“I asked a dozen experts to identify important trends. Some responses were aspirational, reflecting what they’d like to see happen. Some were sobering, reflecting a harsh reality: Our nation isn’t prepared for this vast demographic shift and its far-reaching consequences.” | learn […]
Lou Holtz, a former football player and coach, uses his humor to give a speech about his philosophy and the simple life rules he uses to live a happy life. | learn more
This is a story (possibly apocryphal) from 1924. Even a hundred years ago it was clear that ‘fit’ between a business and its people is critical. “Moreover, this is a plodding kind of business, where the money is made by […]
A new essay by Paul Graham talks about a lesson we all learn in school that does a poor job preparing us for life. We learn to score well on tests that aren’t actually representative of knowledge. “If tests truly […]
A sober warning for startup employees and investors. “How Eero went from a promising start-up to a company facing mass attrition and debt, and what it says about the hardware market today.” | learn more
Alex Iskold explains why startups should think about customers as a network rather than as rows in their CRM. | learn more
It will take an act of the U.S. Congress to make it a reality, but this sounds great! 35 states introduced legislation to do the same last year. [I don’t suggest you click this link because the dumb local news […]
As far as regulations go, I’m rather supportive of this kind. The market has a hard time forcing this sort of change without a push in the right direction. “Starting in 2021, restaurants where patrons eat in would be required […]
I have mentioned the case of Standard Oil a few times in the past year when the topic of Amazon’s antitrust risks came up. Right after the U.S. government broke Standard Oil into 34 companies, the shareholders (Rockefeller the largest […]
Imagine a business that’s built on selling proprietary data about consumers. Then imagine that business gets hacked and a bunch of that data gets leaked on the internet. You might imagine that customers would leave, consumer lawsuits would erode profits, […]