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Luxury for everyone: thoughts on Vision Pro and Apple's DNA In 2009, Microsoft released an enormous 200lb coffee table with an embedded 30-inch touchscreen...
21st May 2024
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Luxury for everyone: thoughts on Vision Pro and Apple's DNA

from Dustin Curtis [alt+shift+b] in startups

21st May 2024
In 2009, Microsoft released an enormous 200lb coffee table with an embedded 30-inch touchscreen called Surface. Although the iPhone had been around for a little while, the larger screen made Surface feel absolutely futuristic: in the Photos app, you could toss around pictures...
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Taking Risk I just spent a week talking with some exceptional students from three of the UK’s top universities;...
18th May 2024
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Taking Risk

from Tom Blomfield [alt+shift+b] in startups

18th May 2024
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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Secret History – When Kodak Went to War with Polaroid This part 2 of the Secret History of Polaroid and Edwin Land. Read part 1 for context. Kodak and...
16th May 2024
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Secret History – When Kodak Went to War with Polaroid

from Steve Blank [alt+shift+b] in startups

16th May 2024
This part 2 of the Secret History of Polaroid and Edwin Land. Read part 1 for context. Kodak and Polaroid, the two most famous camera companies of the 20th century, had a great partnership for 20+ years. Then in an inexplicable turnabout Kodak decided to destroy Polaroid’s...
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How to be a messy thinker I love thinking about thinking. Give me a research paper on rationality, cognitive biases or mental...
12th May 2024
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How to be a messy thinker

from Inverted Passion [alt+shift+b] in startups

12th May 2024
I love thinking about thinking. Give me a research paper on rationality, cognitive biases or mental models, and I’ll gobble it up. Given the amount of knowledge I’ve ingested on these topics, I had always assumed that I’m a clear thinker. Recently, though, it hit me like a...
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How to make a podcast (and submit it to Spotify and Apple Podcasts) in 2024 Here's a guide that will help you get started with podcasting: gear, hosting, submitting to Spotify...
7th May 2024
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How to make a podcast (and submit it to Spotify and Apple Podcasts) in 2024

from Justin Jackson [alt+shift+b] in startups

7th May 2024
Here's a guide that will help you get started with podcasting: gear, hosting, submitting to Spotify and Apple Podcasts.
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Rabbit Holed Thank you to Emily Shepherd for her hard work reporting parts of this story, as well as her...
6th May 2024
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Rabbit Holed

from Ed Zitron's Where's Your Ed At [alt+shift+b] in startups

6th May 2024
Thank you to Emily Shepherd for her hard work reporting parts of this story, as well as her assistance clarifying details related to GAMA and finding company documents related to Rabbit and Cyber Manufacture.    In November 2021, a company called Cyber Manufacture Co raised $6...
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"Thoughts on OpenAI" To: Satya Nadella; Bill Gates
5th May 2024
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"Thoughts on OpenAI"

from Internal Tech Emails [alt+shift+b] in startups

5th May 2024
To: Satya Nadella; Bill Gates
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Ways to think about AGI How do we think about a fundamentally unknown and unknowable risk, when the experts agree only...
4th May 2024
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Ways to think about AGI

from Essays - Benedict Evans [alt+shift+b] in startups

4th May 2024
How do we think about a fundamentally unknown and unknowable risk, when the experts agree only that they have no idea?
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YouTube: The Learning Machine Can YouTube have a similar impact on education as the printing press did? Yes, and the explosion of...
3rd May 2024
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YouTube: The Learning Machine

from SatPost by Trung Phan [alt+shift+b] in startups

3rd May 2024
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.
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I’ve Moved Onchain Over the last few years, I’ve moved my internet life from web2 to web3 and rarely use any web2...
2nd May 2024
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I’ve Moved Onchain

from AVC [alt+shift+b] in startups

2nd May 2024
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...
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Who's afraid of East Asian management culture? TSMC's difficulties in Arizona aren't due to the mystical superiority of Confucian values.
2nd May 2024
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Who's afraid of East Asian management culture?

from Noahpinion [alt+shift+b] in startups

2nd May 2024
TSMC's difficulties in Arizona aren't due to the mystical superiority of Confucian values.
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Argentines are recruiting friends, strangers into Worldcoin’s cash-for-eyeballs scheme With inflation and unemployment gripping the nation, a burgeoning network of intermediaries is...
1st May 2024
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Argentines are recruiting friends, strangers into Worldcoin’s cash-for-eyeballs scheme

from Rest of World - Global [alt+shift+b] in startups

1st May 2024
With inflation and unemployment gripping the nation, a burgeoning network of intermediaries is convincing people to have their irises scanned at Worldcoin Orb centers.
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I sold two startups in two weeks. Indie Worldwide and Bot Eat Brain have been acquired.
30th Apr 2024
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I sold two startups in two weeks.

from Anthony Castrio's Official Newsletter [alt+shift+b] in startups

30th Apr 2024
Indie Worldwide and Bot Eat Brain have been acquired.
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Bill Gates: "The quality is giving us a bad name" I don’t know how unique I am but my experience in clicking on streaming media stuff and seeing if it...
21st Apr 2024
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Bill Gates: "The quality is giving us a bad name"

from Internal Tech Emails [alt+shift+b] in startups

21st Apr 2024
I don’t know how unique I am but my experience in clicking on streaming media stuff and seeing if it works is still less than 50%.
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Looking for AI use-cases We’ve had ChatGPT for 18 months, but what’s it for? What are the use-cases? Why isn’t it useful...
19th Apr 2024
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Looking for AI use-cases

from Essays - Benedict Evans [alt+shift+b] in startups

19th Apr 2024
We’ve had ChatGPT for 18 months, but what’s it for? What are the use-cases? Why isn’t it useful for everyone, right now? Do Large Language Models become universal tools that can do ‘any’ task, or do we wrap them in single-purpose apps, and build thousands of new companies...
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Founders Need to Be Ruthless When Chasing Deals One of the most exciting things a startup CEO in a business-to-business market can hear from a...
16th Apr 2024
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Founders Need to Be Ruthless When Chasing Deals

from Steve Blank [alt+shift+b] in startups

16th Apr 2024
One of the most exciting things a startup CEO in a business-to-business market can hear from a potential customer is, “We’re excited. When can you come back and show us a prototype?” This can be the beginning of a profitable customer relationship or a disappointing sinkhole of...
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Working With Founders Who Have Conviction and Taste Consulting can be easy money. Fleecing clients for cheap tricks. Clients have problems, you have...
16th Apr 2024
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Working With Founders Who Have Conviction and Taste

from tomcritchlow.com [alt+shift+b] in startups

16th Apr 2024
Consulting can be easy money. Fleecing clients for cheap tricks. Clients have problems, you have powerpoints. It’s easy to flip a few quick slides into a chunk of cash and cackle off into the mountains.
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the best book ever written I’ve asked my favorite musicians if, when they’re done writing a new song, they feel it’s the best...
12th Apr 2024
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the best book ever written

from Derek Sivers [alt+shift+b] in startups

12th Apr 2024
I’ve asked my favorite musicians if, when they’re done writing a new song, they feel it’s the best song ever. All of them said yes.
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Gordon Ramsay's Apprenticeship The iconic chef said a top-tier mentor (Marco Pierre-White) taught him the value of learning high...
5th Apr 2024
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Gordon Ramsay's Apprenticeship

from SatPost by Trung Phan [alt+shift+b] in startups

5th Apr 2024
The iconic chef said a top-tier mentor (Marco Pierre-White) taught him the value of learning high standards and how to take the reins.
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We need more calm companies
5th Apr 2024
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We need more calm companies

from Justin Jackson [alt+shift+b] in startups

5th Apr 2024
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Bubble Trouble As I previously warned, artificial intelligence companies are running out of data. A Wall Street...
4th Apr 2024
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Bubble Trouble

from Ed Zitron's Where's Your Ed At [alt+shift+b] in startups

4th Apr 2024
As I previously warned, artificial intelligence companies are running out of data. A Wall Street Journal piece from this week has sounded the alarm that some believe AI models will run out of "high-quality text-based data" within the next two years in what an AI researcher called...
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How Data Boutique Works #3: Third Party Solutions Working with data? List your solution on Data Boutique
4th Apr 2024
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How Data Boutique Works #3: Third Party Solutions

from Data Boutique [alt+shift+b] in startups

4th Apr 2024
Working with data? List your solution on Data Boutique
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The Granny Hobby Protocol And the hands-on, thumbs-off economy
3rd Apr 2024
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The Granny Hobby Protocol

from Working Theorys [alt+shift+b] in startups

3rd Apr 2024
And the hands-on, thumbs-off economy
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🇮🇳 India in 2024 In February I made my first business trip to India. Three weeks deep in the Indian tech ecosystem....
2nd Apr 2024
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🇮🇳 India in 2024

from Blog posts of Andreas Klinger [alt+shift+b] in startups

2nd Apr 2024
In February I made my first business trip to India. Three weeks deep in the Indian tech ecosystem. My summary is simple: I feel like the world needs an update how we view India
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Try patriotism A repost, with some updates.
1st Apr 2024
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Try patriotism

from Noahpinion [alt+shift+b] in startups

1st Apr 2024
A repost, with some updates.
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💡 Business Brainstorms 💡- My favorite ideas of the week #1 💡 While alcohol is becoming less and less nicotine is having a comeback. Even Einstein...
1st Apr 2024
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💡 Business Brainstorms 💡- My favorite ideas of the week

from Business Brainstorms [alt+shift+b] in startups

1st Apr 2024
#1 💡 While alcohol is becoming less and less nicotine is having a comeback. Even Einstein reportedly believed that Nicotine contributed to a calm and objective judgment. But while there are thousands of “premium” options when it comes to consuming alcohol, all Nicotine...
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Las compañías de autos eléctricos quieren el litio de Argentina. Poco queda para sus ciudadanos. A los habitantes de la Isla Paulino se les prometió baterías de litio para reducir el uso de...
1st Apr 2024
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Las compañías de autos eléctricos quieren el litio de Argentina. Poco queda para sus ciudadanos.

from Rest of World - Global [alt+shift+b] in startups

1st Apr 2024
A los habitantes de la Isla Paulino se les prometió baterías de litio para reducir el uso de generadores. El proyecto se frenó. Mientras tanto, las exportaciones de litio crecen.
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Ben Kihnel I just got the call from the super-connected Alex Steininger that our mutual friend Ben Kihnel died...
28th Mar 2024
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Ben Kihnel

from Derek Sivers [alt+shift+b] in startups

28th Mar 2024
I just got the call from the super-connected Alex Steininger that our mutual friend Ben Kihnel died in his sleep. He was only 48.
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💡 Business Brainstorms 💡- My favorite ideas of the week #1 💡 #2 💡 Tons of companies are looking to hire someone like this but no one knows how to do it...
25th Mar 2024
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💡 Business Brainstorms 💡- My favorite ideas of the week

from Business Brainstorms [alt+shift+b] in startups

25th Mar 2024
#1 💡 #2 💡 Tons of companies are looking to hire someone like this but no one knows how to do it reliably. There are also tons of people who would like to work in such a role but they are hard to find as there is no generally accepted job title. Seems like a huge opportunity if...
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The age of average (encore) The shift to music streaming has led to songs getting shorter, music getting less melodically...
21st Mar 2024
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The age of average (encore)

from Articles - Alex Murrell [alt+shift+b] in startups

21st Mar 2024
The shift to music streaming has led to songs getting shorter, music getting less melodically diverse and lyrics getting more repetitive. Or to put it another way, just as our visual culture has become more homogeneous, so too has the music that accompanies it. Let’s run...
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A month of the Vision Pro The Vision Pro is amazing, but like the rest of VR and AR, Apple seems years away from the mass...
17th Mar 2024
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A month of the Vision Pro

from Essays - Benedict Evans [alt+shift+b] in startups

17th Mar 2024
The Vision Pro is amazing, but like the rest of VR and AR, Apple seems years away from the mass market. And if it gets there, how much will it matter?
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Are We Watching The Internet Die? Sometime this month, Reddit will go public at a valuation of $6.5bn. Select Redditors were offered...
11th Mar 2024
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Are We Watching The Internet Die?

from Ed Zitron's Where's Your Ed At [alt+shift+b] in startups

11th Mar 2024
Sometime this month, Reddit will go public at a valuation of $6.5bn. Select Redditors were offered the chance to buy stock at the initial listing price, which it hasn’t announced yet but is expected to be in the range of $31-34 per share. Regardless of the actual
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Mindshare 🧠 The hard part now, is to get mindshare with customers.
11th Mar 2024
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Mindshare 🧠

from Blog posts of Andreas Klinger [alt+shift+b] in startups

11th Mar 2024
The hard part now, is to get mindshare with customers.
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Second Encounters Firsts are overrated
10th Mar 2024
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Second Encounters

from Working Theorys [alt+shift+b] in startups

10th Mar 2024
Firsts are overrated
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Is a $100 Million Enough? Capitalism has been good to me. After serving in the military during Vietnam, I came home and had a...
5th Mar 2024
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Is a $100 Million Enough?

from Steve Blank [alt+shift+b] in startups

5th Mar 2024
Capitalism has been good to me. After serving in the military during Vietnam, I came home and had a career in eight startups. I got to retire when I was 45. Over the last quarter century, in my third career, I helped create the methods entrepreneurs use to build new startups,...
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Nigerian businesses increasingly skip traditional banks and turn to Moniepoint Moniepoint’s payment machines have become ubiquitous across Nigeria. But the company faces...
4th Mar 2024
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Nigerian businesses increasingly skip traditional banks and turn to Moniepoint

from Rest of World - Global [alt+shift+b] in startups

4th Mar 2024
Moniepoint’s payment machines have become ubiquitous across Nigeria. But the company faces competition from Chinese-backed OPay.
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How to Estimate Sales Using Inventory Web-Scraped Data A powerful use case for web data
4th Mar 2024
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How to Estimate Sales Using Inventory Web-Scraped Data

from Data Boutique [alt+shift+b] in startups

4th Mar 2024
A powerful use case for web data
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Why small developers are getting squeezed out of the housing market A guest post by Coby Lefkowitz
2nd Mar 2024
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Why small developers are getting squeezed out of the housing market

from Noahpinion [alt+shift+b] in startups

2nd Mar 2024
A guest post by Coby Lefkowitz
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The Greatest Meme Template Ever Why does Juan Joya Borja (aka El Risitas aka “Spanish Laughing Guy”) always put a smile on our...
1st Mar 2024
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The Greatest Meme Template Ever

from SatPost by Trung Phan [alt+shift+b] in startups

1st Mar 2024
Why does Juan Joya Borja (aka El Risitas aka “Spanish Laughing Guy”) always put a smile on our faces.
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How do You Cultivate Customer-Centric Executives? summary The answer is that the most successful companies have a key executive who is...
1st Mar 2024
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How do You Cultivate Customer-Centric Executives?

from tomcritchlow.com [alt+shift+b] in startups

1st Mar 2024
summary The answer is that the most successful companies have a key executive who is customer-centric - someone who has a rich mental model for what customers want and is able to step into the customer's shoes. I theorize that beyond a culture of being customer-centric it's the...
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Volatility Surface Volatility Surface We're going to use Python to generate an implied volatility surface for a family...
1st Mar 2024
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Volatility Surface

from Stephen Diehl [alt+shift+b] in startups

1st Mar 2024
Volatility Surface We're going to use Python to generate an implied volatility surface for a family of options contracts. This is an extremely common tool for analyzing options and is a key component of many quantitative trading strategies. The Black-Scholes model is like a...
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Stuff I would tell my younger self A collection of advice I'd give to my younger self, if I could.
28th Feb 2024
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Stuff I would tell my younger self

from anthonynsimon.com [alt+shift+b] in startups

28th Feb 2024
A collection of advice I'd give to my younger self, if I could.
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Why time seems to pass faster as we age 1/ I’ve been mega-obsessed with this feeling. A year as a 36-year-old seems so much shorter as...
27th Feb 2024
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Why time seems to pass faster as we age

from Inverted Passion [alt+shift+b] in startups

27th Feb 2024
1/ I’ve been mega-obsessed with this feeling. A year as a 36-year-old seems so much shorter as compared to when I was a kid or even as a teen. It seems cosmically unfair – we have fewer years to live, and each year flies by faster. 2/ But, why is that happening? My tentative...
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Esperanto, Toki Pona, Swahili, Indonesian This is a lukewarm little story with a few connected bits, but it might be interesting or even...
26th Feb 2024
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Esperanto, Toki Pona, Swahili, Indonesian

from Derek Sivers [alt+shift+b] in startups

26th Feb 2024
This is a lukewarm little story with a few connected bits, but it might be interesting or even helpful. Follow the links in it, for full effect. Esperanto start
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Materialist Conceptions of God yet another attempt at bridging religion and rationality
25th Feb 2024
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Materialist Conceptions of God

from Nothing Human [alt+shift+b] in startups

25th Feb 2024
yet another attempt at bridging religion and rationality
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How I build and run behavioral interviews This is an adaptation of an internal doc I wrote for Wave. I used to think that behavioral...
25th Feb 2024
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How I build and run behavioral interviews

from benkuhn.net [alt+shift+b] in startups

25th Feb 2024
This is an adaptation of an internal doc I wrote for Wave. I used to think that behavioral interviews were basically useless, because it was too easy for candidates to bullshit them and too hard for me to tell what was a good answer. I’d end up grading every candidate as an...
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Where Are the Good AI Products? On waiting for AI's Godot.
16th Feb 2024
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Where Are the Good AI Products?

from Varun's Notes [alt+shift+b] in startups

16th Feb 2024
On waiting for AI's Godot.
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The Apple Vision Pro: A Review I’ve spent a lot of time with the Vision Pro, turning my experience into both the newsletter you’re...
12th Feb 2024
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The Apple Vision Pro: A Review

from Ed Zitron's Where's Your Ed At [alt+shift+b] in startups

12th Feb 2024
I’ve spent a lot of time with the Vision Pro, turning my experience into both the newsletter you’re reading and one of the first two episodes of my upcoming iHeartRadio podcast Better Offline. I wrote the majority of this newsletter on the Vision Pro itself, though
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Google and AI | Elon Musk on Tesla comp Such a deep ML system could well be developed outside of Google-- at Microsoft, Baidu, Yandex,...
11th Feb 2024
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Google and AI | Elon Musk on Tesla comp

from Internal Tech Emails [alt+shift+b] in startups

11th Feb 2024
Such a deep ML system could well be developed outside of Google-- at Microsoft, Baidu, Yandex, Amazon, Apple, or even a startup.
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The hidden costs of asking for quotations in the data market Working towards faster, cheaper and safer data projects
9th Feb 2024
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The hidden costs of asking for quotations in the data market

from Data Boutique [alt+shift+b] in startups

9th Feb 2024
Working towards faster, cheaper and safer data projects
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Notes on my Remarkable Tablet I love my Remarkable 2. I’ve been using it pretty heavily for almost a year now. It’s my every day...
9th Feb 2024
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Notes on my Remarkable Tablet

from tomcritchlow.com [alt+shift+b] in startups

9th Feb 2024
I love my Remarkable 2. I’ve been using it pretty heavily for almost a year now. It’s my every day companion device. Here’s some notes and ideas.
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Technology, Innovation, and Great Power Competition – 2023 Wrap Up We just wrapped up the third year of our Technology, Innovation, and Great Power Competition class...
6th Feb 2024
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Technology, Innovation, and Great Power Competition – 2023 Wrap Up

from Steve Blank [alt+shift+b] in startups

6th Feb 2024
We just wrapped up the third year of our Technology, Innovation, and Great Power Competition class –part of Stanford’s Gordian Knot Center for National Security Innovation. Joe Felter, Mike Brown and I teach the class to: Give our students an appreciation of the challenges and...
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Sleep is so weird Ian Dyball Our bodies are designed such that we need to lose consciousness, entirely, for a full...
5th Feb 2024
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Sleep is so weird

from Ryan Barrett [alt+shift+b] in startups

5th Feb 2024
Ian Dyball Our bodies are designed such that we need to lose consciousness, entirely, for a full third of every day. This is evidently necessary for some kind of regular brain maintenance, maybe forming long term memories, who knows what else. If we don’t sleep, we quickly become...
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💡 Business Brainstorms 💡- My favorite ideas of the week #1 💡 In my university days everyone had to attend a workshop on stress management. The one golden...
5th Feb 2024
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💡 Business Brainstorms 💡- My favorite ideas of the week

from Business Brainstorms [alt+shift+b] in startups

5th Feb 2024
#1 💡 In my university days everyone had to attend a workshop on stress management. The one golden nugget I took away from it is that stress is 100% a framing issue. You only feel stressed when you think you can't handle it. Absolutely nothing wrong with a full calendar, juggling...
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Remaking the app store The EU has finally made Apple redesign the App Store, 15 years after we started arguing about it,...
3rd Feb 2024
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Remaking the app store

from Essays - Benedict Evans [alt+shift+b] in startups

3rd Feb 2024
The EU has finally made Apple redesign the App Store, 15 years after we started arguing about it, and no-one is happy with the result. In the next few years there’ll be a lot of shouting and some giant fines, but in the end, nothing much will change.
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Send your users this welcome email
3rd Feb 2024
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Send your users this welcome email

from Justin Jackson [alt+shift+b] in startups

3rd Feb 2024
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8 Lessons from "Curb Your Enthusiasm" What Larry David's legendary sitcom can teach about creativity and work.
2nd Feb 2024
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8 Lessons from "Curb Your Enthusiasm"

from SatPost by Trung Phan [alt+shift+b] in startups

2nd Feb 2024
What Larry David's legendary sitcom can teach about creativity and work.
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Google cuts off an $83 million ghost labor contract Outsourced workers are the first to go when the company looks to reduce costs.
1st Feb 2024
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Google cuts off an $83 million ghost labor contract

from Rest of World - Global [alt+shift+b] in startups

1st Feb 2024
Outsourced workers are the first to go when the company looks to reduce costs.
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Biden should run on a message of abundance Things are going pretty well in America, and Biden's policies have largely helped.
1st Feb 2024
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Biden should run on a message of abundance

from Noahpinion [alt+shift+b] in startups

1st Feb 2024
Things are going pretty well in America, and Biden's policies have largely helped.
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Enough Numbers to Build a Universe Enough Numbers to Build a Universe As a fun excercise, consider the question: What are the numbers...
1st Feb 2024
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Enough Numbers to Build a Universe

from Stephen Diehl [alt+shift+b] in startups

1st Feb 2024
Enough Numbers to Build a Universe As a fun excercise, consider the question: What are the numbers that are used to build a universe? Well, we don't know for sure, but we do know that we can build our current understanding of physics out of a handful of fundamental constants....
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How Tech Outstayed Its Welcome Last week, Apple opened pre-orders for the Vision Pro, a $3500 “spatial computer” that is its first...
30th Jan 2024
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How Tech Outstayed Its Welcome

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30th Jan 2024
Last week, Apple opened pre-orders for the Vision Pro, a $3500 “spatial computer” that is its first real “new” thing since the Apple Watch, and arguably its most notable release since the iPad or iPhone. Ming-Chi Kuo, one of the few truly reliable Apple analysts, estimates
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What's New on Data Boutique Noteworthy stuff from the web data platform
23rd Jan 2024
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What's New on Data Boutique

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23rd Jan 2024
Noteworthy stuff from the web data platform
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A primer on dopamine 1/ I recently made notes on the book “Hooked” but wasn’t satisfied by the depth of explanation in...
22nd Jan 2024
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A primer on dopamine

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22nd Jan 2024
1/ I recently made notes on the book “Hooked” but wasn’t satisfied by the depth of explanation in it. 2/ I wanted to get down into neuroscience of habit-forming products and that inevitably lead me to the (in)famous neurotransmitter dopamine. 3/ Before we dive into what dopamine...
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Moderate people, not code Dixit / Marie Cardouat The scope of the fediverse has been hotly debated recently. Are we a big...
22nd Jan 2024
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Moderate people, not code

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22nd Jan 2024
Dixit / Marie Cardouat The scope of the fediverse has been hotly debated recently. Are we a big fedi? Or a small fedi? Are instances just nodes? Or networked communities? Which Camp of Mastodon are we in? How far should our replies travel? How about our blog posts and Bluesky...
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The Department of Defense Is Getting Its Innovation Act Together – But More Can Be Done This post previously appeared in Defense News  and C4SIR. Despite the clear and present danger of...
15th Jan 2024
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The Department of Defense Is Getting Its Innovation Act Together – But More Can Be Done

from Steve Blank [alt+shift+b] in startups

15th Jan 2024
This post previously appeared in Defense News  and C4SIR. Despite the clear and present danger of threats from China and elsewhere, there’s no agreement on what types of adversaries we’ll face; how we’ll fight, organize, and train; and what weapons or systems we’ll need for...
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💡 Business Brainstorms 💡- My favorite ideas of the week #1 💡 So simple yet so easy to overlook: Is whatever you’re putting out there actually attracting...
8th Jan 2024
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💡 Business Brainstorms 💡- My favorite ideas of the week

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8th Jan 2024
#1 💡 So simple yet so easy to overlook: Is whatever you’re putting out there actually attracting the kind of people you want to attract? If you focus on metrics alone, you will quickly find yourself with pretty numbers but little value. For example, you can easily
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Disney Loves (and Hates) Public Domain Disney lost copyright on the "Steamboat Willie" version of Mickey Mouse. It's the culmination of...
5th Jan 2024
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Disney Loves (and Hates) Public Domain

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5th Jan 2024
Disney lost copyright on the "Steamboat Willie" version of Mickey Mouse. It's the culmination of decades in which the company used a ton of public domain but prevented others from doing so.
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2023 year in review
5th Jan 2024
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2023 year in review

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5th Jan 2024
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Women in South Africa’s gig economy feel forced to work extra hours for free Women who work as domestic cleaners with SweepSouth, an on-demand app, say clients frequently ask...
4th Jan 2024
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Women in South Africa’s gig economy feel forced to work extra hours for free

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4th Jan 2024
Women who work as domestic cleaners with SweepSouth, an on-demand app, say clients frequently ask them to do unpaid work, and the company hasn’t responded to their complaints.
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9 Years on the Road October 24th is my indie-versary, the anniversary of quitting my last full time job. Every year I...
4th Jan 2024
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9 Years on the Road

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4th Jan 2024
October 24th is my indie-versary, the anniversary of quitting my last full time job. Every year I write a set of reflections about this strange and magical journey.
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Samsung Galaxy S24 Unpacked Event Set for Jan. 17 PCMag.com: The company says it will show off "the newest additions to the Galaxy mobile...
3rd Jan 2024
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Samsung Galaxy S24 Unpacked Event Set for Jan. 17

from Tech + Economics + Humans [alt+shift+b] in startups

3rd Jan 2024
PCMag.com: The company says it will show off "the newest additions to the Galaxy mobile device portfolio." In its teaser video, the company goes a step further and explicitly states that "Galaxy AI is coming," so get ready for some form of on-device,...
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Toward a shallower future Adversity isn't worth the price of adversity.
3rd Jan 2024
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Toward a shallower future

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3rd Jan 2024
Adversity isn't worth the price of adversity.
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What Will Happen In 2024 As we enter 2024, the capital markets have found their footing and are moving higher. The Fed has...
1st Jan 2024
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What Will Happen In 2024

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1st Jan 2024
As we enter 2024, the capital markets have found their footing and are moving higher. The Fed has taken interest rates as far as they want at this time and inflation has come down. It seems that a “soft landing” is likely. That is good news for the innovation economy because...
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How I’ve Studied the Bible Years ago, I realized that the Bible is the foundational book of Western civilization. If I was...
28th Dec 2023
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How I’ve Studied the Bible

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28th Dec 2023
Years ago, I realized that the Bible is the foundational book of Western civilization. If I was going to be an educated person, I needed to know what it said. The post How I’ve Studied the Bible appeared first on David Perell.
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My Year-End Playlist Every year I put together a playlist at the end of the year with some of the new music I found and...
20th Dec 2023
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My Year-End Playlist

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20th Dec 2023
Every year I put together a playlist at the end of the year with some of the new music I found and got into. Most of these songs are under the radar which is my favorite kind of music. So I hope you find something new that you like in here.
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Epic Games, Google and App Store Monopolies In a surprise win for the makers of Fortnite, a jury ruled that Google engaged in anti-competitive...
16th Dec 2023
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Epic Games, Google and App Store Monopolies

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16th Dec 2023
In a surprise win for the makers of Fortnite, a jury ruled that Google engaged in anti-competitive conduct by suppressing other app stores and banning alternate payments
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Ten SaaS marketing principles for 2024
16th Dec 2023
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Ten SaaS marketing principles for 2024

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16th Dec 2023
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walk and talk Kevin Kelly invited me to walk 100 kilometers (62 miles) through northern Thailand for seven days,...
12th Dec 2023
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walk and talk

from Derek Sivers [alt+shift+b] in startups

12th Dec 2023
Kevin Kelly invited me to walk 100 kilometers (62 miles) through northern Thailand for seven days, ending in Chiang Mai. Walking with us were ten other smart interesting people, including five other authors whose work I’ve loved for years. It’s a “Walk and Talk”.
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The Secret History of Minnesota Part 1: Engineering Research Associates This post is the latest in the “Secret History Series.” They’ll make much more sense if you watch...
11th Dec 2023
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The Secret History of Minnesota Part 1: Engineering Research Associates

from Steve Blank [alt+shift+b] in startups

11th Dec 2023
This post is the latest in the “Secret History Series.” They’ll make much more sense if you watch the video or read some of the earlier posts for context. See the Secret History bibliography for sources and supplemental reading. Silicon Valley emerged from work in World War II...
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I made a mistake. Indie Worldwide build in public update 2023
8th Dec 2023
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I made a mistake.

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8th Dec 2023
Indie Worldwide build in public update 2023
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💡 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...
4th Dec 2023
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💡 Business Brainstorms 💡- My favorite ideas of the week

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4th Dec 2023
#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.
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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.
4th Dec 2023
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Unleash the bololô: Masses of delivery workers set off horns and fireworks at bad customers’ homes

from Rest of World - Global [alt+shift+b] in startups

4th Dec 2023
In Brazil, workers protest nasty customers with bikes, horns and fireworks.
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I hate work. The piercing sound of my alarm shatters the stillness of my room at the ungodly hour of 5 AM, and...
4th Dec 2023
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I hate work.

from Tech + Economics + Humans [alt+shift+b] in startups

4th Dec 2023
The piercing sound of my alarm shatters the stillness of my room at the ungodly hour of 5 AM, and I reluctantly drag myself out of bed. It’s the same daily grind, a routine I’ve been stuck in for years, first as a sound engineer, then as a tech exec, and now as an indie...
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Vibes vs. data It's asymmetric warfare out there.
3rd Dec 2023
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Vibes vs. data

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3rd Dec 2023
It's asymmetric warfare out there.
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How to increase wealth for everyone I’ve started reading The Capitalist Manifesto, a book full of data on how free markets generate...
2nd Dec 2023
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How to increase wealth for everyone

from Inverted Passion [alt+shift+b] in startups

2nd Dec 2023
I’ve started reading The Capitalist Manifesto, a book full of data on how free markets generate prosperity. The author is nuanced and uses data and logic to show how we should be rooting for capitalism (instead of bringing it down). Income and wealth inequality created as a...
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Taylor Swift, Johnny Cash and AI Art Context matters more than content in the age of AI-generated audio, images and videos.
2nd Dec 2023
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Taylor Swift, Johnny Cash and AI Art

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2nd Dec 2023
Context matters more than content in the age of AI-generated audio, images and videos.
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Prayer over a new smartphone Hello, phone. For many years, starting today, you will be my most loyal companion and my most...
27th Nov 2023
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Prayer over a new smartphone

from Nothing Human [alt+shift+b] in startups

27th Nov 2023
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...
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I flew to China to visit a robot butler Site visit to Prosper Robotics field lab in Shenzhen
15th Nov 2023
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I flew to China to visit a robot butler

from Anthony Castrio's Official Newsletter [alt+shift+b] in startups

15th Nov 2023
Site visit to Prosper Robotics field lab in Shenzhen
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Ideas that create opportunities
10th Nov 2023
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Ideas that create opportunities

from Justin Jackson [alt+shift+b] in startups

10th Nov 2023
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YouTube, Ad Blockers & the Advertising "Tax" Though it looks like big vs small tech at first glance, poking into how ad blocker companies operate...
8th Nov 2023
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YouTube, Ad Blockers & the Advertising "Tax"

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8th Nov 2023
Though it looks like big vs small tech at first glance, poking into how ad blocker companies operate and their “whitelisting” programs will likely change your opinion
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Why Are All the Public Intellectuals Men? | Theory No. 18 The most identifiable people in this arena aren’t "traditional" scholars. They’re usually not...
8th Nov 2023
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Why Are All the Public Intellectuals Men? | Theory No. 18

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8th Nov 2023
The most identifiable people in this arena aren’t "traditional" scholars. They’re usually not researchers, scientists, or writers by education or trade. Instead, they seem to have just put themselves forth as vessels — to study the world, share their observations, and sprinkle in...
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Even the Smartest VCs Sometimes Get it Wrong – Bill Gurley and Regulated Markets Bill Gurley was one of Silicon Valley’s smartest and most successful VCs. He recently gave a talk at...
7th Nov 2023
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Even the Smartest VCs Sometimes Get it Wrong – Bill Gurley and Regulated Markets

from Steve Blank [alt+shift+b] in startups

7th Nov 2023
Bill Gurley was one of Silicon Valley’s smartest and most successful VCs. He recently gave a talk at the All-In Summit that was really two talks in one. The first part was railing against the consequences of regulatory capture on innovation and a second part, about the...
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How we turned into assholes The internet was supposed to unite us. So what the fuck happened? And how did we become a...
3rd Nov 2023
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How we turned into assholes

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3rd Nov 2023
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...
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Las Vegas, F1 and the sport's long history in America PLUS: An unexpected Netflix hit and the world's most popular artist.
3rd Nov 2023
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Las Vegas, F1 and the sport's long history in America

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3rd Nov 2023
PLUS: An unexpected Netflix hit and the world's most popular artist.
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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...
2nd Nov 2023
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The Impact of ChatGPT on the Web Scraping Industry

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2nd Nov 2023
Access to live web data is just the tip of the iceberg, advanced analytics and enterprise model push web data adoption
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💡 Business Brainstorms 💡- My favorite ideas of the week Hey, this is Jakob Greenfeld, author of the Business Brainstorms newsletter - every week I write...
1st Nov 2023
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💡 Business Brainstorms 💡- My favorite ideas of the week

from Business Brainstorms [alt+shift+b] in startups

1st Nov 2023
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! #1 💡 It's cool that smartphones have become all-in-one devices. But at...
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When Nigeria banned Twitter, Koo had a golden opportunity, and squandered it Even the government officials who championed the Twitter competitor have stopped using it.
1st Nov 2023
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When Nigeria banned Twitter, Koo had a golden opportunity, and squandered it

from Rest of World - Global [alt+shift+b] in startups

1st Nov 2023
Even the government officials who championed the Twitter competitor have stopped using it.
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Asia is much more important to U.S. interests than the Middle East We need to prioritize, and our priorities should be clear.
1st Nov 2023
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Asia is much more important to U.S. interests than the Middle East

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1st Nov 2023
We need to prioritize, and our priorities should be clear.
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The Rise of Anti-Liberalism in Tech The Rise of Anti-Liberalism in Tech Silicon Valley, once a beacon of technological optimism and...
1st Nov 2023
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The Rise of Anti-Liberalism in Tech

from Stephen Diehl [alt+shift+b] in startups

1st Nov 2023
The Rise of Anti-Liberalism in Tech Silicon Valley, once a beacon of technological optimism and innovation, is undergoing a troubling transformation. The region that once embodied the ideals of humanism, progress, and the pursuit of a better world has become a far different place...
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Metrics, Cowardice, and Mistrust why we need better ideologies than "data driven decision making"
17th Oct 2023
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Metrics, Cowardice, and Mistrust

from Nothing Human [alt+shift+b] in startups

17th Oct 2023
why we need better ideologies than "data driven decision making"
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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...
12th Oct 2023
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Open Office Hours at NYC Tech Week

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12th Oct 2023
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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The Hard Economics of Selling Web Data Market components to consider when selling pre-scraped datasets
11th Oct 2023
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The Hard Economics of Selling Web Data

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11th Oct 2023
Market components to consider when selling pre-scraped datasets
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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...
10th Oct 2023
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Leaving Government for the Private Sector – Part 1

from Steve Blank [alt+shift+b] in startups

10th Oct 2023
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...
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Birkenstock IPO: Is it worth $10B? And 4 other questions about the 249-year cult German footwear brand.
6th Oct 2023
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Birkenstock IPO: Is it worth $10B?

from SatPost by Trung Phan [alt+shift+b] in startups

6th Oct 2023
And 4 other questions about the 249-year cult German footwear brand.
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Unbundling AI ChatGPT and LLMs can do anything, so what can you do with them? How do you know? Do we move to...
5th Oct 2023
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Unbundling AI

from Essays - Benedict Evans [alt+shift+b] in startups

5th Oct 2023
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?
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Becoming Creative I just launched a new thing (the NEW MBA) so starting and launching is on my mind. Here are a few...
5th Oct 2023
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Becoming Creative

from tomcritchlow.com [alt+shift+b] in startups

5th Oct 2023
I just launched a new thing (the NEW MBA) so starting and launching is on my mind. Here are a few links that I deeply love about starting, finishing and promoting creative acts…
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The Brunch Test | Theory No. 16 A framework for building products that balance familiarity with freshness.
4th Oct 2023
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The Brunch Test | Theory No. 16

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4th Oct 2023
A framework for building products that balance familiarity with freshness.
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FTC's case against Amazon is misunderstood The case makes a nuanced argument about how Amazon abused monopoly power through anti-discounting...
3rd Oct 2023
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FTC's case against Amazon is misunderstood

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3rd Oct 2023
The case makes a nuanced argument about how Amazon abused monopoly power through anti-discounting measures and tying in Prime with Fulfilled by Amazon
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Why thousands of Chinese young people use a pink dinosaur as their alias Users adopt the alias “momo” as a way to speak more freely, evade harassment and protect personal...
2nd Oct 2023
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Why thousands of Chinese young people use a pink dinosaur as their alias

from Rest of World - Global [alt+shift+b] in startups

2nd Oct 2023
Users adopt the alias “momo” as a way to speak more freely, evade harassment and protect personal privacy on Douban and Xiaohongshu.
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Why I Left Twitter Why I Left Twitter I left Twitter in 2023. The short reason is that its new owner is a deplorable...
1st Oct 2023
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Why I Left Twitter

from Stephen Diehl [alt+shift+b] in startups

1st Oct 2023
Why I Left Twitter I left Twitter in 2023. The short reason is that its new owner is a deplorable human being with extremely anti-democratic and anti-liberal leanings. The longer answer: Twitter and social media aren't just problematic; they're actively corroding the foundations...
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At least five interesting things for your weekend (#15) Working-class wealth, the education gap, zero-sum thinking, data uncertainty, and indigenous...
1st Oct 2023
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At least five interesting things for your weekend (#15)

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1st Oct 2023
Working-class wealth, the education gap, zero-sum thinking, data uncertainty, and indigenous knowledge
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The Heist On Saturday, September 9th, the Gotham Gal and I arrived at JFK airport after an eight-hour flight...
26th Sep 2023
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The Heist

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26th Sep 2023
On Saturday, September 9th, the Gotham Gal and I arrived at JFK airport after an eight-hour flight from Paris. While waiting for our luggage, I got pushed a notification in my web3 wallet that there was an NFT drop underway that I could participate in. So I clicked on the link,...
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Why Open Source AI Will Win You shouldn't bet against the bazaar or the GPU p̶o̶o̶r̶ hungry.
15th Sep 2023
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Why Open Source AI Will Win

from Varun's Notes [alt+shift+b] in startups

15th Sep 2023
You shouldn't bet against the bazaar or the GPU p̶o̶o̶r̶ hungry.
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The Tyranny of the Marginal User why consumer software gets worse, not better, over time
14th Sep 2023
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The Tyranny of the Marginal User

from Nothing Human [alt+shift+b] in startups

14th Sep 2023
why consumer software gets worse, not better, over time
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The Buyer’s Pyramid, Unreasonable Hospitality, Boring Stuff that Works Hey, this is Jakob Greenfeld, author of the Business Brainstorms newsletter - every week I write...
11th Sep 2023
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The Buyer’s Pyramid, Unreasonable Hospitality, Boring Stuff that Works

from Business Brainstorms [alt+shift+b] in startups

11th Sep 2023
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 “Has anyone made a good AI tool yet where I can load in...
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Chapter 2 of Ansi Common Lisp
11th Sep 2023
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Chapter 2 of Ansi Common Lisp

from Paul Graham: Essays [alt+shift+b] in startups

11th Sep 2023
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Deploying Django with Kamal In this post I'll walk you through my template to deploy a Django monolith using Kamal, but you...
11th Sep 2023
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Deploying Django with Kamal

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11th Sep 2023
In this post I'll walk you through my template to deploy a Django monolith using Kamal, but you could also adapt it for Rails or Laravel.
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Klarna, Buy Now Pay Later & first mover advantage The company got to profitable growth by cementing its first mover advantage and doubling down on...
8th Sep 2023
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Klarna, Buy Now Pay Later & first mover advantage

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8th Sep 2023
The company got to profitable growth by cementing its first mover advantage and doubling down on retailer relationships but faces competition from incumbent giants
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Unbundling Cash & Equity | Theory No. 15 a heretical take on "total compensation"
6th Sep 2023
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Unbundling Cash & Equity | Theory No. 15

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6th Sep 2023
a heretical take on "total compensation"
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Profound Beliefs This post previously appeared in EIX. In the early stages of a startup your hypotheses about all the...
5th Sep 2023
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Profound Beliefs

from Steve Blank [alt+shift+b] in startups

5th Sep 2023
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...
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How Google Stores 10,000 Petabytes of Data Efficiently Google Colossus Explained Simply
5th Sep 2023
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How Google Stores 10,000 Petabytes of Data Efficiently

from Devmoh [alt+shift+b] in startups

5th Sep 2023
Google Colossus Explained Simply
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How To Estimate An Engineering Project (Or Really Any Project) There is apparently a cabal of engineers who want you to know that estimating is impossible. Don't...
3rd Sep 2023
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How To Estimate An Engineering Project (Or Really Any Project)

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3rd Sep 2023
There is apparently a cabal of engineers who want you to know that estimating is impossible. Don't believe 'em.
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Notes from the book “Decoding the Why” Finished (well, skimmed) the book “Decoding the Why: How Behavioral Science is Driving the Next...
3rd Sep 2023
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Notes from the book “Decoding the Why”

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3rd Sep 2023
Finished (well, skimmed) the book “Decoding the Why: How Behavioral Science is Driving the Next Generation of Product Design”. It’s a decent introductory book if you have not delved into behavioral science before, but if you have, most of the ideas in the book won’t come across...
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How I would build a new startup if I had to do it all over I've been brainstorming how I would build a new indie startup if I had to do it again in 2023. Here...
3rd Sep 2023
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How I would build a new startup if I had to do it all over

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3rd Sep 2023
I've been brainstorming how I would build a new indie startup if I had to do it again in 2023. Here are 5 principles I’d use.
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Amazon's $43B ad business, explained Jeff Bezos long shunned ads. However, Amazon's juicy first-party data has enabled it to compete with...
1st Sep 2023
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Amazon's $43B ad business, explained

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1st Sep 2023
Jeff Bezos long shunned ads. However, Amazon's juicy first-party data has enabled it to compete with Alphabet and Meta in the new digital advertising landscape.
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Interview: Jean Twenge, psychologist In which we talk all about generational differences, Millennial angst, and the effects of social...
1st Sep 2023
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Interview: Jean Twenge, psychologist

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1st Sep 2023
In which we talk all about generational differences, Millennial angst, and the effects of social media and cell phones
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Sing your way to learning a new language Unlike apps like Duolingo, Beelinguapp focuses on storytelling and song to engage its over 5 million...
1st Sep 2023
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Sing your way to learning a new language

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1st Sep 2023
Unlike apps like Duolingo, Beelinguapp focuses on storytelling and song to engage its over 5 million users.
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Network Effects: When Value Comes from Others Joining in ... and Data Boutique Partnership Program launch
1st Sep 2023
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Network Effects: When Value Comes from Others Joining in

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1st Sep 2023
... and Data Boutique Partnership Program launch
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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...
29th Aug 2023
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Before there was Oppenheimer there was Vannevar Bush

from Steve Blank [alt+shift+b] in startups

29th Aug 2023
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...
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When tech says ‘no’ The tech industry always has a reason why any new laws or regulations are bad - indeed, so does...
24th Aug 2023
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When tech says ‘no’

from Essays - Benedict Evans [alt+shift+b] in startups

24th Aug 2023
The tech industry always has a reason why any new laws or regulations are bad - indeed, so does any industry. They always say that! The trouble is, sometimes it’s true, and some laws are (or would be) disasters. So which is it? Well, there are three ways that people say...
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Define the Game | Theory No. 14 I grew up playing tennis with my sister at the public courts near home. For a long time, I just...
23rd Aug 2023
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Define the Game | Theory No. 14

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23rd Aug 2023
I grew up playing tennis with my sister at the public courts near home. For a long time, I just cherished the joy of playing and watching the careers of the "big 3" unfold. But recently I’ve started to appreciate something more about tennis: the clarity of the meta-game around...
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Pitch competitions as a measure of success In our early days of my startup, I would try to enter as many pitch competitions as was feasible,...
21st Aug 2023
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Pitch competitions as a measure of success

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21st Aug 2023
In our early days of my startup, I would try to enter as many pitch competitions as was feasible, just to try and get our project in front of as many eyes as possible and get our names mentioned in the popular startup press. I used to give everything in these competitions, and we...
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Notes from the book “Magic Words” Just finished reading Magic Words by Jonah Berger and my notes follow. 1/ Most of us spend a...
19th Aug 2023
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Notes from the book “Magic Words”

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19th Aug 2023
Just finished reading Magic Words by Jonah Berger and my notes follow. 1/ Most of us spend a significant amount of time in assembling the thoughts we want to convey, but assume the words to convey them as a given. 2/ This book – written by a professor of business – takes the view...
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Chapter 1 of Ansi Common Lisp
8th Aug 2023
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Chapter 1 of Ansi Common Lisp

from Paul Graham: Essays [alt+shift+b] in startups

8th Aug 2023
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Hiring a geo-guesser, change merchants, one distribution channel is all it takes Hey, this is Jakob Greenfeld, author of the Business Brainstorms newsletter - every week I write...
7th Aug 2023
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Hiring a geo-guesser, change merchants, one distribution channel is all it takes

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7th Aug 2023
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 “request for service: roast my onboarding for SaaS...
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How I grew from 1,000 to 25,000 daily readers. Updates on growing a newsletter business.
7th Aug 2023
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How I grew from 1,000 to 25,000 daily readers.

from Anthony Castrio's Official Newsletter [alt+shift+b] in startups

7th Aug 2023
Updates on growing a newsletter business.
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Programming transforms your brain. Here's how. Knowing how to program has a multitude of positive effects on the brain.
7th Aug 2023
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Programming transforms your brain. Here's how.

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7th Aug 2023
Knowing how to program has a multitude of positive effects on the brain.
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Helium Mobile USV has been an investor in the Helium network since 2019. I have always loved the idea of using...
6th Aug 2023
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Helium Mobile

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6th Aug 2023
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...
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Book Review: Capitalist Realism Book Review: Capitalist Realism Mark Fisher's Capitalist Realism is 81 pages long and will rearrange...
5th Aug 2023
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Book Review: Capitalist Realism

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5th Aug 2023
Book Review: Capitalist Realism Mark Fisher's Capitalist Realism is 81 pages long and will rearrange your brain. It is the most important political book of its generation, and it was published by a tiny press, written by a further education lecturer, and reads like a blog post...
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Nike’s Marketing Blindspot What can we learn from Nike losing Lionel Messi and Stephen Curry?
4th Aug 2023
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Nike’s Marketing Blindspot

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4th Aug 2023
What can we learn from Nike losing Lionel Messi and Stephen Curry?
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Uber Ads: Accelerating the path to profitability What makes advertising attractive is that it's a 100% margin product that can subsidize the lower...
4th Aug 2023
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Uber Ads: Accelerating the path to profitability

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4th Aug 2023
What makes advertising attractive is that it's a 100% margin product that can subsidize the lower margin core business.
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Expensive Data and Cannibalism Or.. Why some data products are priced so high
4th Aug 2023
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Expensive Data and Cannibalism

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4th Aug 2023
Or.. Why some data products are priced so high
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What happened to Paul Jarvis? I hadn't heard from my friend Paul Jarvis in a while, so I sent him a message.
4th Aug 2023
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What happened to Paul Jarvis?

from Justin Jackson [alt+shift+b] in startups

4th Aug 2023
I hadn't heard from my friend Paul Jarvis in a while, so I sent him a message.
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Hong Kong politicians are making a splash on Chinese social media – and finding mainland fans. Users have responded enthusiastically to their selfies, food pics, and Father’s Day updates.
1st Aug 2023
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Hong Kong politicians are making a splash on Chinese social media – and finding mainland fans.

from Rest of World - Global [alt+shift+b] in startups

1st Aug 2023
Users have responded enthusiastically to their selfies, food pics, and Father’s Day updates.
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How homogeneous is Japan really? (repost) It depends on what you mean by "homogeneity".
1st Aug 2023
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How homogeneous is Japan really? (repost)

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1st Aug 2023
It depends on what you mean by "homogeneity".
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Departing Cronitor Some personal news: I made the very difficult decision to step down from my role at Cronitor.
26th Jul 2023
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Departing Cronitor

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26th Jul 2023
Some personal news: I made the very difficult decision to step down from my role at Cronitor.
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Lean Meets Wicked Problems This post previously appeared in Poets & Quants. I just spent a month and a half at Imperial College...
25th Jul 2023
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Lean Meets Wicked Problems

from Steve Blank [alt+shift+b] in startups

25th Jul 2023
This post previously appeared in Poets & Quants. I just spent a month and a half at Imperial College London co-teaching a “Wicked” Entrepreneurship class. In this case Wicked doesn’t mean morally evil, but refers to really complex problems, ones with multiple moving parts, where...
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Why you will skim this article Most likely, you’re going to read this sentence and hit the back button. Still here? Good, then...
23rd Jul 2023
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Why you will skim this article

from Inverted Passion [alt+shift+b] in startups

23rd Jul 2023
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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Chapter 2 of Ansi Common Lisp
20th Jul 2023
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Chapter 2 of Ansi Common Lisp

from Paul Graham: Essays [alt+shift+b] in startups

20th Jul 2023
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Apple's AI Strategy Explained What is Tim Cook cooking?
17th Jul 2023
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Apple's AI Strategy Explained

from Devmoh [alt+shift+b] in startups

17th Jul 2023
What is Tim Cook cooking?
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Trophy Jobs | Theory No. 12 We’ve all heard of the trophy wife or husband — a partner that’s valued heavily as a status symbol,...
17th Jul 2023
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Trophy Jobs | Theory No. 12

from Working Theorys [alt+shift+b] in startups

17th Jul 2023
We’ve all heard of the trophy wife or husband — a partner that’s valued heavily as a status symbol, for superficial qualities over substance. Similarly, I’ve started to think about the idea of the trophy job — a job that people covet for its status more than its substance.
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How Twitter Survives (Or Doesn't) Meta's approach, Twitter's moat and a few different future scenarios
12th Jul 2023
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How Twitter Survives (Or Doesn't)

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12th Jul 2023
Meta's approach, Twitter's moat and a few different future scenarios
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The folly of trying to replace spreadsheets Our very earliest marketing copy for our HR SaaS was “Replace your spreadsheet nightmare with a nice...
11th Jul 2023
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The folly of trying to replace spreadsheets

from 42! [alt+shift+b] in startups

11th Jul 2023
Our very earliest marketing copy for our HR SaaS was “Replace your spreadsheet nightmare with a nice clean HR database…” We thought it was a cute and quirky tagline, and that it would immediately relatable to our target audience of business and human resource managers. After all...
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From Beatlemania to Taylor-mania How the meteoric rise of The Beatles helps to explain Taylor Swift's "Eras" tour, on pace to be the...
8th Jul 2023
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From Beatlemania to Taylor-mania

from SatPost by Trung Phan [alt+shift+b] in startups

8th Jul 2023
How the meteoric rise of The Beatles helps to explain Taylor Swift's "Eras" tour, on pace to be the first tour ever to gross $1B.
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AI Depends Massively on Web Scraping And web data sourcing is now a critical problem
7th Jul 2023
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AI Depends Massively on Web Scraping

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7th Jul 2023
And web data sourcing is now a critical problem
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No agenda cold emails, dealership visits as a service, prompt money, the doing game. Hey, this is Jakob Greenfeld, author of the Business Brainstorms newsletter - every week I write...
3rd Jul 2023
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No agenda cold emails, dealership visits as a service, prompt money, the doing game.

from Business Brainstorms [alt+shift+b] in startups

3rd Jul 2023
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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Bi-Directional EV Charging EV sales in the US are on the rise, reaching 7% of all car sales in Q1 2023, up from 4.6% a year...
3rd Jul 2023
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Bi-Directional EV Charging

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3rd Jul 2023
EV sales in the US are on the rise, reaching 7% of all car sales in Q1 2023, up from 4.6% a year earlier. If that rate of growth continues, EVs will be 10% of the US car market by next year. Most people who own an EV charge it at home, using an EV […]
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WhatsApp voice notes are revolutionizing farming in Senegal For farmers in Senegal who struggle to read or write, sending voice notes has unlocked a new world...
3rd Jul 2023
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WhatsApp voice notes are revolutionizing farming in Senegal

from Rest of World - Global [alt+shift+b] in startups

3rd Jul 2023
For farmers in Senegal who struggle to read or write, sending voice notes has unlocked a new world of collaboration across the industry.
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AI and the automation of work ChatGPT and generative AI will change how we work, but how different is this to all the other...
2nd Jul 2023
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AI and the automation of work

from Essays - Benedict Evans [alt+shift+b] in startups

2nd Jul 2023
ChatGPT and generative AI will change how we work, but how different is this to all the other waves of automation of the last 200 years? What does it mean for employment? Disruption? Coal consumption?
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The student debt revolt failed, but Millennials will be fine My generation will bear some minor economic scars into our prosperous middle age.
2nd Jul 2023
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The student debt revolt failed, but Millennials will be fine

from Noahpinion [alt+shift+b] in startups

2nd Jul 2023
My generation will bear some minor economic scars into our prosperous middle age.
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Y Combinator W23 batch, AI value chain and startup trends YCombinator (YC), the renowned Silicon Valley-based startup accelerator, recently announced their...
1st Jul 2023
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Y Combinator W23 batch, AI value chain and startup trends

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1st Jul 2023
YCombinator (YC), the renowned Silicon Valley-based startup accelerator, recently announced their Winter 2023 cohort and, unsurprisingly, ~31% of startups have a self-reported AI tag.
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Policing misinformation Unpopular opinion: I have deep reservations about policing misinformation. I’m a big believer in the...
1st Jul 2023
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Policing misinformation

from Ryan Barrett [alt+shift+b] in startups

1st Jul 2023
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...
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dashing dog, searching for purpose People search for their passion or purpose. But “purpose” and “passion” are words we use when we’re...
30th Jun 2023
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dashing dog, searching for purpose

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30th Jun 2023
People search for their passion or purpose. But “purpose” and “passion” are words we use when we’re not working.
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Forking Indie Worldwide You're a VIP to me.
28th Jun 2023
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Forking Indie Worldwide

from Anthony Castrio's Official Newsletter [alt+shift+b] in startups

28th Jun 2023
You're a VIP to me.
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Natural Language Is an Unnatural Interface How can we use familiar design patterns to constrain the unwieldy state space of large language...
27th Jun 2023
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Natural Language Is an Unnatural Interface

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27th Jun 2023
How can we use familiar design patterns to constrain the unwieldy state space of large language models?
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Against Positive-Sum Thinking why conflict is necessary
26th Jun 2023
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Against Positive-Sum Thinking

from Nothing Human [alt+shift+b] in startups

26th Jun 2023
why conflict is necessary
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Meta, News Outlets and the Canada Online News Act On Thursday last week, the Canadian Senate finally passed into law the Canada Online News Act, which...
26th Jun 2023
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Meta, News Outlets and the Canada Online News Act

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26th Jun 2023
On Thursday last week, the Canadian Senate finally passed into law the Canada Online News Act, which will force tech giants (predominantly Meta and Google) to pay news organizations in Canada for content that is shared on these platforms. The foundational premise of the law is...
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Own It Mentality My goal is simple: Be a man of my word. Do what I say I'm going to do, when I say I'm going to do...
23rd Jun 2023
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Own It Mentality

from David Perell [alt+shift+b] in startups

23rd Jun 2023
My goal is simple: Be a man of my word. Do what I say I'm going to do, when I say I'm going to do it. That means showing up on schedule, communicating clearly, and getting things done on time. The post Own It Mentality appeared first on David Perell.
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I wrote a book: Read Write Own I wrote a book: Read Write Own I believe blockchains and the software movement around them –...
22nd Jun 2023
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I wrote a book: Read Write Own

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22nd Jun 2023
I wrote a book: Read Write Own I believe blockchains and the software movement around them – typically called crypto or web3 – provide the…
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I want Apple's Vision Pro The Apple Vision Pro has a very appealing use case: "the workplace of your dreams".
16th Jun 2023
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I want Apple's Vision Pro

from SatPost by Trung Phan [alt+shift+b] in startups

16th Jun 2023
The Apple Vision Pro has a very appealing use case: "the workplace of your dreams".
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Vision Pro What has Apple built, what is it for, what does it mean for Meta, and why does it cost $3,500?...
15th Jun 2023
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Vision Pro

from Essays - Benedict Evans [alt+shift+b] in startups

15th Jun 2023
What has Apple built, what is it for, what does it mean for Meta, and why does it cost $3,500? Check back in 2025.
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Coming Back Up For Air The last time I posted was May 23rd, three weeks ago. There was a time when I wrote every day. When...
13th Jun 2023
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Coming Back Up For Air

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13th Jun 2023
The last time I posted was May 23rd, three weeks ago. There was a time when I wrote every day. When I had not yet posted on any day, I felt like something was missing, like I had not yet had my cup of coffee. Clearly, I have moved on from that need to write […]
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000 A Sci-Fi Short Story
13th Jun 2023
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000

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13th Jun 2023
A Sci-Fi Short Story
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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...
11th Jun 2023
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Does your SaaS actually save your customers from doing more work?

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11th Jun 2023
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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How To Monitor Retailer's Prices A Practical Data Boutique Use Case
9th Jun 2023
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How To Monitor Retailer's Prices

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9th Jun 2023
A Practical Data Boutique Use Case
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Chapter 1 of Ansi Common Lisp
7th Jun 2023
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Chapter 1 of Ansi Common Lisp

from Paul Graham: Essays [alt+shift+b] in startups

7th Jun 2023
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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...
5th Jun 2023
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Podcast translations, Apple opportunity, being unreasonable, don't hire corporate executives, the MVP of physical businesses.

from Business Brainstorms [alt+shift+b] in startups

5th Jun 2023
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...
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Going Deep on DeepSpeed Going Deep on DeepSpeed Getting started with training modern AI models on multi-GPU hardware can...
5th Jun 2023
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Going Deep on DeepSpeed

from Stephen Diehl [alt+shift+b] in startups

5th Jun 2023
Going Deep on DeepSpeed Getting started with training modern AI models on multi-GPU hardware can feel quite daunting. So let's break down the key concepts and how to get started with the Microsoft DeepSpeed library. Here's a short DeepSpeed tutorial, this is a deep (har har)...
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Clients Have a Surprising Amount of Detail There’s a wonderful blog post called “Reality has a surprising amount of detail” which talks about...
5th Jun 2023
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Clients Have a Surprising Amount of Detail

from tomcritchlow.com [alt+shift+b] in startups

5th Jun 2023
There’s a wonderful blog post called “Reality has a surprising amount of detail” which talks about how interesting the world is and how much depth there is to every concept. Here’s a quote about boiling water:
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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.
1st Jun 2023
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Seeking asylum at the U.S.-Mexico border? You’d better speak English or Spanish

from Rest of World - Global [alt+shift+b] in startups

1st Jun 2023
Migrants speaking Haitian Creole or Indigenous languages face challenges at the border.
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Where does libertarianism go from here? Deregulation, state capacity, and growth-oriented centrism.
1st Jun 2023
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Where does libertarianism go from here?

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1st Jun 2023
Deregulation, state capacity, and growth-oriented centrism.
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He's Only in Field Service The SCC gets designed into the Mac
31st May 2023
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He's Only in Field Service

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31st May 2023
The SCC gets designed into the Mac
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Working notes for Summer of Protocols I’m participating in the Summer of Protocols research program this summer as a Core Researcher. It’s...
27th May 2023
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Working notes for Summer of Protocols

from Nadia Asparouhova [alt+shift+b] in startups

27th May 2023
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...
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Working notes for Summer of Protocols I participated in the Summer of Protocols research program this summer as a Core Researcher. It was...
27th May 2023
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Working notes for Summer of Protocols

from Nadia Asparouhova [alt+shift+b] in startups

27th May 2023
I participated in the Summer of Protocols research program this summer as a Core Researcher. It was an 18-week program, funded by the Ethereum Foundation, that aimed to catalyze a wider exploration of protocols and their social implications. I decided to focus on protocols as...
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Chapter 1 of Ansi Common Lisp
26th May 2023
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Chapter 1 of Ansi Common Lisp

from Paul Graham: Essays [alt+shift+b] in startups

26th May 2023
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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...
14th May 2023
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Don’t sell your soul to the algorithm

from Inverted Passion [alt+shift+b] in startups

14th May 2023
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...
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The Generational Business Trap | Theory No. 11 On the varied longevity of businesses & why we shouldn't idolize permanence.
8th May 2023
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The Generational Business Trap | Theory No. 11

from Working Theorys [alt+shift+b] in startups

8th May 2023
On the varied longevity of businesses & why we shouldn't idolize permanence.
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Steve Jobs, Rick Rubin and "taste" The Apple co-founder and the super-producer share similar ideas regarding taste and creativity.
6th May 2023
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Steve Jobs, Rick Rubin and "taste"

from SatPost by Trung Phan [alt+shift+b] in startups

6th May 2023
The Apple co-founder and the super-producer share similar ideas regarding taste and creativity.
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How To Improve QA With Data Boutique For In-House Web Scraping Independent data help you get to 99% reliability
5th May 2023
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How To Improve QA With Data Boutique For In-House Web Scraping

from Data Boutique [alt+shift+b] in startups

5th May 2023
Independent data help you get to 99% reliability
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Can you bootstrap a business if you have young kids?
5th May 2023
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Can you bootstrap a business if you have young kids?

from Justin Jackson [alt+shift+b] in startups

5th May 2023
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AIVC I was approached by a company this week that has trained a large language model on all of the blog...
4th May 2023
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AIVC

from AVC [alt+shift+b] in startups

4th May 2023
I was approached by a company this week that has trained a large language model on all of the blog posts I have written here at AVC. There are 9059 of them for those that are counting. They wanted to offer me a chat bot called “ask Fred.” I told them no thanks. Let me […]
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How Urban Company built an empire of female gig workers By disrupting the age-old home services industry, the Indian unicorn offered many women a rare...
2nd May 2023
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How Urban Company built an empire of female gig workers

from Rest of World - Global [alt+shift+b] in startups

2nd May 2023
By disrupting the age-old home services industry, the Indian unicorn offered many women a rare opportunity for social mobility. Now, they want more.
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How Pakistan can join the South Asia growth boom A guest post by Murtaza Hussain
2nd May 2023
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How Pakistan can join the South Asia growth boom

from Noahpinion [alt+shift+b] in startups

2nd May 2023
A guest post by Murtaza Hussain
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The Everything Bagel Problem The Everything Bagel Problem Okay, let me try to put this into words. It’s something I’ve been...
2nd May 2023
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The Everything Bagel Problem

from Stephen Diehl [alt+shift+b] in startups

2nd May 2023
The Everything Bagel Problem Okay, let me try to put this into words. It’s something I’ve been wrestling with, but having trouble articulating. Over the last few years I've been on left-leaning cryptocurrency policy activism, and the experience has been a perfect exemplar of what...
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Feedback panel SaaS, gift ideas, selling futures, industrial grade calendaring, ... Hey, this is Jakob Greenfeld, author of the Business Brainstorms newsletter - every week I write...
1st May 2023
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Feedback panel SaaS, gift ideas, selling futures, industrial grade calendaring, ...

from Business Brainstorms [alt+shift+b] in startups

1st May 2023
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 “An idea for an AI tool I'd love to use — I upload chat...
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I got booted from one of my own company’s Slack channels... So, last week I got removed from one of my company’s Slack channels… and it was probably the best...
1st May 2023
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I got booted from one of my own company’s Slack channels...

from 42! [alt+shift+b] in startups

1st May 2023
So, last week I got removed from one of my company’s Slack channels… and it was probably the best thing that could have happened for me, and my company. You see, like most companies, we have ‘global’ chat channels that everyone participates in, plus each team has distinct...
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What is Bluesky social? (Twitter and Mastodon alternative) Bluesky is a new social network that's an alternative to Twitter and Mastodon. I was invited back in...
26th Apr 2023
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What is Bluesky social? (Twitter and Mastodon alternative)

from Justin Jackson [alt+shift+b] in startups

26th Apr 2023
Bluesky is a new social network that's an alternative to Twitter and Mastodon. I was invited back in February, and there hasn't been much momentum on the app... until the last week. There's been a sudden surge of interest (perhaps driven by FOMO?).
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Some mistakes I made as a new manager This post was adapted from a “management roundtable” I gave at Anthropic. I had an unusually hard...
23rd Apr 2023
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Some mistakes I made as a new manager

from benkuhn.net [alt+shift+b] in startups

23rd Apr 2023
This post was adapted from a “management roundtable” I gave at Anthropic. I had an unusually hard time becoming a manager: I went back and forth three times before it stuck, mostly because I made lots of mistakes each time. Since then, as I had to grow my team and grow other...
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Games are problems people pay to solve Good definitions are powerful. Lately, while reading The Art of Game Design, it became clear to me...
22nd Apr 2023
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Games are problems people pay to solve

from Inverted Passion [alt+shift+b] in startups

22nd Apr 2023
Good definitions are powerful. Lately, while reading The Art of Game Design, it became clear to me that the author’s definition of games makes a lot of sense. He defines games as problems that people pay to solve with either their time or money. Unlike movies or books, games are...
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SpaceX's 5-Step Design Process How rapid failure and iteration will get Starship to orbit and beyond.
22nd Apr 2023
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SpaceX's 5-Step Design Process

from SatPost by Trung Phan [alt+shift+b] in startups

22nd Apr 2023
How rapid failure and iteration will get Starship to orbit and beyond.
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