“When 50,000 of Mark Rober’s 3 million YouTube subscribers participated in a basic coding challenge, the data all pointed to what Rober has dubbed the Super Mario Effect. The YouTube star and former NASA engineer describes how this data-backed mindset […]
I really like Naval Ravikant, and I like Taleb’s ideas (maybe not his personality 😀). The talk is a nice digest of Taleb’s writing, interspersed with Naval chiming in. |learn more
You may already know, but cannot be reminded too often, that your brain’s priority is not truth, but rather narrative consistency. | learn more
This series of short videos by a16z partner Peter Levine is aimed at teaching sales basics to technical founders. | learn more
“Kelly Coffey, CEO of JPMorgan Chase’s US Private Bank, shared advice on the topic.” | learn more
This is about “construction guru C.C. Myers.” What a guy! “In 2007, for example, when a stretch of Interstate 80 collapsed in Oakland, a competing firm came in with a bid of $6.4 million. C.C.’s bid? $800,000. As usual, he […]
“As humans, we make decisions emotionally, and justify them rationally. And nothing helps us do both quite like the anecdote. It gives us the push we need to make the decision we want, and enough data to feel good about […]
Alex Iskold, serial founder and Techstars NYC managing director for the past 5 years, shares his experience and learnings throughout the years of stressful startup life. | learn more
New research shows that ants intuitively understand the proverb ‘too many cooks in the kitchen.’ | learn more
Farnam Street goes into detail on the difference between the two, and why they both matter. I can’t say you’ll learn anything particularly new from this read, but I did enjoy the prompt to think about the topic. | learn more