retail therapy

How Amazon wins

The WSJ is still salty at Amazon for using their advantages, as evidenced by the second part of the title: “by steamrolling rivals and partners.” Here’s the summary: “CEO Jeff Bezos still runs the e-commerce giant with the drive of […]

better doing

You’re only as good as your worst day

“Across the board, we tend to measure performance by what happens when things are going well. Yet how people, organizations, companies, leaders, and other things do on their best day isn’t all that instructive. To find the truth, we need […]

better doing

Buy don’t build

“Standing up and managing a service or building a custom service is a common desire for engineers. It’s usually a major mistake, that ends up costing a ton of time and money.” | learn more

tech, startups, internet

Liquidity for late stage startups

A post from Henry Ward of Carta on the launch of CartaX. “It is an odd artifact of history that private markets have zero liquidity, public markets have hyper-liquidity, and there is nothing in between.” | learn more

fun facts

Eyes Wide Shut, explained

Remember that movie with Tom Cruise, Nicole Kidman, and a weird ritual orgy? Here’s an explanation: it’s an allegory for the story of Adam & Eve. | learn more

fun facts

The prediction game

“Predict what will happen in 2021 across a number of categories, from business & tech, to global affairs, sports, and culture.” | learn more

fun facts

McBroken

“Is the McDonald’s ice cream machine broken?” | learn more