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Business Brainstorms
Designjoy of Canva, password manager for seniors, Future of SaaS in the wild world of AI, ... 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 “Business idea: “The Designjoy of Canva” - Lower priced...
Noahpinion
America needs its foreign students We're messing with the engine that makes our country run.
3 months ago
Noahpinion
The George Floyd protests were not a civil war (repost) And the less we collectively remember them as one, the better.
over a year ago
Tech + Economics +...
The unchecked rise of theocracy will extinguish liberal democracy. As a transgender woman, under any form of populist theocracy, my existence would be illegal. This...
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a year ago
As a transgender woman, under any form of populist theocracy, my existence would be illegal. This is the reality of governance by faith-based doctrine. And it's a reality that cannot be allowed to spread. Religious freedom is a cornerstone of liberal democracy. Individuals...
SatPost by Trung...
11 Creative Lessons from Brian Eno The legendary composer on the creative process, importance of deadlines, problem with software in...
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a year ago
The legendary composer on the creative process, importance of deadlines, problem with software in arts and what is art actually for?
Noahpinion
In which I rebut Nate Silver on the economy and Matt Yglesias on nuclear Bloggers love to argue.
11 months ago
Paul Graham: Essays
Chapter 1 of Ansi Common Lisp
over a year ago
Rest of World -...
What comes after the blockchain? A new crop of fintech startups are tackling blockchain-inspired problems without the blockchain.
a year ago
Rest of World -...
Download this: The world’s favorite apps Test your knowledge of the world’s most popular social media sites, dating apps, gaming platforms,...
a year ago
Rest of World -...
Overworked and unable to quit: Delivery drivers in Brazil found something worse than gig work Trapped in a subcontracting nightmare, some delivery drivers are facing grueling hours, low pay, and...
over a year ago
SatPost by Trung...
Jensen Huang, Dario Amodei and Manufacturing Intelligence at Scale PLUS: SpaceX's Starship miracle, Taco Bell's franchise model.
10 months ago
Nothing Human
The Hero as Flexible Bureaucrat against efficiency and accountability
2 months ago
Tech + Economics +...
Apple’s LLM gap is real. It might not last much longer. Apple has carved out a prestigious position in the consumer tech market through sleek designs,...
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Apple has carved out a prestigious position in the consumer tech market through sleek designs, user-friendly interfaces, and a robust ecosystem. The data is clear - Apple is the market and perception leader in every category that matters. But developments in Large Language...
Rest of World -...
Apple and Foxconn lobbied India to relax its labor laws. Unions are fighting back The business-friendly change extends factory shifts from nine to 12 hours, and allows women to work...
over a year ago
Articles
3 things I learned from my book launch
over a year ago
cdixon.org RSS Feed
Agency problems “Agency problems” are what economists call situations where a person’s interests diverge from his or...
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“Agency problems” are what economists call situations where a person’s interests diverge from his or her firm’s interests. Large companies…
Tom Blomfield
Peter Nixey: Cook something or get out of the kitchen Peter Nixey: Cook something or get out of the kitchen: peternixey: I seem to have a lot of...
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over a year ago
Peter Nixey: Cook something or get out of the kitchen: peternixey: I seem to have a lot of conversations recently with people who find themselves in the kitchen but without the means to cook anything. As a cook myself they often ask me how to go about finding themselves a chef...
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Singapore doubles down on lab-grown meat as Silicon Valley backs off Global funding in the cultured meat industry dropped by 75% in the last year. Singapore sees its...
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Global funding in the cultured meat industry dropped by 75% in the last year. Singapore sees its chance to become a world leader, backing local and international firms.
Working Theorys
Thoughts For Sale Mass-market intellectualism is an oxymoron, right? Ask Substack.
9 months ago
Articles
It's not enough to build a product that people want
over a year ago
Rest of World -...
The chilling power of Gaza’s internet blackout Ongoing bloodshed makes the territory’s digital ties even more important.
a year ago
Articles
Yes! Apple TV!
over a year ago
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...
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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...
Ed Zitron's Where's...
What We're Fighting For Soundtrack: Bad Religion — The Resist Stance A great deal of what I write feels like narrating the...
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7 months ago
Soundtrack: Bad Religion — The Resist Stance A great deal of what I write feels like narrating the end of the world — watching as the growth-at-all-costs, hyper-financialized Rot Economy seemingly tarnishes every corner of our digital lives. My core frustration isn't just how...
AVC
The Hour Of Code I have written many times about the Hour Of Code here at AVC. It is the highlight of the annual...
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I have written many times about the Hour Of Code here at AVC. It is the highlight of the annual Computer Science Education Week which is the first week of December, which is this week. Yesterday Marco Argenti, Goldman Sachs’ CIO, and I went with NYC Schools Chancellor David Banks...
Steve Blank
Mapping the Unknown – The Ten Steps to Map Any Industry A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step  Lǎozi 老子 I just had lunch with Shenwei, one...
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A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step  Lǎozi 老子 I just had lunch with Shenwei, one of my ex-students who had just taken a job in a mid-sized consulting firm.  After a bit of catching up I offered he was looking a bit lost. “I just got handed a project to […]
Noahpinion
Secrets of Japanese urbanism (part 2) A review of "Emergent Tokyo", by Jorge Almazan and Studiolab
a year ago
SatPost by Trung...
SpaceX's 5-Step Design Process How rapid failure and iteration will get Starship to orbit and beyond.
over a year ago
Internal Tech Emails
Inside Google's negotiations with Apple I would let them try someone else for search if they don’t like our last offer.
a year ago
Noahpinion
Maximum Canada is happening Canada has a nation-building population strategy. Does America?
over a year ago
Paul Graham: Essays
Why TV Lost
over a year ago
Paul Graham: Essays
You Weren't Meant to Have a Boss
over a year ago
Ed Zitron's Where's...
The Slop Society In the last week we've seen the emergence of the true Meta — and the true Mark Zuckerberg — as the...
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In the last week we've seen the emergence of the true Meta — and the true Mark Zuckerberg — as the company ended its fact-checking program, claiming that (and I quote) "fact checkers have been too politically biased and have destroyed more trust than they've
Articles
Selling stuff on a busy beach It's unlikely you'll convince someone to buy something where there wasn't already existing demand.
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over a year ago
It's unlikely you'll convince someone to buy something where there wasn't already existing demand.
Articles
Optimize for usage, not just sales
over a year ago
essay – snarfed.org
COVID was bad for the climate William Cho The standard narrative on COVID and the climate is: People worked from home, cancelled...
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William Cho The standard narrative on COVID and the climate is: People worked from home, cancelled travel plans, cut down overall consumption, and greenhouse gas emissions fell drastically. It’s great for the environment! Let’s keep it up! With apologies to H. L. Mencken, I...
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India’s richest man can’t crack e-commerce, even with Shein Early data shows the partnership is off to a slow start, as Reliance’s retail machine struggles to...
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Early data shows the partnership is off to a slow start, as Reliance’s retail machine struggles to cement its place in a market dominated by Amazon and Walmart.
Tech + Economics +...
20 years of tech has made life easier, not better. Lately, I’ve felt nostalgic for the cluttered aisles of the local video store. It was more than a...
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Lately, I’ve felt nostalgic for the cluttered aisles of the local video store. It was more than a place; it was a portal, a weekend ritual that promised adventure, laughter, and the thrill of discovery. You would step inside, greeted by the scent of popcorn and the soft...
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...
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Before World War 2, the middle-class in the developed world struggled to afford basic needs. In the post-war boom, standards of living rose…
Tom Blomfield
Apple is propping up a fundamentally broken payments industry Apple’s latest announcement on payments has sparked some interesting debate but also a fair share of...
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Apple’s latest announcement on payments has sparked some interesting debate but also a fair share of breathless pronouncements on a “revolution" in mobile payments. To be clear - Apple Pay is a step forward in terms of end user experience - but it simply entrenches a...
Noahpinion
Price controls: Too early for a victory lap Narrative-driven triumphalism does not make for sound policy.
over a year ago
AVC
AI Art There has been a lot of discussion about how AIs can make art and possibly replace artists, but I...
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There has been a lot of discussion about how AIs can make art and possibly replace artists, but I think the opposite is more likely to happen. Artists have been using AI to make art for a while now and the pace has picked up a lot in recent years. I have always loved the […]
cdixon.org RSS Feed
What if online business model innovation is slowing down? There is a widely held assumption that new business models will continue to emerge online – that...
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There is a widely held assumption that new business models will continue to emerge online – that statements like “how will Twitter ever make…
Blog posts of...
The things first time founders do… Last week @robfitz asked me on short notice to join a panel at #foundersexchange about what first...
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Last week @robfitz asked me on short notice to join a panel at #foundersexchange about what first time founders shouldn’t do. I qu...
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...
over a year ago
Noahpinion
A sovereign crypto fund is a new way to pay out regime cronies Once again, we find that crypto's true innovation is enabling gray-market payments.
6 months ago
cdixon.org RSS Feed
How We Got To Now I really enjoyed Steven Johnson's How We Got To Now. I read a lot of history and science books, but...
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I really enjoyed Steven Johnson's How We Got To Now. I read a lot of history and science books, but this book stood out because 1) the…
Noahpinion
Does the notion of a "Global South" still make any sense? There are really four Global Souths.
a year ago
Rest of World -...
Seeking asylum at the U.S.-Mexico border? You’d better speak English or Spanish Migrants speaking Haitian Creole or Indigenous languages face challenges at the border.
over a year ago
cdixon.org RSS Feed
Forces that affect whether a large company will buy your product (according to Marc Andreessen) From Marc Andreessen’s “Moby Dick Theory of Big Companies“: You can count on there being a whole...
over a year ago