This is a bit dated, but I think it hasn’t aged too badly. “So what does it take to raise capital as a marketplace startup in 2018?” Published by Julia Morrongiel at Berlin-based VC Point Nine Capital. | learn more
Ranjan Roy, writing for his newsletter Margins: “Did we experience real innovation in the 2010s? If you were to transport someone from 10 years ago to today, what would blow their mind?” | learn more
Benjamin Franklin did not like the choice of Bald Eagle for our nation’s most esteemed bird. He thought the turkey was more fitting. | learn more
Sellers were active in private Facebook groups. The cops had to go undercover with fake names to join, and they’re a bit mad at Facebook because their fake accounts kept getting shut down. | learn more
Some years ago, the city traded 75 years of parking meter revenue for $1 billion in cash that they blew in year one. I just learned that Chicago also trues up every year for things like lost revenue from street […]
From CB Insights. “The perception of the millennial generation as exceptionally narcissistic, immature, and disengaged from society has fueled a thousand hot takes on the industries they’re “killing.” Here’s what’s really going on.“ | learn more
Have you noticed that the “party drugs” of previous generations are becoming the medicines of the future? Ketamine seems to be following the paths of psychedelics and cannabis. | learn more
“The research suggests fasting for just one day a month, over many years, can lengthen lifespan and enhance heart health – but there are caveats.” | learn more
“Several start-ups think they have solutions that can compete with the multinational tech giant.” I find the challenge of local ordinances (like requiring cash payments) really interesting here. | learn more
“We are What We Choose.” | learn more