The NYC tech scene is exploding The pace of innovation in the New York area is very impressive right now. Some of the top...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
The pace of innovation in the New York area is very impressive right now. Some of the top entrepenuers in the country are building and…
cdixon.org RSS Feed
The problem with online “local” businesses One of the most popular areas for startups today is “local.”  I probably see a couple of business...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
One of the most popular areas for startups today is “local.”  I probably see a couple of business plans a week that involve local search…
Aaron's Essays
Carts without horses Investing in emerging markets such as India, Kenya, and Nigeria isn’t quite what I naively thought...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
Investing in emerging markets such as India, Kenya, and Nigeria isn’t quite what I naively thought it would be. Before I started, I thought that finding a good company in an emerging market would just mean copying models that worked in developed markets. All I’d have to do is...
Rest of World -...
China fights for an edge on semiconductors The gallium problem could become everyone’s problem
a year ago
Noahpinion
Some thoughts on where the war in Ukraine is headed And some perspective on what's happened already.
a year ago
Rest of World -...
TikTokers are documenting — and monetizing — anti-government protests in Kenya At least 23 people have reportedly been killed as crowds oppose proposed tax increases.
a year ago
Paul Graham: Essays
Having Kids
over a year ago
cdixon.org RSS Feed
Skydio I’m excited to announce today that Andreessen Horowitz is leading a $3M financing of Skydio, a...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
I’m excited to announce today that Andreessen Horowitz is leading a $3M financing of Skydio, a startup developing artificial intelligence…
Rest of World -...
Africa fell in love with crypto. Now… it’s complicated Trust is fading, startups are shutting down, and Web3 workers are reconsidering their career...
a year ago
Noahpinion
In defense of science fiction New technology is usually good, and it's good for sci-fi to inspire it.
a year ago
Rest of World -...
Stability AI’s plan to counter AI’s Silicon Valley’s bias “It’d be dystopian if all AI systems had the values of a 35-year-old male in San Francisco.”
a year ago
Aaron's Essays
Bad Terms Every startup fundraising process is influenced by the balance of power between the founder and the...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
Every startup fundraising process is influenced by the balance of power between the founder and the investor. When the founder has a company that is doing incredibly well, and is being chased by lots of investors, the founder has more leverage. When the founder is inexperienced,...
cdixon.org RSS Feed
Some thoughts on when to raise money, and the current financing environment A key question for founders is when they should try to raise money. More specifically, they often...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
A key question for founders is when they should try to raise money. More specifically, they often wonder whether to raise money now or wait…
cdixon.org RSS Feed
The segmentation of the venture industry Ford Motors dominated the auto market in the early 20th century with a single car model, the Model...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
Ford Motors dominated the auto market in the early 20th century with a single car model, the Model T.  At the time, customers were seeking…
Tech + Economics +...
Another 3 men raise another few million From Relevance AI (emphasis mine) We're thrilled to announce our USD$10M raise by leading...
a year ago
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a year ago
From Relevance AI (emphasis mine) We're thrilled to announce our USD$10M raise by leading investors from around the world including King River Capital, Peak XV Partners, Insight Partners and Galileo Ventures supporting Relevance’s mission to enable any...
SatPost by Trung...
Apple's M&A Strategy, Explained PLUS: Chick-fil-A, Duolingo, Bitcoin rally.
a month ago
SatPost by Trung...
"The Economist" Cover Curse, Explained PLUS: My Dune 2 review, TikTok Ban and Why Jalapeños are Less Spicy.
10 months ago
David Perell
Why You’re Christian Becoming an educated citizen starts with understanding the lineage of your beliefs. For example,...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
Becoming an educated citizen starts with understanding the lineage of your beliefs. For example, look at this iconic line from one of America’s founding documents: "We hold these truths to be self-evident that all men are created equal.” The post Why You’re Christian appeared...
Dustin Curtis
Blocked A couple of years ago, I posted a slight criticism of Elon Musk that led prominent venture...
2 months ago
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2 months ago
A couple of years ago, I posted a slight criticism of Elon Musk that led prominent venture capitalist Marc Andreessen to block me. Since then, I have been unable to view his posts1, which is a shame because I valued his thoughts and opinions. Today, X engineering announced...
Rest of World -...
New data shows the number of new mobile internet users is stalling What happened to the “next billion” internet users? They’re already online.
a month ago
cdixon.org RSS Feed
New York City is poised for a tech revival One thing that was puzzling about the “web 2.0 boom” from 2003-2008 was how irrelevant the East...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
One thing that was puzzling about the “web 2.0 boom” from 2003-2008 was how irrelevant the East Coast, and particular New York City, was…
Rest of World -...
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.
10 months ago
cdixon.org RSS Feed
How to select your angel investors I’ve seen a number of situations recently that are something like the following.  A VC firm signs a...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
I’ve seen a number of situations recently that are something like the following.  A VC firm signs a term sheet with an early stage company…
Working Theorys
New Social App Who am I? And other urgent existential questions.
8 months ago
Noahpinion
At least five interesting things for your weekend (#48) Information war; Chinese VC; land reform; India's garment industry; degrowth research; Trump vs....
3 months ago
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3 months ago
Information war; Chinese VC; land reform; India's garment industry; degrowth research; Trump vs. Harris on deficits; good news
Rest of World -...
Venezuelan migrants helped build Colombia’s tech scene. Now the country is kicking them out New rules make getting a visa more difficult, even as Colombia struggles to find enough tech...
a year ago
Internal Tech Emails
"Thoughts on OpenAI" To: Satya Nadella; Bill Gates
8 months ago
Working Theorys
Weekend Theorys No. 1 "Healthy” social apps, the folly of the "one-two punch," and side projects that command respect
11 months ago
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11 months ago
"Healthy” social apps, the folly of the "one-two punch," and side projects that command respect
cdixon.org RSS Feed
Agency problems “Agency problems” are what economists call situations where a person’s interests diverge from his or...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
“Agency problems” are what economists call situations where a person’s interests diverge from his or her firm’s interests. Large companies…
Paul Graham: Essays
Why Smart People Have Bad Ideas
over a year ago
Paul Graham: Essays
What Microsoft Is this the Altair Basic of?
over a year ago
Rest of World -...
How 2024’s tech trends changed our lives From AI-powered classrooms in Mali to EV taxis in Vietnam, people worldwide are seeing opportunities...
a month ago
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a month ago
From AI-powered classrooms in Mali to EV taxis in Vietnam, people worldwide are seeing opportunities from this year’s biggest tech shifts.
Rest of World -...
Portraits of gig workers in rare moments off the clock Rest of World shadowed workers in São Paulo, Lagos, Dhaka, and Jakarta to get an intimate look at...
9 months ago
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9 months ago
Rest of World shadowed workers in São Paulo, Lagos, Dhaka, and Jakarta to get an intimate look at how they spend their breaks between orders.
cdixon.org RSS Feed
One man came to Mozart and asked him how to write a symphony. One man came to Mozart and asked him how to write a symphony. Mozart replied, “You are too young to...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
One man came to Mozart and asked him how to write a symphony. Mozart replied, “You are too young to write a symphony.” The man said, “You…
Rest of World -...
Nigeria’s Ogun State wants to lead the country’s EV revolution But experts fear long-term success may not follow as Nigeria lags other African countries when it...
a month ago
Unpacked
Zoom's AI policy backlash & customer data in model training Listen now (27 mins) | Zoom came under fire recently for silently changing their terms of service in...
a year ago
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a year ago
Listen now (27 mins) | Zoom came under fire recently for silently changing their terms of service in a way that allows use of customer data (read your video and audio recordings) for training Zoom features. In this episode, we unpack the timeline of events that followed, Zoom's...
cdixon.org RSS Feed
To make smarter systems, it’s all about the data As this article by Alex Wright in the New York Times last week reminded me, when the mainstream...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
As this article by Alex Wright in the New York Times last week reminded me, when the mainstream press talks about artificial intelligence…
Rest of World -...
Welcome to Exporter A new way of thinking about the global tech industry.
a year ago
Platformer
Why TikTok's future has never been so cloudy ByteDance thought it had a deal with the government in August. Then came the bans — and a spying...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
ByteDance thought it had a deal with the government in August. Then came the bans — and a spying scandal
Platformer
In latest round of Twitter cuts, some see hints of its next CEO Is the job Steve Davis' to lose? PLUS: A smart new tool to fight child exploitation online
a year ago
Paul Graham: Essays
Beating the Averages
over a year ago
Rest of World -...
40 companies that are beating the West Faster, smarter, more adaptable: These emerging market pioneers are outmaneuvering Silicon Valley...
a year ago
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a year ago
Faster, smarter, more adaptable: These emerging market pioneers are outmaneuvering Silicon Valley for global domination.
SatPost by Trung...
11 Best Things of 2024 My favourite book, film, podcast, quote, meme, purchase and more for the year.
6 days ago
cdixon.org RSS Feed
Pitching the VC partnership The last step to raising venture capital is normally a 1 hour pitch to the whole partnership during...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
The last step to raising venture capital is normally a 1 hour pitch to the whole partnership during their weekly monday meeting.  This is…
Rest of World -...
The CEO helping thousands of women in Latin America launch successful online businesses Zach Oschin is the founder of Elenas, an app used by women to digitize their catalog sales.
11 months ago
Platformer
How the Brazil riots change Facebook's Trump equation After a new string of riots against democracy, let's game out whether Meta should restore the former...
a year ago
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a year ago
After a new string of riots against democracy, let's game out whether Meta should restore the former president's account
Rest of World -...
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...
a year ago
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a year ago
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.
Paul Graham: Essays
Jessica Livingston
over a year ago
SatPost by Trung...
Roger Ebert, MKBHD and the Job of a Critic The best critics (or reviewers) educate, entertain and help us spend our time better.
8 months ago
Noahpinion
All futurism is Afrofuturism A repost, with some optimistic updates.
12 months ago
cdixon.org RSS Feed
Twelve months notice Generally speaking, there are two approaches to relating to other people in the business world. The...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
Generally speaking, there are two approaches to relating to other people in the business world. The first approach is transactional and…
cdixon.org RSS Feed
The decline of the mobile web People are spending more time on mobile vs desktop: And more of their mobile time using apps, not...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
People are spending more time on mobile vs desktop: And more of their mobile time using apps, not the web: This is a worrisome trend for…
Internal Tech Emails
Steve Jobs: The more dependent Google is on Apple, the better Actually, the more energy they devote to iPhone, the better. And the more dependent they are on our...
over a year ago
Steve Blank
Before there was Oppenheimer there was Vannevar Bush I just saw the movie Oppenheimer.  A wonderful movie on multiple levels. But the Atomic Bomb story...
a year ago
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a year ago
I just saw the movie Oppenheimer.  A wonderful movie on multiple levels. But the Atomic Bomb story that starts at Los Alamos with Oppenheimer and General Grove misses the fact that from mid-1940 to mid-1942 it was Vannevar Bush (and his number 2, James Conant, the president of...
Ed Zitron's Where's...
In Response To Google Google has chosen to send a response to my article to Barry Schwartz of Search Engine Roundtable....
8 months ago
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8 months ago
Google has chosen to send a response to my article to Barry Schwartz of Search Engine Roundtable. Here is my response. (1) On the March 2019 core update claim in the piece: This is baseless speculation. The March 2019 core update was designed to improve the quality of our search
Business Brainstorms
💡 Business Brainstorms 💡- My favorite ideas of the week #1 💡 “By far the worst company to emulate in Startup Make-Believe is Google / Alphabet. Google has...
a year ago
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a year ago
#1 💡 “By far the worst company to emulate in Startup Make-Believe is Google / Alphabet. Google has a number of structural advantages stemming from its Search monopoly that mean that it’s able to be almost completely divorced from reality, and that has allowed it to grow in...
Rest of World -...
The secret to becoming the world’s biggest digital bank: A user-friendly app From quick credit to digital banking, Nubank bet on an easy app experience to stand out to users and...
a year 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.
Throwable
How Twitter Survives (Or Doesn't) Meta's approach, Twitter's moat and a few different future scenarios
a year ago
Paul Graham: Essays
Weird Languages
over a year ago
Varun's Notes
The Future of No Code is Low Code Or why we should write more programming languages instead of trying to build virtual legos.
over a year ago
Rest of World -...
Why African governments must prioritize affordable internet and smartphones Lacina Koné of Smart Africa discusses the continent’s digital transformation and potential.
a year ago
Internal Tech Emails
"Nokia, our platform is burning" The first iPhone shipped in 2007, and we still don't have a product that is close to their...
4 months ago
Stephen Diehl
Haskell For a New Decade
over a year ago
Noahpinion
Why Americans fear the AI future Five decades of rising inequality and slow growth have made us a less optimistic country.
a year ago
Essays - Benedict...
Back to the trend line? The Covid Rotation turns, and ecommerce penetration is back to the trend line. But which trend...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
The Covid Rotation turns, and ecommerce penetration is back to the trend line. But which trend line, and which penetration?
Rest of World -...
Why are Apple and Tesla losing ground in China? The Chinese market isn’t quite as untapped as U.S. companies thought.
9 months ago
Internal Tech Emails
Steve Jobs and Palm This is not satisfactory to Apple.
2 weeks ago
Working Theorys
24 Working Theorys for 2024 Twenty-four ideas across four major themes: startups & investing, social products, media & creators,...
a year ago
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a year ago
Twenty-four ideas across four major themes: startups & investing, social products, media & creators, and lifestyle
Steve Blank
How To Find Your Customer In the Dept of Defense – The Directory of DoD Program Executive Offices Finding a customer for your product in the Department of Defense is hard: Who should you talk to?...
3 months ago
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3 months ago
Finding a customer for your product in the Department of Defense is hard: Who should you talk to? How do you get their attention? How do you know if they have money to spend on your product? It almost always starts with a Program Executive Office. The Department of Defense (DoD)...
Paul Graham: Essays
How to Get Startup Ideas
over a year ago
Rest of World -...
Turn it up: Rest of World’s 2023 global party playlist Impress your friends by queuing up these chart-topping pop songs from the countries we cover.
a year ago
cdixon.org RSS Feed
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...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
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…
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...
a year ago
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a year ago
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....
Working Theorys
Word Association Fame The new attention playbooks will be full of old plays.
10 months ago
cdixon.org RSS Feed
Vanity milestones Eric Ries uses the phrase “vanity metrics” to refer to metrics that founders cite to demonstrate...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
Eric Ries uses the phrase “vanity metrics” to refer to metrics that founders cite to demonstrate progress but that are actually false…
Platformer
Winners and losers in the race to add AI ChatGPT is now running inside Snapchat, Notion, and other apps. Will it give them a sustaining...
a year ago
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a year ago
ChatGPT is now running inside Snapchat, Notion, and other apps. Will it give them a sustaining advantage — or just line OpenAI's pockets?
Aaron's Essays
A framework for choosing what to do A year ago, I left YC and felt a bit lost about what to do next.[1] A lot of people were pretty sure...
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over a year ago
A year ago, I left YC and felt a bit lost about what to do next.[1] A lot of people were pretty sure they knew what I should do. But...I didn't and most of their suggestions didn’t excite me. As I thought through my possible paths, I realized that I didn't have a useful framework...
David Perell
Annual Review 2020 Writing this Annual Review, I realize that I’m incredibly fortunate.  While some people spent the...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
Writing this Annual Review, I realize that I’m incredibly fortunate.  While some people spent the quarantine alone, I moved into my childhood home and spent five months with family. While America saw the worst unemployment spike in recent history, my business grew because the...
Internal Tech Emails
Elon Musk's texts I read the article. It is weak sauce and still makes me sound like a liar. It is filled with...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
I read the article. It is weak sauce and still makes me sound like a liar. It is filled with equivocation and in no way indicates the strong interest you conveyed in person.
Rest of World -...
Foreign tech workers hit hard by South Africa’s new immigration laws Lured by rich job opportunities in South Africa's tech scene, thousands of migrants from across the...
a year ago
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a year ago
Lured by rich job opportunities in South Africa's tech scene, thousands of migrants from across the continent flooded into the country. Now, those jobs are out of reach.
Noahpinion
The best-case scenario for Trump's second term An optimistic Thanksgiving post.
a month ago
SatPost by Trung...
Steve Jobs, Rick Rubin and "taste" The Apple co-founder and the super-producer share similar ideas regarding taste and creativity.
a year ago
42!
The case of WOPR and the lost code... I got an email earlier this week from a guy reaching out after he read a post of mine on a gaming...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
I got an email earlier this week from a guy reaching out after he read a post of mine on a gaming forum that was posted over two decades ago! I couldn't for the life of me remember what I had said, but he reiterated that it was about a simulation that I wrote in BASIC that was...
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The most important question to ask before taking seed money There is a certain well respected venture capital firm (VC) that has a program for fledgling...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
There is a certain well respected venture capital firm (VC) that has a program for fledgling entrepreneurs.   The teams that are selected…
cdixon.org RSS Feed
Business development: the Goldilocks principle Background: At Hunch, we switched our focus (“pivoted“) about 14 months ago from B2C to B2B. Over...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
Background: At Hunch, we switched our focus (“pivoted“) about 14 months ago from B2C to B2B. Over that time, we pitched over 500 potential…
Rest of World -...
Ethiopians are struggling to keep up with the new “EV or nothing” policy Ethiopia became the first country in the world to ban the import of gas and diesel cars. But the...
5 months ago
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5 months ago
Ethiopia became the first country in the world to ban the import of gas and diesel cars. But the country has only around 50 charging stations.
Paul Graham: Essays
The Hardest Lessons for Startups to Learn
over a year ago
Platformer
The secret list of Twitter VIPs getting boosted over everyone else Congratulations to Ben Shapiro, AOC, and ... LeBron?
a year ago
Internal Tech Emails
Elon Musk's Twitter texts I'm not joining the board. This is a waste of time.
over a year ago
essay – snarfed.org
Policing misinformation Unpopular opinion: I have deep reservations about policing misinformation. I’m a big believer in the...
a year ago
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a year ago
Unpopular opinion: I have deep reservations about policing misinformation. I’m a big believer in the demarcation problem: in the general case, there’s no shortcut to determining objective truth. It’s similar to the halting problem in computer science: if we want to know whether a...
Steve Blank
Profound Beliefs This post previously appeared in EIX. In the early stages of a startup your hypotheses about all the...
a year ago
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a year ago
This post previously appeared in EIX. In the early stages of a startup your hypotheses about all the parts of your business model are your profound beliefs. Think of profound beliefs as “strong opinions loosely held.” You can’t be an effective founder or in the C-suite of a...
Noahpinion
All the arguments against EVs are wrong EVs are just going to win.
a year ago
Inverted Passion
The Anti-Productivity Manifesto After a barrage of recommendations on my twitter, I finally ended up reading Oliver Burkeman’s Four...
a year ago
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a year ago
After a barrage of recommendations on my twitter, I finally ended up reading Oliver Burkeman’s Four Thousand Weeks. The central premise of the book is simple: everyone has got about four thousand weeks to live, and spending that limited time chasing efficiency is wrongheaded. The...
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Institutional failure The TV show The Wire is an incredibly instructive lesson on how the modern world works (besides...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
The TV show The Wire is an incredibly instructive lesson on how the modern world works (besides being a great work of art). The recurring…
Steve Blank
Hacking for Defense @ Stanford 2024 – Lessons Learned Presentations We just finished our 9th annual Hacking for Defense class at Stanford. What a year. Hacking for...
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6 months ago
We just finished our 9th annual Hacking for Defense class at Stanford. What a year. Hacking for Defense, now in 60 universities, has teams of students working to understand and help solve national security problems. At Stanford this quarter the 8 teams of 40 students collectively...
Working Theorys
Status Limbo | Theory No. 27 To get status, you have to give up status.
11 months ago
Tech + Economics +...
Breaking up with Slack and Discord: why it's time to bring back forums. When I first found my people online, forums were the main way people gathered to discuss shared...
11 months ago
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11 months ago
When I first found my people online, forums were the main way people gathered to discuss shared interests. Web-based bulletin boards allowed members to have ongoing, asynchronous conversations over days or weeks as participants logged in to read and respond on their own...
Paul Graham: Essays
How to Get New Ideas
over 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
Rest of World -...
Self-checkout is putting elderly grocery baggers out of work in Mexico Volunteer packers at stores like Walmart say they’re receiving 50% fewer tips than before the...
a year ago
Nadia Asparouhova
Cultivating agency I didn’t always know that I wanted to have kids. I wasn’t against it, necessarily – for awhile,...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
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...
Paul Graham: Essays
Ideas for Startups
over a year ago
SatPost by Trung...
Taylor Sheridan's Extreme Productivity The prolific mind behind "Sicario" and "Yellowstone" only started his writing career at 40. The...
3 weeks ago
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3 weeks ago
The prolific mind behind "Sicario" and "Yellowstone" only started his writing career at 40. The realest deadlines (a young family, a $350m ranch) have pushed him to grind at an unbelievable pace.
Noahpinion
Yes, Americans are much richer than Japanese people GDP is not a perfect guide to wealth, but it's pretty darn good.
a week ago
Rest of World -...
Amazon fends off calls for takedown transparency in message to shareholders The company does not currently disclose government orders to remove specific products.
a year ago
David Perell
Chrisman Frank and Ana Lorena Fabrega: How Childhood Education Will Change This week, I have two guests. Both are affiliated with Synthesis, a new kind of online school where...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
This week, I have two guests. Both are affiliated with Synthesis, a new kind of online school where kids learn through games and simulations. One is Chrisman Frank, the CEO of Synthesis. The other is Ana Lorena Fabrega, who is their Chief Evangelist. Here’s the backstory: A few...
SatPost by Trung...
Nike’s Marketing Blindspot What can we learn from Nike losing Lionel Messi and Stephen Curry?
a year ago
Unpacked
Generative AI and the Future of News - a tale of two worlds Last week, the New York Times reported that Google is testing an AI tool that enables news...
a year ago
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a year ago
Last week, the New York Times reported that Google is testing an AI tool that enables news organizations to create content using AI. It is unclear what the exact capabilities of the product are but based on one comment from Google, it helps with tasks like headlines and modifying...
42!
Finding and fixing slow queries Photo by Caspar Camille Rubin on Unsplash I love dashboards, and I run several on my system to...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
Photo by Caspar Camille Rubin on Unsplash I love dashboards, and I run several on my system to monitor my HR startup in real time. I love collecting data points around subscriptions, user activity, and most importantly, server uptime and performance. Especially now that we are...
Varun's Notes
Why Open Source AI Will Win You shouldn't bet against the bazaar or the GPU p̶o̶o̶r̶ hungry.
a year ago
David Perell
Should You Write Every Day? When I started working out, I hated it. I wanted to gain muscle but dreaded working out. Eventually,...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
When I started working out, I hated it. I wanted to gain muscle but dreaded working out. Eventually, a friend got fed up with my laziness and told me what I needed to hear: “If you want to build the habit, go to the gym every single day without fail.” So that’s what I did. The...
Noahpinion
Why aren't we taking every Chinese refugee we can? Let's be the City on a Hill again.
a year ago
Noahpinion
Yes, it's OK to be mad about crime in San Francisco Let's not make excuses for Chaos City.
a year ago
Steve Blank
The Three Pillars of World-class Corporate Innovation My good friend Alexander Osterwalder, the inventor of the business model canvas (one of foundations...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
My good friend Alexander Osterwalder, the inventor of the business model canvas (one of foundations of the Lean Methodology) has written a playbook (along with his associate partner Tendayi Viki,) From Innovation Theater to Growth Engine to explain how to build and implement...
Tech + Economics +...
Sam Bankman-Fried is a feature, not a bug. Imagine a philosophy so focused on the ends that it becomes blind to the means. This is the...
a year ago
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a year ago
Imagine a philosophy so focused on the ends that it becomes blind to the means. This is the seductive trap of Effective Altruism (EA), a doctrine born to the rationalist cradle, promising to solve the world's woes through a calculator. Into this world stepped Sam...
cdixon.org RSS Feed
Financing risk Startups that raise seed funding face the risk of not being able to raise additional money. This is...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
Startups that raise seed funding face the risk of not being able to raise additional money. This is what is sometimes known as “financing…
Essays - Benedict...
The AI summer Hundreds of millions of people have tried ChatGPT, but most of them haven’t been back. Every big...
5 months ago
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5 months ago
Hundreds of millions of people have tried ChatGPT, but most of them haven’t been back. Every big company has done a pilot, but far fewer are in deployment. Some of this is just a matter of time. But LLMs might also be a trap: they look like products and they look magic, but...
Tech + Economics +...
AI does not produce reliable information. As Donald Trump's lawyer has fucked around and found out. Michael Cohen, the former personal lawyer and fixer for Donald Trump, used an artificial...
a year ago
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a year ago
Michael Cohen, the former personal lawyer and fixer for Donald Trump, used an artificial intelligence program to generate bogus legal citations in his motion for early termination of his supervised release. Cohen, who was sentenced to three years in prison in 2018 for...
Paul Graham: Essays
Write Like You Talk
over a year ago
XO Capital - Field...
Fresh Cheddar Couple of announcements: We've got some fresh cheddar! We just got access to up to $2M to deploy....
11 months ago
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11 months ago
Couple of announcements: We've got some fresh cheddar! We just got access to up to $2M to deploy. We're looking for 1-2 businesses: b2b saas $30k+ MRR This is about 2x what we've already deployed so far which is a big deal. We will
Rest of World -...
China’s bite-sized soap operas are peddling cheap plots for big profits Sex scenes, revenge, and cliffhangers are jam-packed into minutes-long smartphone dramas.
a year ago
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The thin edge of the wedge for virtual reality Pius Uzamere argues that virtual reality will succeed first in business applications instead of...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
Pius Uzamere argues that virtual reality will succeed first in business applications instead of gaming: The most interesting virtual reality…
Rest of World -...
Indonesia is trying to block LGBTQIA content from the internet A new broadcast bill imposes curbs on LGBTQIA content and other “negative” material, potentially...
6 months ago
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6 months ago
A new broadcast bill imposes curbs on LGBTQIA content and other “negative” material, potentially hurting content creators and broadcasters in Indonesia.
Data Boutique
Web Scraping Legal Context As the need for data grows, so does the need for clearer regulation
a year ago
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...
a year ago
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a year ago
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).
cdixon.org RSS Feed
Security through diversity Someone asked me the other day whether I thought the United States was vulnerable to a large scale...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
Someone asked me the other day whether I thought the United States was vulnerable to a large scale “cyber” attack. While I have no doubt…
Platformer
Meta restores Trump Three scenarios for what happens next
a year ago
David Perell
Thoughts on Free Will My friend Chris Sparks says: “When it comes to creating your environment, assume you have free will....
over a year ago
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over a year ago
My friend Chris Sparks says: “When it comes to creating your environment, assume you have free will. When it comes to living in it, assume you have no free will.” Here’s an example: I lost my love of working out during the pandemic. Before it started, I worked out at a nice,...
Rest of World -...
Nigeria’s economic crisis is fueling a stunt philanthropy boom A crop of content creators are building fame on MrBeast-style content.
5 months ago
Blog posts of...
Refactoring larger legacy codebases This article is based on a comment of mine to a HackerNews question. Thought it might be useful to...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
This article is based on a comment of mine to a HackerNews question. Thought it might be useful to explain it here a bit more in d...
Aaron's Essays
I and We Starting a company is, in large part, an act of ego. When that business is a startup, the ego...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
Starting a company is, in large part, an act of ego. When that business is a startup, the ego component is even larger. This is a good thing. Ego is what gives the founder the confidence to create something new. Ego powers the belief that the new thing the founder creates will...
Rest of World -...
U.S tech giants are building dozens of huge data centers in Chile. Locals are fighting back Multiple groups are working to keep Amazon, Google, and Microsoft from doubling the number of...
7 months ago
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7 months ago
Multiple groups are working to keep Amazon, Google, and Microsoft from doubling the number of centers in the country, fearing environmental devastation.
Rest of World -...
China’s AI elite rethink their Silicon Valley dream jobs The West may lose out in the talent race amid U.S. national security and immigration hurdles
2 weeks ago
cdixon.org RSS Feed
Naming your startup The Name Inspector has a good post today regarding 6 naming myths to ignore. I think it’s generally...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
The Name Inspector has a good post today regarding 6 naming myths to ignore. I think it’s generally right on.   Naming is so important and…
Roberto Vitillo's...
Don't trust default timeouts Modern applications don't crash; they hang. One of the main reasons for it is the assumption that...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
Modern applications don't crash; they hang. One of the main reasons for it is the assumption that the network is reliable. It isn't. When…
Noahpinion
How tariffs on China could help the world Looking for the silver lining in a messy policy.
4 months ago
Inverted Passion
Don’t sell your soul to the algorithm The danger of pleasing the algorithm to go viral is that gradually you end up selling yourself to...
a year ago
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a year ago
The danger of pleasing the algorithm to go viral is that gradually you end up selling yourself to big tech companies. This is how it works: This loop has two sinister effects: All this to make the richest companies and their shareholders even richer. This is why we must refuse to...
Paul Graham: Essays
Relentlessly Resourceful
over a year ago
Rest of World -...
Influencers are getting young Nigerians hooked on online gambling While sports betting is legal in Nigeria, experts say the government should have more oversight on...
a year ago
Rest of World -...
Meet the alliance helping Google and Meta fight election-related misinformation in India The Misinformation Combat Alliance, set up by Bharat Gupta, sees participation from 12 fact-checking...
8 months ago
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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...
a month ago
cdixon.org RSS Feed
"The Not So Global Internet" Fred Wilson writes about how frustrating it is when companies break the internet: We are in the...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
Fred Wilson writes about how frustrating it is when companies break the internet: We are in the caribbean this week celebrating the year end…
cdixon.org RSS Feed
The experience economy Before World War 2, the middle-class in the developed world struggled to afford basic needs. In the...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
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…
Paul Graham: Essays
What the Bubble Got Right
over a year ago
Rest of World -...
TikTok wants to turn millions of Americans into paid shopping influencers You only need around 1,000 followers to earn money eating noodles and selling toys on TikTok Shop.
2 months ago
SatPost by Trung...
YouTube: The Learning Machine Can YouTube have a similar impact on education as the printing press did? Yes, and the explosion of...
8 months ago
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8 months ago
Can YouTube have a similar impact on education as the printing press did? Yes, and the explosion of sports footage on the platform helps to explain why.
David Perell
Coolest Things I Learned in 2020 This is a collection of the most popular ideas I shared in 2020. The post Coolest Things I Learned...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
This is a collection of the most popular ideas I shared in 2020. The post Coolest Things I Learned in 2020 appeared first on David Perell.
Rest of World -...
The man leading Kenyan content moderators’ battle against Meta Nathan Nkunzimana claims Meta and Sama fired content moderators for protesting working conditions...
a year ago
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a year ago
Nathan Nkunzimana claims Meta and Sama fired content moderators for protesting working conditions and demanding the right to unionize.
Business Brainstorms
💡 Business Brainstorms 💡- My favorite ideas of the week “There are two ways of spreading light: to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it.”
4 months ago
Data Boutique
The Impact of ChatGPT on the Web Scraping Industry Access to live web data is just the tip of the iceberg, advanced analytics and enterprise model push...
a year ago
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a year ago
Access to live web data is just the tip of the iceberg, advanced analytics and enterprise model push web data adoption
Noahpinion
At least five interesting things for your weekend (#45) Intel; Canada's economy; infrastructure and state capacity; East Asian development; race in America;...
5 months ago
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5 months ago
Intel; Canada's economy; infrastructure and state capacity; East Asian development; race in America; corrupt nonprofits
Noahpinion
Where does libertarianism go from here? Deregulation, state capacity, and growth-oriented centrism.
a year ago
Noahpinion
Why it's so hard to fix the information ecosystem Misinformation is a job; correcting misinformation is a hobby.
a year ago
Tom Blomfield
What is “founder mode”? We held a YC event a couple of months ago where Brian Chesky from Airbnb gave a passionate talk...
2 months ago
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2 months ago
We held a YC event a couple of months ago where Brian Chesky from Airbnb gave a passionate talk about his experience running Airbnb over the last 17 years. He believed that as Airbnb hired more professional managers, he lost a close connection with the details of the end product...
Noahpinion
Interview: Jean Twenge, psychologist In which we talk all about generational differences, Millennial angst, and the effects of social...
a year ago
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a year ago
In which we talk all about generational differences, Millennial angst, and the effects of social media and cell phones
Business Brainstorms
💡 Business Brainstorms 💡- My favorite ideas of the week #1 💡 Action produces information. Just keep doing stuff. Trying to solve the issue by thinking...
10 months ago
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10 months ago
#1 💡 Action produces information. Just keep doing stuff. Trying to solve the issue by thinking about it only makes it worse. Don't stop. Trust the process. Eventually the right opportunity will appear right in front of you and the choice will be crystal clear.
Working Theorys
Cool Self There are a lot of theories about the meaning of life. About what we go through life searching for....
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5 months ago
There are a lot of theories about the meaning of life. About what we go through life searching for. What we’re lucky if we find. Some of these theories give us answers, but many prompt us to ask more questions. Recently I’ve landed on my own theory, one rooted in a kind of common...
Data Boutique
Expensive Data and Cannibalism Or.. Why some data products are priced so high
a year ago
Paul Graham: Essays
Succinctness is Power
over a year ago
Rest of World -...
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.
AVC
The Buy And Hold Mindset When markets are in turmoil, like they have been for most of this year, I like to have a...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
When markets are in turmoil, like they have been for most of this year, I like to have a buy-and-hold mindset when it comes to making new investments. It is hard to know when you’ve reached the bottom and can start buying again, but if you think about a ten or twenty-year hold,...
Noahpinion
Why has U.S. manufacturing productivity stagnated for over a decade? A few hypotheses about a very disturbing trend.
6 months ago
David Perell
Imitate, then Innovate Imitate, then Innovate is my motto for improving at any skill.  It’s counterintuitive, but the more...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
Imitate, then Innovate is my motto for improving at any skill.  It’s counterintuitive, but the more we imitate others, the faster we can discover our unique style. The post Imitate, then Innovate appeared first on David Perell.
David Perell
Beer Mode and Coffee Mode Creatives have two ways of working: beer mode and coffee mode.  Beer mode is a state of unfocused...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
Creatives have two ways of working: beer mode and coffee mode.  Beer mode is a state of unfocused play where you discover new ideas. In contrast, coffee mode is a state of focus where you work towards a specific outcome.  The problem with traditional productivity advice is that...
cdixon.org RSS Feed
The idea maze The pop culture view of startups is that they’re all about coming up with a great product idea....
over a year ago
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over a year ago
The pop culture view of startups is that they’re all about coming up with a great product idea. After the eureka moment, the outcome is…
Paul Graham: Essays
Orthodox Privilege
over a year ago
Entrepreneur's Edge
Organizational Design: Balancing Technology and Operations Understanding the Three Essential Roles for Scale
a year ago
Blog posts of...
How global media communication changes in a transparent world These are crowdaggregated pictures from Syria (across basically all social media channels). No media...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
These are crowdaggregated pictures from Syria (across basically all social media channels). No media publisher inbetween. Authenti...
Rest of World -...
Teaching inmates in Argentina to make video games in prison “Gaming studios need employees, and the formerly incarcerated need a place to work once they’re...
a year ago
Noahpinion
Five big trends that have changed in the last few years In which I pay attention to the world so you don't have to.
a year ago
cdixon.org RSS Feed
"This business is like bird spotting" One of my favorite quotes about startups/VC, from legendary VC Mike Moritz of Sequoia: I rarely...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
One of my favorite quotes about startups/VC, from legendary VC Mike Moritz of Sequoia: I rarely think about big themes. This business is…
Noahpinion
Uh, guys, we really should think about spending more on defense That's not a message many people want to hear, but it's true.
a year ago
Platformer
The TikTok bans are accelerating With a key vote scheduled for tonight, the company's options are growing limited
a year ago
Paul Graham: Essays
How to Lose Time and Money
over a year ago
Rest of World -...
Why Amazon isn’t the Amazon of Latin America The paradox of e-commerce
a year ago
Paul Graham: Essays
What I Did this Summer
over a year ago
Rest of World -...
Filipinos are embracing electric three-wheelers faster than officials can regulate them Unregistered three-wheelers big enough for whole families are a popular antidote to the country's...
3 months ago
Rest of World -...
An end of an era for Latin American tech Foreign businesses are making strides in the region while local tech companies reshuffle.
a year ago
tomcritchlow.com
What would a map of your career look like? I’ve been on a maps kick recently writing about blog maps and roadmaps! Let’s talk about career...
a year ago
essay – snarfed.org
Logs as end user UI A long time ago, I decided to show Bridgy‘s end users its raw logs. Like, raw logs. HTTP requests,...
a year ago
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a year ago
A long time ago, I decided to show Bridgy‘s end users its raw logs. Like, raw logs. HTTP requests, database reads and writes, JSON objects, stack traces, etc. It’s an unusual UI feature, but it’s been an unqualified success, enough that when I built Bridgy Fed, I immediately...
Throwable
AI is Coming for Software Engineers (I'm a Software Engineer) There seems to be a lot of AI anxiety across professions and I'm here to tell you that no one should...
a year ago
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a year ago
There seems to be a lot of AI anxiety across professions and I'm here to tell you that no one should worry as much as software engineers.
Business Brainstorms
Cubicles, boring first ideas, luck surface math, and spirituality has to go somewhere Hey, this is Jakob Greenfeld, author of the Business Brainstorms newsletter - every week I write...
a year ago
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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 “Is there anything a corp can do to break out of a...
cdixon.org RSS Feed
Some thoughts on startup crowdfunding Like a lot of people, I’m excited about crowdfunding, and specifically the crowdfunding of startups...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
Like a lot of people, I’m excited about crowdfunding, and specifically the crowdfunding of startups now that’s it’s legal in the US. Based…
Rest of World -...
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
Aaron's Essays
20 Years Later Twenty years later, I can’t remember what I saw and what I think I saw. I remember listening to the...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
Twenty years later, I can’t remember what I saw and what I think I saw. I remember listening to the news with my mom, Judah, and Mimi as the anchors casually mentioned that a small plane seemed to have hit a tower. We were on I-95 - or maybe the Garden State - headed south to...
AVC
Helium Mobile USV has been an investor in the Helium network since 2019. I have always loved the idea of using...
a year ago
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a year ago
USV has been an investor in the Helium network since 2019. I have always loved the idea of using web3 technologies to let consumers to “peer produce” a communications network creating a people-powered network. Helium started out powering communications between low-power “Internet...
Tech + Economics +...
We’re in our 30’s. We’re not The Girls or The Boys. A busy morning café. A group of women in their 30s are laughing over lattes. One of them exclaims,...
a year ago
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a year ago
A busy morning café. A group of women in their 30s are laughing over lattes. One of them exclaims, "We girls need to do this more often!" Across town, a group of men clink their glasses in a pub, one of them chuckling, "It's always a good time with the boys." Adults...
Working Theorys
The Prestige-Prosperity Gap We expect prestige and wealth to grow in tandem. When status goes up, wealth goes up...
6 months ago
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We expect prestige and wealth to grow in tandem. When status goes up, wealth goes up proportionately, and vice versa. But the modern world is a lot messier. There can be bizarre mismatches between prestige and prosperity. Some people have social or professional status far...
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A preacher who moonlights as a cab driver is suing Uber and Bolt in Kenya Zakaria Johana believes ride-hailing apps have been playing dirty, and is among a growing group...
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This renewable energy startup helps companies decarbonize across the Pacific Bor Hung Chong from Nefin Group discusses green energy solutions beyond solar panels.
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Some thoughts on mobile People tend to lump smartphones and tablets together as “mobile”. This can be misleading. Ask people...
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People tend to lump smartphones and tablets together as “mobile”. This can be misleading. Ask people who run internet companies and they’ll…
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The startup working to teach AI about African history There’s less historical material about Africa for AI to find online. Archivi.ng believes its work...
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In which British writers scold America on trade If you don't acknowledge the point of tariffs, how can you hope to criticize them?
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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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Thoughts For Sale Mass-market intellectualism is an oxymoron, right? Ask Substack.
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Apparently, Magic Leap still exists? VentureBeat: While Apple’s device will be tough to compete with, Magic Leap has a slight...
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VentureBeat: While Apple’s device will be tough to compete with, Magic Leap has a slight pricing edge, with a price of $3,300 versus Apple’s $3,500 device. But it is interesting that Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund, which is already the majority owner...
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Chinese internet trolls are adopting American racism to taunt Black users Users are harassing Black creators with profile pictures of white police officers.
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Why rabbits? Towards a better, floofier world.
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Leader election best practices Sometimes a single process in a system needs to have special powers, like being the only one that...
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Sometimes a single process in a system needs to have special powers, like being the only one that can access a shared resource or assign…
Paul Graham: Essays
The Power of the Marginal
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The end of the "vibecession"? Maybe people are being irrationally pessimistic. Or maybe it's just all about real wages.
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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.
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Vietnam’s “TikTok monk” gives wisdom on life and love to millions of followers Gen Z slang and social media trends help Giac Minh Luat connect with Vietnam’s lonely generation.
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How to review a data analysis Writing good code is hard, writing a good analysis is harder. Peer-review is an essential tool to...
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Writing good code is hard, writing a good analysis is harder. Peer-review is an essential tool to fight repetitive errors, omissions and…
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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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Writing Wrapped I published 52 pieces this year (plus favorite tweets and an essay from the vault).
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Strong and weak technologies During a media tour in 2007 in which Steve Jobs showed the device to reporters, there was one...
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During a media tour in 2007 in which Steve Jobs showed the device to reporters, there was one instance in which a journalist criticized the…
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Ultra-cheap meals from China’s delivery giant are hugely popular. Drivers are bearing the costs Meituan’s group order program boomed amid China’s post-Covid-19 thrift economy, but delivery drivers...
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Amazon and Walmart didn’t defeat India’s mom-and-pop stores. But rapid delivery might Services like Blinkit and Zepto are estimated to put more than 25% of India’s neighborhood kirana...
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If you asked people in 1989... "If you asked people in 1989 what they needed to make their life better, it was unlikely that they...
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"If you asked people in 1989 what they needed to make their life better, it was unlikely that they would have said that a decentralized…
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From Gatsby to Hugo: a Markdown minimalist's journey I have been using Gatsby for my blog and I have never been fond of it’s complexity considering that...
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I have been using Gatsby for my blog and I have never been fond of it’s complexity considering that all I need is Markdown rendering. Trying to update Gatsby and its dependencies to the latest version was painful enough to motivate me to jump ship. After looking at what’s out...
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Organic Startup Ideas
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How this mental health care app is using ChatGPT to improve its chatbot Andrea Campos is the founder and CEO of Yana, a mental health care app and chatbot for Spanish and...
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Revenge of the Nerds
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How to Do What You Love
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Ash Fontana: Building Artificial Intelligence Ash Fontana is an entrepreneur, investor, and author. As an entrepreneur, he was only of the early...
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Ash Fontana is an entrepreneur, investor, and author. As an entrepreneur, he was only of the early employees at an online investing platform called AngelList. From there, he became the Managing Director at Zetta, the first investment fund focused on artificial intelligence. Now,...
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Facebook is about to try to dominate display ads the way Google dominates text ads It is customary to divide online advertising into two categories: direct response and brand...
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a16z VCs are experts at analyzing industries and identifying new opportunities, which is why it’s odd...
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VCs are experts at analyzing industries and identifying new opportunities, which is why it’s odd that the VC industry itself has so…
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Noya Six months ago, I wrote about Direct Air Carbon Capture and ended with this: I remember hearing that...
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Six months ago, I wrote about Direct Air Carbon Capture and ended with this: I remember hearing that “we’ve spent hundreds of years taking carbon out of the ground and putting it into our atmosphere and we are going to spend hundreds of years taking carbon out of the atmosphere...
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Is Twitch losing its edge with draconian content regulation? The Verge: Twitch will ban people pretending to be naked Twitch is changing its sexual...
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The Verge: Twitch will ban people pretending to be naked Twitch is changing its sexual content policies again, this time to prohibit implied nudity on the platform. The platform already prohibits nudity, but Twitch’s new attire policy, which goes into effect...
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Reference checks as a service, the need for more competition everywhere, GPT travel planning,... Hey, this is Jakob Greenfeld, author of the Business Brainstorms newsletter - every week I write...
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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 “Business idea: Reference checks as a service. Do...
Noahpinion
A Nobel for the big big questions Acemoglu, Johnson, and Robinson win a prize for their grand unified theory of development.
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Unpacked
Instagram Threads: The Problem With The "Everything for Everyone" Approach In recent times, Twitter has been through a roller coaster of events. What started with Elon Musk's...
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In recent times, Twitter has been through a roller coaster of events. What started with Elon Musk's turbulent acquisition has now been followed up by a series of controversial product decisions. To list a few: Twitter limited the number of daily tweets
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The economics of "Rich Men North of Richmond" It made some good points, and some not-so-good points.
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Small-scale investors are building Vietnam’s EV charging network Anyone with spare land in a good location can become a franchisee for a charging company, but with...
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Anyone with spare land in a good location can become a franchisee for a charging company, but with no government support it can take years to break even.
Noahpinion
At least five interesting things for the middle of your week (#11) "Bullshit jobs", racial depolarization, the YIMBY-union alliance, China's last boosters, Biden's...
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"Bullshit jobs", racial depolarization, the YIMBY-union alliance, China's last boosters, Biden's foreign policy, low-carbon steel, and Javier Milei
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Substack says it will remove Nazi publications from the platform Nazi content violates rules against incitement to violence, the company says
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Six strategies for overcoming “chicken and egg” problems Products with so-called networks effects get more valuable when more people use them.  Famous...
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Products with so-called networks effects get more valuable when more people use them.  Famous examples are telephones and social networks…
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The importance of investor signaling in venture pricing Suppose there is a pre-profitable company that is raising venture financing. Simple, classical...
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Suppose there is a pre-profitable company that is raising venture financing. Simple, classical economic models would predict that although…
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Mexico’s women gig workers are making a dangerous job safer Women delivery workers are pushing for protection from gender-based violence, creating safe meeting...
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Women delivery workers are pushing for protection from gender-based violence, creating safe meeting spots and WhatsApp support groups, and fighting for legal protections.
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Explain It Like I'm One of You Basketball podcasts, new media, and no more ELI5
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Love the Mission or Love the Game Are you a Type I or Type II entrepreneur? (or an unserious third thing)
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Most likely, you’re going to read this sentence and hit the back button. Still here? Good, then you’re likely to scan through a few paragraphs in this article and then give up. (Unless, you’re a long-time reader and trust that my writing is worthy of your time. More on this...
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Alibaba.com’s U.S. expansion hinges on wooing mom-and-pop shops President Kuo Zhang tells Rest of World in an exclusive interview that the company is bullish about...
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The Shareholder Supremacy I promise you, everything that's happening makes sense. It all feels so chaotic, so utterly,...
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I promise you, everything that's happening makes sense. It all feels so chaotic, so utterly, offensively stupid, so disconnected from reality that it's hard to understand how Meta can run a terrible company with decaying services that's also wildly profitable, or how Meta,...
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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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The biggest data protection fight you’ve never heard of Big tech is lobbying around another international trade deal.
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Taking Risk I just spent a week talking with some exceptional students from three of the UK’s top universities;...
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I just spent a week talking with some exceptional students from three of the UK’s top universities; Cambridge, Oxford and Imperial College. Along with UCL, these British universities represent 4 of the top 10 universities in the world. The US - a country with 5x more people and...
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At least five interesting things for the middle of your week (#22) Test score collapse, triumph of the vibes, U.S. dependence on China, the benefits of upzoning,...
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Test score collapse, triumph of the vibes, U.S. dependence on China, the benefits of upzoning, immigrants and jobs, and a world at war
Unpacked
StackOverflow's pivot: From disruption to opportunity OverFlowAI takes the company’s core asset, exposes answers in a highly usable interface, and in turn...
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OverFlowAI takes the company’s core asset, exposes answers in a highly usable interface, and in turn creates a loop using gen AI to fire up the content engine.
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Why There Aren't More Googles
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How will you save small midwestern towns without mass immigration? What really happens when a "flood of migrants" gets "dumped" on a small heartland town.
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Rappi: the app trying to do everything for everyone in Latin America This budding super-app will get you (almost) anything in minutes.
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