Pavel Sokolovsky

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to your health · Jan 2025

Weird health insurance concepts.

“Maybe we’ll learn a thing or two about intercompany eliminations, co-pay accumulators/maximizers, and reference-based pricing.” ~ learn more

tech, startups, internet · Jan 2025

Patients in healthcare still like phone calls.

"We basically ended up building generative AI phone agents for healthcare practices. We essentially operate as a managed service where we go to a medical group and say, 'Hey, you're spending so much time calling patients that are referred to you, outsource that work to us and we will integrate with your entire tech stack, your EHR, and take that work off your plate'." ~ learn more

tech, startups, internet · Jan 2025

Peloton’s P&L under the microscope.

The Secret CFO digs in to the company’s income statement. “Are they actually making money on bikes and treads? How profitable is that $44/month subscription? What the hell is going on in the cost base?” ~ learn more

tech, startups, internet · Jan 2025

Why AI is underhyped with Elad Gil.

This is a podcast interview with Joe Lonsdale. “In this episode, Elad takes us behind the scenes of the early days of Google and Twitter, and how Silicon Valley culture has evolved. He explains his three categories of exceptional founders and how he positioned himself to become one of the top angel investors.” ~ learn more

better doing · Jan 2025

Proximity is power.

An advice-seeker wrote to Shaan Puri asking for one step he could take to unlock his potential. “Well Abram, I’ll give you an answer in 1-word… “move”. The funny thing about self improvement is this: sometimes the easiest thing to do is change your surroundings.” ~ learn more

tech, startups, internet · Jan 2025

Peek into Worklife Ventures Fund I performance.

“While it’s still early, we worked with Aduro to measure how Worklife is tracking against other similar-sized funds ($0-50M) across 10 vintage years from 2014 through 2023.” ~ learn more

fun facts · Jan 2025

Japan’s wood-panelled satellite.

“Named LignoSat, after the Latin word for wood, its panels have been built from a type of magnolia tree, using a traditional technique without screws or glue.” ~ learn more

fun facts · Jan 2025

Champion brand’s original and revival story.

“Over the last century, Champion experienced its heyday and downfall, but as the saying goes—it’s a marathon, not a sprint. In the last decade, Champion made an unexpected comeback, stepping into the spotlight once again. “ ~ learn more

fun facts · Jan 2025

How we chat online 1998-2024.

Data visualization of chat app active users dating back to the days when AOL Instant Messenger and ICQ each had only a few million users. ~ learn more

big ideas · Jan 2025

Hereticon II: Apocalypse Ball.

This “conference for thoughtcrime” happened last week, and this link will take you to a sample of speakers and ideas. Here’s one wild thing that happened there: “Hereticon attendees genetically modified frogs, and that’s not clickbait. This frog embryo workstation by Los Angeles Project took participants into a future where any living organism could be biologically changed in a multitude of ways.” ~ learn more