“Adidas has mounted one of the more remarkable turnarounds in recent memory after facing a crisis two years ago from the end of its Yeezy business. BoF spoke to chief executive Bjørn Gulden and other members of Adidas’ leadership to unpack how a series of bold decisions on products like its Samba sneaker, a move to refocus the brand on athletes and internal shifts brought Adidas back from the brink.”…
Several very good and critical points within. “I have been selling on Amazon for over 10 years, my company has paid yours well over $24 million dollars, and your attorneys have deposed me for 8 hours. The problem with Amazon turning to shit is that you're taking us and countless other Amazon sellers down with you...” ~ learn more
“So, in this update, I focus on 3 fundamental questions: How has the travel industry changed since June? What works in Organic Growth for OTAs right now? What are newcomers doing well?” ~ learn more
“These runs are on mulched ground, where I’ve myself slipped before. What’s really crazy here is that for these, Optimus is actually blind! Keeping its balance without video (yet), only other on-board sensors consumed by a neural net running in ~2-3ms on its embedded computer.” ~ learn more
You may have seen the announcement about Google’s latest quantum computer. “Scientifically, the headline result is that, as they increase the size of their surface code, from 3×3 to 5×5 to 7×7, Google finds that their encoded logical qubit stays alive for longer rather than shorter. So, this is a very important threshold that’s now been crossed.” ~ learn more
“In 2 field experiments and 4 online experiments, researchers found that: When a candy store displayed boxes of chocolates in a cylindrical shape (vs a standard cube), sales increased by 189.3% …” ~ learn more
“I was going to say that this was a post about how we should all take a moment to reflect on the unreasonable effectiveness of cracking open a book in the age of YouTube, but I guess what I actually want to say is do not under any circumstances encourage people to read books, it's easy money for the rest of us.” ~ learn more
“Eliza is a powerful multi-agent simulation framework designed to create, deploy, and manage autonomous AI agents. Built with TypeScript, it provides a flexible and extensible platform for developing intelligent agents that can interact across multiple platforms while maintaining consistent personalities and knowledge.” Released by the DAO ai16z, unaffiliated with the VC firm a16z. ~ learn more
This is divisive, just like e-bikes were! “It works with a powertrain, a rubber tread system that runs under the ski, and a lightweight battery pack, giving backcountry skiers a boost as they schlep uphill. The relevant gizmos are attached before you head uphill. Then, when it’s time to ski, you throw those gizmos in your pack.” ~ learn more
Air freight containers are not the same as shipping containers. Ryan Peterson, founder of Flexport, is on a roll making cool content. ~ learn more