VC investor Hunter Walk of Homebrew thinks that founders should make an effort to bring these angel investors with this background into their seed rounds. Here he makes the case for why. | learn more
And the rise of recommendation media which places “far less emphasis on friends and social graphs in favor of carefully curated, magical algorithmic experiences that match the perfect content for the right people at the exact right time.” | learn more
“Adam Struck told TechCrunch that his firm had trouble getting founders to allow them to do due diligence in 2021 and was seeing startups with a lot of technical and operational debt.” So, they are earmarking $15 million of their […]
“According to the South China Morning Post, a fully-automated cloning process now exists, and it apparently works like a charm. In fact, in a slightly brutal blow to human scientists, the AI-powered system is alleged to have drastically reduced the […]
Published in 2019 by Eugene Wei, this long essay offers an entirely new way to think about the value propositions of social networks. He starts with two principles: 1) people are status-seeking monkeys, and 2) people seek out the most […]
Derek Zumsteg discusses the oft-ignored downside of website testing. Once all the winning ideas are implemented, is the cumulative result actually better? | learn more
The NYSE requires listed companies to be worth at least $1 per share. To raise price per share, they reduce the number of shares. “But some didn’t even get that far and filed for bankruptcy, like, WOW that was fast.” | learn […]
“Programmers in the US are well-paid and companies report difficulty hiring programmers. At the same time, while it’s less reported, there are a lot of people who are good at programming but can’t get programming jobs.” | learn more
Interesting insights into the manufacturing execution system (MES) that makes their retail dominance possible. | learn more
To oversimplify, the social media giant needs to find a way to suck up more users’ time because their user growth is over, they can’t increase ad load, and there’s not enough “connected” content to keep people engaged. | learn more