Restaurant delivery service Eat24, now owned by GrubHub, was once a scrappy independent upstart. Back then, they had to figure out how to stretch their ad budget to the max. They found the answer on a porn site and turned […]
“Grayscale, which claims to be the world’s largest bitcoin and digital currency asset manager, is today announcing Coinbase Custody will serve as custodian of the underlying assets for its products, and is expected to transfer nearly $3 billion of assets […]
“Meet the ICO pumper who makes his living manipulating crypto markets.” Special thanks to subscriber A.F. for the link and excellent headline. | learn more
“Denver-based company Sträva revealed it has begun developing tea and coffee products infused with microdoses of psilocybin. Following the recent decriminalization measure passed in the city of Denver, Sträva suggests it could reach the market with psilocybin coffee within two […]
This post on the Kleiner Perkins website highlights their investment in Pattern Brands. The team was responsible (as an agency) for branding at Hims, Sweet Green, Harry’s, and Smile Direct Club. They decided to stop taking on clients and build […]
This Bloomberg post is written by Brad Stone, who literally wrote the book on Amazon. Amazon has bet 7 years and hundreds of millions of dollars to get rid of cashiers. | learn more
“A new approach to training artificial intelligence algorithms involves paying people to submit medical data, and storing it in a blockchain-protected system.” | learn more
A post from David Perell about learning (not sports). “When he entered the NBA, LeBron wasn’t a strong shooter. I’d bet the house that early in his career, LeBron built his off-season training regimen around his weak jump shot and […]
From our friends (and subscribers) George & Mary-Lynn at Bigg Success. “The recipe for a happy life consists of three ingredients. The ingredients are important, but so is how you mix them together.” | learn more
Researchers from Stanford and Harvard Business School studied new ventures in an emerging fintech space for several years. “Want to succeed in a young and unformed market? Try acting like a preschooler.” | learn more