The travel company that makes colorful suitcases and has raised $81MM in venture capital as they have scaled is a master of social media. Digiday explores how they use Instagram to sell you luggage. | learn more
The a16z partner who led early investments into Ripple, Coinbase and other leading crypto companies shares his views in this interview with columnist Kevin Maney. | learn more
You may have seen some headlines about China managing to slip extra chips onto servers operated by Apple, Amazon and other US tech companies. This is a link to the Bloomberg piece with the original reporting that’s worth a read. […]
Never forget that it does not require VC funding to build a great business! In fact, most great businesses did not raise money from venture capitalists. | learn more
“PTSD has become the most common qualifying condition for medical marijuana in Illinois, and more doctors are authorizing patients to use cannabis.” | learn more
The exhibit on the Merchandise Mart called Art on the Mart, “uses 3D architectural mapping to display art via 1 million lumens on the building’s massive facade.” | learn more
“It’s avian anarchy in Gilbert, Minnesota.” | learn more
The artist had secretly hidden a shredder in the frame long before it arrived at the auction house. Then, once the winning bid was announced, the surprise shredding began. Later, Banksy published a video on his Instagram! |learn more
“Its arrival in Europe had consequences that went far beyond diet.” I really like the way that macro analysis of yield per area led to this insight. | learn more
“Vascepa was shown to reduce the risk of cardiovascular events like heart attack or stroke by 25 percent in high-risk patients, much more than analysts hoped for, and without side effects.” | learn more