Shopify is a great ecommerce platform for any store that’s getting off the ground. It’s easy to stand up and the marketplace of apps available to plug into it is wonderful. It’s not without its trade-offs, though. | learn more
This post is written by Charles Duhigg, the author of The Power of Habit and Smarter Faster Better (two books I enjoyed). “Politicians want to rein in the retail giant. But Jeff Bezos, the master of cutthroat capitalism, is ready […]
The concept comes from researcher and author Jim Collins (his book: Good to Great). “Builders of greatness reject the “Tyranny of the OR” and embrace the “Genius of the AND.” They embrace both extremes across a number of dimensions at […]
Let’s say it all together now: we’re going to Mars! “Yet none of the oft-published mainstream articles seem to capture the magnitude of the vision that Starship embodies. Starship prompts superlatives, but by the end of this post the reader […]
David Sacks, the original COO of Paypal and now a VC at Craft Ventures digs in to the difference between tech startups, which are mainly software, and tech-enabled startups, which operate in meat-space (my term, not his). While the former […]
This is an excellent set of slides summarizing the world of seed funding for startups as we see it today. The presentation was put together by Mar Hershenson from Pear VC. | learn more
It seems like a clever strategy to sidestep a battle with the big city with more legal resources. “The firm contends the north suburb’s ride-hailing tax violates state law. Its arguments could apply to the mayor’s proposed $40 million tax […]
“A great deal of college tuition inflation has been driven by an enrollment strategy to dole out more institutional aid to a growing number of students.” | learn more
“While searching for the person who grifted me in Chicago, I discovered just how easy it is for users of the short-term rental platform to get exploited.” | learn more
I have always had a slight distaste for Intuit and now it’s grown stronger. “Using lobbying, the revolving door and “dark pattern” customer tricks, Intuit fended off the government’s attempts to make tax filing free and easy, and created its […]