I not-so-boldly predict the hardware we have access to as consumers will continue to get better and cheaper. “The device is about the size of a stack of six quarters. It is applied to the skin through a Velcro-like patch […]
“If the container is what allows things to move from land to sea to land, and the pallet is what allows products to be moved from warehouses to containers to trucks to distribution centers, then stretch wrap is what allows […]
This is when a product price stays the same while its quantity decreases. It happens often in the CPG world. “One upside to shrinkflation is it might save you some calories. If your candy bar is now 1.5 ounces instead […]
“The American Red Cross, however, does not permit people with hemochromatosis to donate blood. Why not? The blood is safe and effective. The blood of these patients doesn’t have much, if any, extra iron (the iron builds up in the […]
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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 […]
For the engineering enthusiasts among us: “Next time you see a dam, retaining wall, caisson, or any other subsurface construction, there’s a good chance that engineers have had to consider how groundwater will affect the stability. Even though you’d never […]
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