“Our social app has a singular goal in mind: make it easy to make friends. Our aim is to place you into group settings where there is a high density of the kinds of people you might click with. Our vision is for a world where doing things you enjoy with people you like should be as easy as calling an Uber.” ~ learn more
As I wrote above, Sebastian’s company has made news this year (a PR effort on their part?) with their AI applications. They do seem to really be on the forefront. He shares details, though is admittedly cagey when it come to areas he deems competitively sensitive. I think worth watching for operators who believe in AI tech. ~ learn more
“Chicago’s food halls were not built to be busy only three days a week during lunchtime. With Loop office occupancy rates still sagging from the pandemic, the businesses once predicated on vast numbers of customers are being forced to forge a new business model. New operators have taken over many of Chicago’s established food halls in recent months. They are working to get more customers in beyond lunchtime, and —…
“We have terrible news. Seven years ago, 150,000 people paid us $15 to protect a pristine parcel of land on the US-Mexico border from racist billionaire Donald Trump's very stupid wall. Unfortunately, an even richer, more racist billionaire⸺Elon Musk⸺snuck up on us from behind and completely fucked that land with gravel, tractors, and space garbage.” ~ learn more
“They naturally move, and this can have serious consequences for humans and politics, to the point of getting presidents killed. Today, we’re going to go deeper to understand why rivers move, how humans have tried to wrangle them, and what the future of rivers holds.” ~ learn more
“He discusses taxes, mandatory and discretionary spending, the federal deficit, as well as spending on Medicare, veterans, social security, and more. Get the data straight from the source, so that you can have the information you need ahead of the election.” ~ learn more
I knew games like this existed, yet I am still in shock at how this one works. “Actual “buy, borrow, die” planning is enormously complicated. If that weren't the case, the ultrawealthy wouldn’t have to pay private wealth attorneys like me upwards of $2,500 an hour for their tax, asset protection, and estate planning needs.” ~ learn more
“In the US, the size of the grid connection queue has increased over 7x in the past decade, and 95% of the queue is solar, wind and batteries. The capacity in the queue is now more than twice the installed capacity of all existing U.S. power plants.” What to do with all the extra solar? Don’t you worry, people have ideas! ~ learn more
“Amazon is taking a page out of Aldi and Target’s playbook and launching a new line of budget-friendly food items in an attempt to attract price-conscious shoppers who are ditching name brands to save money.” ~ learn more
“What Banza did next should surprise most marketers - they abandoned their RTB and chickpea messaging. But Bazna realized that the category driver in mac & cheese, unlike plain pasta, is indulgence and the chickpea messaging was holding them back. So they wisely let go it, making way for a new communication hierarchy that prioritized flavor.” ~ learn more