Andrew Chen published a post that all internet marketers should read. It gets to the heart of why we must discount vanity A/B test results and vendor-promised “conversion rate lift”. He calls it conservation of intent. | learn more
Compared to many other species, humans are relatively week at processing the signals that scents offer. It seems like we may soon be able to compensate by using deep learning to process and interpret the signals found in smells. | learn more
Lime, one of the hot electric scooter companies, published a bunch of survey data to help make the case for how they’re improving mobility in San Francisco. | learn more
Andrew Chen, investor at a16z, explains why he thinks scooter startups are important and strategic to the future of transportation. I, for one, can’t wait for some bold company to bring these to Chicago so I can try! | learn more
Suhail Doshi, founder of analytics company Mixpanel, shared 17 tweets about his experience getting his first 100 customers, his first 1,000, and beyond. Really good stuff! | learn more
Venture capitalist Fred Wilson remarks on the explosion of startup activity over the course of his career. “And so, we are in a golden era of tech entrepreneurship where anyone with an idea can make a go of it.” | learn more
Andrew Chen, partner at a16z, analyzes why paid marketing can be long-term painful for a business. If you spend money this way, this is worth the read. | learn more
Over 20 entrepreneurs share the origins and details of their online businesses, including their (relatively small) monthly revenues. This is nice for some inspiration. |learn more
“The complaint, filed in the U.S. District Court Southern District of NY, alleges that wefox reverse engineered Lemonade to create ONE, infringing Lemonade’s intellectual property…” | learn more
“Elizabeth Holmes dropped out of Stanford and founded Theranos in 2003. The company imploded in 2015 after it was revealed that it had misrepresented its blood-testing technology. The SEC charged Holmes with fraud, stripped her of her controlling stake in […]