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The betting app fueling fantasy cricket’s rise in India On Dream11, Indian sports fans create groups, participate in tournaments, and win millions by...
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On Dream11, Indian sports fans create groups, participate in tournaments, and win millions by picking their favorite players.
Paul Graham: Essays
Investor Herd Dynamics
over a year ago
XO Capital - Field...
v2 XO V1 concluded with 10 acquisitions and 1 "fund". The V1 "conclusion" is really a line in the sand...
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XO V1 concluded with 10 acquisitions and 1 "fund". The V1 "conclusion" is really a line in the sand but it feels right as we continue to offload assets to focus on larger deals using outside capital. This will transition us into v2 which we'
Roberto Vitillo's...
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…
Stephen Diehl
On Marketing Haskell
over a year ago
Noahpinion
At least five interesting things: Will of the Masses edition (#55) Abandoning X; Drone world; Asian voters' rightward shift; China and the Global South; Polycrisis;...
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Abandoning X; Drone world; Asian voters' rightward shift; China and the Global South; Polycrisis; Illegal immigration's fiscal impact; Iranian power
cdixon.org RSS Feed
It’s hard to believe today, but 10 years ago Wikipedia was widely considered a doomed experiment… Today, Wikipedia is widely considered an invaluable resource. There are occasional errors and...
over a year ago
cdixon.org RSS Feed
Vanity milestones Eric Ries uses the phrase “vanity metrics” to refer to metrics that founders cite to demonstrate...
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Eric Ries uses the phrase “vanity metrics” to refer to metrics that founders cite to demonstrate progress but that are actually false…
tomcritchlow.com
Taking Blogging Seriously It’s a warm summer night in NYC and I’m walking through central park with a friend, the fireflies...
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It’s a warm summer night in NYC and I’m walking through central park with a friend, the fireflies blink around us like an external reflection of the neurons firing in our brains as the conversation sparks.
tomcritchlow.com
3,573 Days On The Road Every year on the 24th October I've written a reflection on the last year of my independent...
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Every year on the 24th October I've written a reflection on the last year of my independent consulting. This would have been my 10th issue, but is instead a special issue, for reasons that will become apparent.
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“China’s K-pop moment”: Wukong’s global success sparks government embrace of video games as soft... China is changing its long-critical stance thanks to the smash hit, according to Chinese game...
11 months ago
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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…
Working Theorys
What I Talk About When I Talk About Reading Optimize your life for good conversations.
a year ago
Steve Blank
Save the Date! the 5th Lean Innovation Educators Summit SAVE THE DATE for the 5th Lean Innovation Educators Summit on The Role of Educators and the...
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SAVE THE DATE for the 5th Lean Innovation Educators Summit on The Role of Educators and the University in Building Sustainable and Innovative Ecosystems February 3rd, 2022 from 1 to 4pm EST, 10 to 1pm PST Join me, Jerry Engel, Pete Newell, and Steve Weinstein as well as educators...
Nothing Human
I, Token an origin story
9 months ago
cdixon.org RSS Feed
Give away the diagnostic, sell the remedy Companies that employ the “freemium” business model give away a product or service for free and then...
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Companies that employ the “freemium” business model give away a product or service for free and then charge for additional features. The…
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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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In response to my recent post “Making industries ‘garage ready’ for startups“, venture capitalist Jordan Elpern-Waxman made an interesting…
David Perell
Lifting Alone Gyms were once communal places. Nobody wore headphones. People helped each other out and talked...
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Gyms were once communal places. Nobody wore headphones. People helped each other out and talked between sets.  Today, things have changed. Everybody is plugged into their own virtual reality world where they craft their desired mood and intensity level, which definitely gives...
Internal Tech Emails
Bill Gates on Netscape | Larry Page and YouTube I don't want a lot of guesses about Netscape generated by people who may know less than I do. I want...
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I don't want a lot of guesses about Netscape generated by people who may know less than I do. I want to learn a lot of facts - most of which I don't already know.
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The math tutor and the missing $533 million From Dubai, the enigmatic founder of Byju’s recounts how he made his empire — and vows to rebuild...
3 months ago
Articles
Ideas aren't cheap
over a year ago
Aaron's Essays
Things that aren't progress A few months ago, I wrote about things that look like work, but aren't. As I paid more attention to...
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A few months ago, I wrote about things that look like work, but aren't. As I paid more attention to founders doing these things, I started thinking about why they were happening. I realized that the behaviors were largely a function of bad goal setting. When founders choose bad...
Articles
We are not normal people
over a year ago
Aaron's Essays
Conflicted Capital I’ve spent a long time wrestling with how to advise founders about investors and the conflicts of...
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I’ve spent a long time wrestling with how to advise founders about investors and the conflicts of interest generated by opposing incentives.[1] These considerations are especially important when a founder thinks about fundraising. The founder needs to figure out how to treat...
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Can a church exist exclusively on the internet? Inside the emerging virtual-preaching economy in internet-obsessed Kenya.
a year ago
Noahpinion
What's going to happen to Ukraine now? The most likely scenario is some form of Finlandization.
7 months ago
Noahpinion
Tariffs: Another American act of intentional self-harm As Adam Smith said, "there is a great deal of ruin in a nation."
5 months ago
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The obscure social media app beloved by China’s tech scene Jike might be the most important social network in Chinese tech.
over a year ago
Working Theorys
The Taste Discount Everything is easier when tastes align.
a year ago
Noahpinion
The dawn of the posthuman age Between new technology and low fertility, our existence as a species is not going to be the same.
2 months ago
Tech + Economics +...
Bitcoin ETFs will make greater fools of us all. Reuters: US SEC approves bitcoin ETFs in watershed for crypto market WASHINGTON/NEW YORK, Jan...
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Reuters: US SEC approves bitcoin ETFs in watershed for crypto market WASHINGTON/NEW YORK, Jan 10 (Reuters) - The U.S. securities regulator on Wednesday approved the first U.S.-listed exchange traded funds (ETFs) to track bitcoin, its Chair Gary Gensler said, in a...
Working Theorys
The Time-Boxed Startup What if startups had an expiration date?
a year ago
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Inside Foxconn’s struggle to make iPhones in India Chinese engineers are flying to India to train the next generation of iPhone builders.
a year ago
Blog posts of...
🙏 Over the years i met several people that left quite an impact on me and in many cases helped me...
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Over the years i met several people that left quite an impact on me and in many cases helped me along the way. I tried to summariz...
Articles
Good idea or bad idea?
over a year ago
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Forget Quibi. Chinese streamers are hooking Americans with werewolf love triangles Billionaire werewolf love triangles, that is.
a year ago
Noahpinion
Why China's economy ran off the rails A short, simplistic, but fairly reasonable story.
over a year ago
Rest of World -...
China’s AI frenzy: DeepSeek is already everywhere — cars, phones, even hospitals Chinese companies, as a signal of patriotism, are racing to build services on top of the homegrown...
6 months ago
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6 months ago
Chinese companies, as a signal of patriotism, are racing to build services on top of the homegrown AI model that has taken the world by storm since January.
Noahpinion
At least five interesting things for your weekend (#13) Climate messaging, antitrust, Chinese consumption, the Fed and inflation, marriage and happiness,...
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Climate messaging, antitrust, Chinese consumption, the Fed and inflation, marriage and happiness, historical data, and some Star Trek recommendations
SatPost by Trung...
South Park and The Greatest TV Contract Clause Ever Matt Stone and Trey Parker became billionaires by making 27 seasons of the funniest shows ever (and...
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Matt Stone and Trey Parker became billionaires by making 27 seasons of the funniest shows ever (and signing a first TV deal with an improbable clause).
Paul Graham: Essays
An NFT That Saves Lives
over a year ago
Noahpinion
The Super-Scary Theory of the 21st Century (repost) The haunting specter of techno-authoritarianism has only gotten more haunting
a year ago
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India’s open arms approach to AI The Modi government has dedicated $1.2 billion to building the country’s AI capabilities, and U.S....
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The Modi government has dedicated $1.2 billion to building the country’s AI capabilities, and U.S. firms are receiving a warm welcome.
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iPhones were already losing ground in China. Then came Trump’s tariffs Consumers ditch Apple for more advanced features and to support Chinese brands.
5 months ago
Blog posts of...
Why the future needs a brandname. There is a disenchantment in our generation. We are still sitting on our lonely planet without space...
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There is a disenchantment in our generation. We are still sitting on our lonely planet without space travel nor flying cars or at...
Noahpinion
China is trying to kneecap Indian manufacturing An attempt to head off its only future rival.
5 months ago
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The AI artist who used Bad Bunny’s voice — and shot to fame Meet the Chilean artist who made it big using others’ voices.
a year ago
Stephen Diehl
How to Destroy Bitcoin
over a year ago
Rest of World -...
The winners of Rest of World’s photography contest From Cape Verde to Bhutan, we received 227 entries from over 45 countries around the world,...
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From Cape Verde to Bhutan, we received 227 entries from over 45 countries around the world, featuring everything from sprawling mines to biometric facial scans.
Noahpinion
Putin is a rest stop on the road of post-Soviet collapse The narrative of Russian revitalization is more hype than reality.
over a year ago