Quartz launched as a new media startup in 2012. The Quartz daily email newsletter was the first newsletter I subscribed to. If you’ve ever seen it, you can also tell how I’ve been inspired by its formatting. This is an […]
“GiPHY was bought by Facebook. I was surprised since I participated in their early investing experiment, through Alphaworks, but never got any emails about this. In July of 2014, I invested the minimum, $2,500 in GiPHY.” | learn more
“TikTok is a data collection service that is thinly-veiled as a social network.” | learn more
A play-by-play analysis of Tesla self-driving video. “Most people are amazed by the things that autopilot can do, but Tesla’s software is much better than it seems on the surface.” 7 minutes watch time. | learn more
“Are we ready to revisit some of the ideas of the early web again? There are trends that suggest we might just have come full circle – and I like it.” | learn more
Balaji is a blockchain guy, having most recently worked as CTO of Coinbase. He also was very early (January) with coronavirus analysis. This covers a lot of ground including how public health plays the role of a utility that we’ve […]
The team at Basecamp launched a new paid email service called Hey.com this week. Like Gmail, it’s email service & email software bundled together with some new bells & whistles. The founders are now publicly feuding with Apple over the […]
This is basically cliff’s notes for venture capital. “Venture Patterns catalogs the best of what other startups and venture capitalists have figured out. Don’t reinvent the wheel. Since there are recurring patterns in how to build and run startups and […]
This was published in the WSJ Magazine, so you know it’s classy “Clunky, view-obstructing window AC units are a thing of the past. The new wave of companies offering well-designed, quiet—dare we say—cool replacements.” | learn more
Another insightful analysis from Benedict Evans. “Events are a bundle of content, networking and meetings, and aggregate people in one place at one time. When you try to take this online, half of it breaks and most of it makes […]