tech, startups, internet
Customer networks are the next big thing for startups
Alex Iskold explains why startups should think about customers as a network rather than as rows in their CRM. | learn more
oh, chicago
Illinois Senate passes bill to make daylight savings time permanent
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 […]
oh, chicago
Chicago moves to ban styrofoam and single-use plastics
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 […]
fun facts
The day big oil was broken
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 […]
fun facts
What’s happened to Equifax since the breach?
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, […]
big ideas
20 metatrends for the roaring 20s
From smart guy and incredible optimist Peter Diamandis. “In the decade ahead, waves of exponential technological advancements are stacking atop one another, eclipsing decades of breakthroughs in scale and impact. Emerging from these waves are 20 “Metatrends,” likely to revolutionize […]
retail therapy
Walmart’s secret weapon to fight off Amazon: the supercenter
“Walmart is betting on a future where its giant stores will quickly get groceries to your door, replace the doctor’s office and rent out computing power to passing drones and autonomous cars.” | learn more
retail therapy
What’s Amazon’s market share?
Is it 35% or 5%? “Amazon is a big company, but what does that mean? How big is ‘big’? What does ‘dominant’ or ‘scale’ or ‘huge’ mean when US retail is $6 trillion every year?” Written by VC Ben Evans. | learn […]
to your health
Electronic health records and a new era of health care fraud
“The federal government funneled billions in subsidies to software vendors and some overstated or deceived the government about what their products could do, according to whistleblowers.” | learn more
better doing
10 ways to have a better conversation
This is a nice TED talk by Celeste Headlee, a radio host with decades of experience. “When your job hinges on how well you talk to people, you learn a lot about how to have conversations – and that most […]