“This piece undertakes a daunting set of tasks: 1) understand what Microsoft is, 2) chart a path for its global domination, and 3) apply learnings from the company to the startup ecosystem.” | learn more
I heard Stella Garber allude to this on a podcast interview and had to look it up. The company publishes some content describing the system (to attract engineers) and it sounds impressive. “[BigBrain] tracks every single KPI we have here at monday.com.” | learn […]
So says Parker Conrad, founder of Rippling and of Zenefits, in this video interview. The traditional advice to founders is to narrow scope and focus to create a fighting chance to succeed. He makes the case for why startups with […]
“Abbott’s is a risky bet for the grid, yet one that Bitcoiners have been promoting for years. On one hand, the industry creates unprecedented financial incentive to produce more energy. On the other, it ultimately involves bringing greater demand and […]
“It’s unknown how much waste entered the tributary, but it had a “significant short-term impact on the aquatic community and the ecology of the tributary,” a City of Austin memo stated.” Later in the article they state that the pH […]
“I built a system to take photos of all of the airplanes that fly over my house.” I don’t know where he lives but looks like there’s a new photo every 10 minutes! | learn more
“A visual essay about the (mis)representation of women in the news.” | learn more
“In his three-decade career, he grew the university’s endowment from $1 billion in 1985 to $31 billion in 2020. The results speak for themselves as he is largely considered to be one of the greatest investors of our time.” | learn more
“But Johnson wasn’t always this likable. In fact, he was quite the opposite. As a teenager, Johnson led a life of lies, anger, violence, and delinquency. Growing up, his parents lived paycheck to paycheck, moving to a new place every […]
I’m not sure I totally buy the author’s headline, but this is certainly a track companies pursue for a reason. The economics of selling plain ol’ mushrooms don’t seem as attractive as pharma reimbursed by health insurance. And maybe they’ll […]