“Recently, just after 10:30pm on Thursday May 26th, I took my first rides, three of them over a 90 minute period, in Cruise vehicles, with no front seat occupants, summoning the cars on an Uber-like app, and going over a […]
Henri Pierre-Jacques from Harlem Capital has advice. “I find many founders overestimate how far they can get on the cash they raise. This is more important in a downturn.” | learn more
“In these moments there tends to be a lot of content to help CEOs and founders manage through a downturn, but not as much for those team members impacted. So let me take a (non-exhaustive) cut at Things You Should […]
The company had a half-baked plan to deploy armed drones in schools. “After several years of work, the company has fundamentally failed to embrace the values that we have tried to instill,” the departing members write. “We have lost faith […]
“TL;DR Because 99% of creator revenue accumulates at the top .01% of creators, creator economy startups have to find a way to justify taking a % of revenue. This is not an easy task and only a select few will […]
“Patent law is based on the assumption that inventors are human; it currently struggles to deal with an inventor that is a machine. Courts around the world are wrestling with this problem now as patent applications naming an AI system […]
“Problem: There are only two types of businesses on social media: …. Bootstrapped from zero [and] … Raised $100M+ from VCs. … Result: Aspiring entrepreneurs think these are the only two paths to startup success.” There is, of course, a […]
“Today, a story is sufficient to raise a 2008-sized Series B.” This is turning back a bit, but the Tomasz Tunguz doesn’t, “expect the ramen and ping-pong days of 2008 to return anytime soon.” | learn more
“A examination of when cash can anoint a market winner.” | learn more
The article starts out by showcasing the “vibe shift” that web design went through circa 2015. Whereas before photography was front and center, after the shift illustrations became more popular. The author’s theory is that free high-quality photography became available, […]