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Noahpinion
Industrial policy doesn't have to succeed right away Progressive approaches need to fail before they can change.
over a year ago
David Perell
A Divine Intuition Under a secular mindset, intuition is all about you — your wants, needs, passions, and desires. A...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
Under a secular mindset, intuition is all about you — your wants, needs, passions, and desires. A heavenly, God-inspired intuition is different. The post A Divine Intuition appeared first on David Perell.
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Rebel or sellout? How Nigeria’s startup darling became tech minister Bosun Tijani was a rock star in the Nigerian startup scene, but his transition to government has...
a year ago
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Mailbag Request PLUS: Super Sports App, Economics of Ski-ing and more Apple Vision Pro memes.
a year ago
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Pivoting My Hunch cofounders and I frequently ask ourselves: “If we were to start over today, would we build...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
My Hunch cofounders and I frequently ask ourselves: “If we were to start over today, would we build our product the same way we had so far…
Dylan Huang Blog
I Built My Resume In Markdown Resume creation is often overcomplicated with clunky word processors and
8 months ago
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TikTok users are chasing easy money by reposting viral videos from China The practice goes against TikTok's policies, but "gurus," and "mentors" are exploiting the trend...
a year ago
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The World’s Last Internet Cafes For a quarter century, internet cafes connected the world. Now they’re vanishing into history.
over a year ago
Paul Graham: Essays
Microsoft is Dead
over a year ago
Noahpinion
Five possible reasons China's productivity slowed down A repost, with some updates.
8 months ago
Internal Tech Emails
"Things Sam is freaking out about" buying SNAP
a year ago
Noahpinion
At least five interesting things for the middle of your week (#17) Techno-optimism, the mighty U.S. economy, Chinese real estate, slavery's economic effects, and the...
a year ago
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a year ago
Techno-optimism, the mighty U.S. economy, Chinese real estate, slavery's economic effects, and the danger of hate on social media. Plus, rescue rabbits.
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The Psychology of Disneyland From Walt Disney's original vision to Imagineering to pricing strategy.
over a year ago
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Does a VC’s brand matter? Suppose you are in the enviable position of choosing between offers from multiple VC firms.  How...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
Suppose you are in the enviable position of choosing between offers from multiple VC firms.  How much should you weigh the brand of the VCs…
XO Capital - Field...
Platform Risk Platform risk is when another company controls your destiny. This week there was a big scare with...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
Platform risk is when another company controls your destiny. This week there was a big scare with Twitter's enforcement of a policy they claim had been around for a while. Twitter’s new developer terms ban third-party clients | Engadget Twitter has quietly updated its...
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Flow Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi in 1996 on the concept of Flow: [Flow] is being completely involved in an...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi in 1996 on the concept of Flow: [Flow] is being completely involved in an activity for its own sake. The ego falls…
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YouTube is the final place to watch unbiased news in India. Can it last? As Modi’s government clamps down on the free press, top journalists are forging their own channels...
a year ago
Paul Graham: Essays
Crazy New Ideas
over 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...
over a year ago
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over 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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Warren Buffett's $160B+ Apple Bet: A History The story behind how Warren Buffett shunned tech for decades, before making (probably) the greatest...
3 months ago
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3 months ago
The story behind how Warren Buffett shunned tech for decades, before making (probably) the greatest tech investment ever.
Stephen Diehl
Exotic Programming Ideas: Part 2 (Term Rewriting)
over a year ago
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A beauty contest controversy turned Uber into an unlikely battlefield between Nigeria and South... Bolt has suspended inter-country requests between South Africa and Nigeria as users book hoax rides...
a year ago
42!
Does your SaaS actually save your customers from doing more work? A recent conversation on Twitter with a colleague has reminded of this dilemma that we faced in our...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
A recent conversation on Twitter with a colleague has reminded of this dilemma that we faced in our early days of launching my SaaS. You see, In 25 years of consulting to small businesses, I had learned that business owners and managers were faced with the challenge of recording...
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Founder vesting The most important term in a startup term sheet that no one seems to think carefully about is...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
The most important term in a startup term sheet that no one seems to think carefully about is founder vesting.   There are two key points…
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Doing old things better vs doing brand new things New technologies enable activities that fall into one of two categories: 1) doing things you could...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
New technologies enable activities that fall into one of two categories: 1) doing things you could already do but can now do better because…
Articles
Wait and see
over a year ago
Internal Tech Emails
The Tech Emails Library The ultimate index of internal tech industry emails 🔍
over a year ago
Articles - Alex...
The pitfalls of purpose Purpose is polarising. There are those who promote it as a paragon of positioning and a...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
Purpose is polarising. There are those who promote it as a paragon of positioning and a silver-bullet strategy for success. Then there are those who refute purpose’s power and dispute its capacity to connect with consumers. It is clearly a debate that divides. For every...
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Will India’s new satellite internet rules impact Starlink’s ambitions? We asked five experts Amid rising regional tensions, India's new regulations for satellite internet providers prioritize...
3 months ago
Paul Graham: Essays
Two Kinds of Judgement
over a year ago
Working Theorys
The 20/20 Workweek | Theory No. 26 The 40-hour, 80-hour, and 4-hour workweek are out. What comes next?
a year ago
Articles
Choose your audience wisely
over a year ago
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Visa and Mastercard are pouring money into Africa From a startup accelerator to funding startups and even investing in telecom companies, the two U.S....
a year ago
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a year ago
From a startup accelerator to funding startups and even investing in telecom companies, the two U.S. giants are steadily increasing their presence on the continent.
Tech + Economics +...
The fuckery. I start each day with the intention of writing positively about tech and AI and startups and vc...
a year ago
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a year ago
I start each day with the intention of writing positively about tech and AI and startups and vc and then I open my laptop and…there it is. There’s the fuckery.
Articles
The 2013 revenue stats I didn't want to share
over a year ago
Articles
Why are you doing this? How to make business decisions that optimize for the life you want.
over a year ago
Noahpinion
Who will actually profit from the AI boom? Competition still exists, folks.
2 weeks ago
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Steve Jobs single-handedly restructured the mobile industry With the introduction of the iPhone, Steve Jobs achieved something that might be unique in the...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
With the introduction of the iPhone, Steve Jobs achieved something that might be unique in the history of business: he single-handedly…
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Technology and job creation In response to my recent post “Making industries ‘garage ready’ for startups“, venture...
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over a year ago
In response to my recent post “Making industries ‘garage ready’ for startups“, venture capitalist Jordan Elpern-Waxman made an interesting…
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Always have 18 months of cash in the bank I was once told by an experienced entrepreneur (I can’t remember who) to always have at least 18...
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over a year ago
I was once told by an experienced entrepreneur (I can’t remember who) to always have at least 18 months of cash in the bank. The logic…
Articles
Working harder doesn't make you more successful I often see successful entrepreneurs tout hard work as the secret to their fortune. But, building a...
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over a year ago
I often see successful entrepreneurs tout hard work as the secret to their fortune. But, building a successful business is more than brute force effort.
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After Mexico’s top streamer — the president — left office, YouTube creators hustle for views A slew of content creators built small social media empires off Andrés Manuel López Obrador, whose...
8 months ago
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How do you compete with Chinese e-commerce giants? A Vietnamese company is deploying housewives Sendo, once poised to become Vietnam’s leading e-commerce company, is reinventing itself to survive...
3 months ago
Nothing Human
Against Positive-Sum Thinking why conflict is necessary
over a year ago
Stephen Diehl
The Underlying Technology Shibboleth
over a year ago
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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...
over a year ago
Ed Zitron's Where's...
The Era Of The Business Idiot Fair warning: this is the longest thing I've written on this newsletter. I do apologize. Soundtrack:...
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Fair warning: this is the longest thing I've written on this newsletter. I do apologize. Soundtrack: EL-P - $4 Vic Listen to my podcast Better Offline. We have merch. Last week, Bloomberg profiled Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella, revealing that he's either a liar or a specific
Noahpinion
At least five interesting things: Trump aftermath edition (#52) Bad election narratives; principles for the Democrats; slowing AI progress; rising life expectancy;...
9 months ago
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9 months ago
Bad election narratives; principles for the Democrats; slowing AI progress; rising life expectancy; phones are bad; solar vs. nuclear
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How to quit capitalism. Let's start with something controversial: Capitalism is not an economic system. It is a...
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a year ago
Let's start with something controversial: Capitalism is not an economic system. It is a philosophical and ideological force that shapes our lives, environment, and perception of humanity. It's a behemoth that thrives on relentless growth, often at a devastating cost....
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The TikTok ban is bigger than just ByteDance The U.S. clampdown on Chinese-owned companies won't end here.
a year ago