on the blockchain
Web3 marketing stack.
“There’s an entire marketing ecosystem for startups to build – and it will explode as all the venture dollars web3 startups have raised rushes to find new users.” | learn more
teaching the kids
Compounded luck.
“Compounding early luck is generally fine with people who have early luck. What a surprise. But it’s unfair and it’s also a talent-utilization problem that hurts everyone.” | learn more
thoughts of food
An expose on Blue Hill at Stone Barns.
Eater does a deep dive and finds many former employees who throw stones at the restaurant’s “model for the future of food” brand. | learn more
under the microscope
Early life affects late-life health.
“Early life strongly influences DNA methylation variation across the lifespan, and the effects are stronger for heritable sites and sites biologically relevant to the regulation of gene expression. Early life could affect late-life health through influencing DNA methylation.” | learn more
retail therapy
Could Amazon run out of people to hire?
“Amazon is facing a looming crisis: It could run out of people to hire in its US warehouses by 2024, according to leaked Amazon internal research from mid-2021 that Recode reviewed.” | learn more
better doing
How to set junior employees up for remote work success.
I had opinions on this topic before reading, and now I feel better educated. “As you can see, junior remote employees are doing almost 2x the upskilling they’re doing in the office. It’s not their fault they are struggling to […]
better doing
The fuel tank metaphor is completely misleading.
“After years of floundering, I think I’m finally getting it: You get energy by spending it.” | learn more
better doing
Less obvious frameworks.
From Chris Paik, a variety of ways to think about businesses and markets. I like that these aren’t the most obvious ones. Also that it’s a Google Doc filled with comments from the internet. | learn more
tech, startups, internet
What Chinese media reveals about Shein’s secretive operations.
Interesting insights into the manufacturing execution system (MES) that makes their retail dominance possible. | learn more
tech, startups, internet
Meta’s pivot to “open graph”.
To oversimplify, the social media giant needs to find a way to suck up more users’ time because their user growth is over, they can’t increase ad load, and there’s not enough “connected” content to keep people engaged. | learn more