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Buy-now-pay-later plans lead to rampant scams and bad debt across Southeast Asia From Thailand to Vietnam, a loophole in buy-now-pay-later schemes that allows users to get cash is...
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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.
Paul Graham: Essays
What You Can't Say
over a year ago
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Big Tech’s “AI for good” spending increases in Africa. So does skepticism While Google, Microsoft, and Meta provide AI for social good, some advocates say projects exploit...
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AI giants race to scoop up elusive real-world data OpenAI, Google, and Perplexity create partnerships and free offers for a steady stream of consumer...
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OpenAI, Google, and Perplexity create partnerships and free offers for a steady stream of consumer data that can't be scraped from the internet.
AVC
Open Office Hours at NYC Tech Week NYC Tech Week is next week. It will be a week filled with events for the tech sector to engage and...
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a year ago
NYC Tech Week is next week. It will be a week filled with events for the tech sector to engage and connect with each other. A particularly great part of tech week is VC Open Office Hours. There are over 100 VC investors signed up to participate next week. Here is how it works: 1/...
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Uncapped notes dont work for first rounds. Uncapped safe notes misalign incentives in first rounds… let me explain why
8 months ago
Articles
Not all products make good businesses You might fix a problem, but that doesn't mean people will pay for it.
over a year ago
Dylan Huang Blog
I Reviewed 1,000s of Opinions on gRPC gRPC is a high-performance RPC framework that is widely adopted in large software companies. I...
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gRPC is a high-performance RPC framework that is widely adopted in large software companies. I reviewed 1,000s of opinions on gRPC to understand what developers think about it. Here is what I found.
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Why Mexico’s delivery workers are ditching food for packages As the popularity of Chinese e-commerce platforms grows, some gig workers are finding it more...
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As the popularity of Chinese e-commerce platforms grows, some gig workers are finding it more appealing to deliver packages than food orders.
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Everything you need to know about Xiaohongshu As fears of a TikTok ban grow, Americans are turning to Xiaohongshu, which translates to “little red...
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7 months ago
As fears of a TikTok ban grow, Americans are turning to Xiaohongshu, which translates to “little red book.” Here’s how the lifestyle app became a global phenomenon.
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The LEGO Star Wars Inception LEGO and Star Wars created a $1B+ a year toy monster by combining two iconic brands that appeal to...
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LEGO and Star Wars created a $1B+ a year toy monster by combining two iconic brands that appeal to both children and adults.
Articles
Product traction is like waiting in line at the grocery store
over a year ago
Paul Graham: Essays
Startup Investing Trends
over a year ago
Steve Blank
Leaving Government for the Private Sector – Part 1 Laura Thomas is a former CIA operations officer. Reading how she moved in 2021 from CIA ops into a...
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a year ago
Laura Thomas is a former CIA operations officer. Reading how she moved in 2021 from CIA ops into a quantum technology company offered insightful career transition advice for those leaving her agency. Most of her lessons were applicable to any government employee venturing out to...
Paul Graham: Essays
Chapter 1 of Ansi Common Lisp
over a year ago
Noahpinion
Trump is enabling Chinese power An incompetent, selfish, inwardly focused administration is making America less of an obstacle to...
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An incompetent, selfish, inwardly focused administration is making America less of an obstacle to China's rise.
Internal Tech Emails
Microsoft exec on the iPod: "Apple is just so far ahead" I bought the high end creative labs portable player. It was the NOMAD Jukebox Zen Xtra. I have to...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
I bought the high end creative labs portable player. It was the NOMAD Jukebox Zen Xtra. I have to tell you my experience with our software and this device is really terrible.
Working Theorys
Playing to Win Friends & Influence People The Craft 003: A conversation with founder Avi Schiffman on conviction, AI companionship, and...
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The Craft 003: A conversation with founder Avi Schiffman on conviction, AI companionship, and launching the first version of Friend.
Working Theorys
The "High Potential" Handicap | Theory No. 20 "Smart" kids are always praised for their high potential. They’re deemed inherently capable of so...
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"Smart" kids are always praised for their high potential. They’re deemed inherently capable of so much, largely because of their natural talents. They can do anything they want, if they just try.
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Birkenstock IPO: Is it worth $10B? And 4 other questions about the 249-year cult German footwear brand.
a year ago
Ed Zitron's Where's...
Reality Check Like this newsletter? Why not listen to the podcast version on Better Offline? Part 1 is out now...
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4 months ago
Like this newsletter? Why not listen to the podcast version on Better Offline? Part 1 is out now (here're other links), and Part 2 comes out Friday May 2nd! I'm sick and god-damn tired of this! I have written tens of thousands of words about this
Varun's Notes
Your Platform Is as Strong as Its Identity Layer Analyzing platforms through a layered cake of identity, social networking, and super apps.
over a year ago
Paul Graham: Essays
How People Get Rich Now
over a year ago
Nadia Asparouhova
Working notes for Summer of Protocols I’m participating in the Summer of Protocols research program this summer as a Core Researcher. It’s...
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over a year ago
I’m participating in the Summer of Protocols research program this summer as a Core Researcher. It’s an 18-week program, funded by the Ethereum Foundation, that aims to catalyze a wider exploration of protocols and their social implications. I plan to focus on protocols as...
Noahpinion
If and when you live in a dictatorship, how will you know? Trump's power is far from absolute, but he's always trying to see what he can get away with.
5 months ago
Noahpinion
The student debt revolt failed, but Millennials will be fine My generation will bear some minor economic scars into our prosperous middle age.
over a year ago
Articles
Why I don't read at work
over a year ago
Noahpinion
Biden did stuff, and it looks like it's working so far Only one President has taken actual concrete steps to address U.S. industrial weakness vis-a-vis...
11 months ago
Working Theorys
Encore Anxiety Fear of disappointing people you've already impressed is more paralyzing than fear of impressing...
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Fear of disappointing people you've already impressed is more paralyzing than fear of impressing nobody at all.
Noahpinion
Thinking about "temporary hardship" America needs austerity. But is Musk's plan the right kind of austerity?
10 months ago
Paul Graham: Essays
Chapter 1 of Ansi Common Lisp
over a year ago
Tech + Economics +...
Why are we so obsessed with the multiverse? Why are we so drawn to the idea of multiple realities? More than a trend, it seems to come from a...
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a year ago
Why are we so drawn to the idea of multiple realities? More than a trend, it seems to come from a deep emptiness within us—a longing for a place where our world's limits don't exist, where anything is possible. From the alternate timelines and worlds of Scott Pilgrim Takes...
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Hiring developers
over a year ago
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Half of Singapore’s e-commerce scams now happen on WhatsApp, Facebook, or Instagram After a 50% increase in scams in 2023, Singapore authorities say Meta isn’t doing enough to stop the...
a year ago
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Tesla looks to India at a moment of crisis The company faces an uncertain future in the world’s third-largest auto market.
5 months ago
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Exclusive: Microsoft Bing’s censorship in China is even “more extreme” than Chinese companies’ New Citizen Lab study comes as U.S. lawmakers scrutinize Microsoft’s willingness to comply with...
a year ago
Paul Graham: Essays
Writing and Speaking
over a year ago
Business Brainstorms
Podcast translations, Apple opportunity, being unreasonable, don't hire corporate executives, the... Hey, this is Jakob Greenfeld, author of the Business Brainstorms newsletter - every week I write...
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over 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 “When the Apple VR headset drops tomorrow, every social...
Essays - Benedict...
Retail, search and Amazon’s $40bn ‘advertising’ business Amazon sold close to $40bn of advertising last year - bigger than Prime, bigger than the entire...
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over a year ago
Amazon sold close to $40bn of advertising last year - bigger than Prime, bigger than the entire global newspaper industry and probably more profitable than AWS. But is this really advertising, rent, or something else? And what does that mean for Google?
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Costco's $9B clothes business, explained The retailer has that incredible Kirkland drip and sells more clothes than Lululemon, Ralph Lauren...
a year ago
XO Capital - Field...
Distribution As part of UCLA's MBA program, I've had the opportunity to sit in on some VC pitches. It's been a...
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As part of UCLA's MBA program, I've had the opportunity to sit in on some VC pitches. It's been a while since I've stepped back and looked at the broader startup ecosystem. My head has been in the micro saas space for
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Builders and extractors Tim O’Reilly poses a question every entrepreneur and investor should consider: are you creating more...
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Tim O’Reilly poses a question every entrepreneur and investor should consider: are you creating more value for others than you capture for…
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000 A Sci-Fi Short Story
over a year ago
AVC
Sign Everything The advances in AI over the last year are mind-boggling. I attended a dinner this past week with USV...
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over a year ago
The advances in AI over the last year are mind-boggling. I attended a dinner this past week with USV portfolio founders and one who works in education told us that ChatGPT has effectively ended the essay as a way for teachers to assess student progress. It will be easier for a...
Paul Graham: Essays
The Word "Hacker"
over a year ago
Noahpinion
Go read some Vernor Vinge R.I.P. to my favorite science fiction author
a year ago
Rest of World -...
Turkey’s brain drain is taking its female coders with it As sexism persists in Turkey’s tech sector, women are leaving for less patriarchal workplaces...
5 months ago
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The Indian company forcing Uber to change its business model Namma Yatri, launched by a SoftBank-backed fintech firm, pioneered the zero-commission model. Now...
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Namma Yatri, launched by a SoftBank-backed fintech firm, pioneered the zero-commission model. Now other ride-hailing apps are rethinking their strategy.
David Perell
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,...