This article from Nisarg Patel is a bit dated (April ‘18), which you’ll notice quickly since Walmart didn’t acquire Pillpack – Amazon did. However, the analysis is really informative. “Walmart’s retail strategy in health care is based on the hospital […]
From Vision Hill Research (I’m not familiar with this group, but the product looks good): “We summarized our results in this info-graphic as the State of the Digital Asset Industry — 2019.” |learn more
With the recent failure of Silicon Valley startup Munchery, and the less-recent failure of Sprig, SF Chronical offers an interesting post-mortem of the on-demand food business model. It’s interesting to read some of the quotes from former Sprig employees about […]
New York Magazine highlights fake metrics, people, businesses and politics. One excerpt: “For a period of time in 2013, the Times reported this year, a full half of YouTube traffic was ‘bots masquerading as people,’ a portion so high that […]
Election day is coming up in Chicago, folks. Fun story: this guy (who happens to be our Ward 1 Alderman) lends his girlfriend his car, then later decides to report it stolen. Then he tries to explain it all away […]
“Alex Jimenez (aka TheYachtGuy) might look like he’s comfortably residing in the lap of luxury on Instagram, but the truth is, he’s kinda lost at sea”. For context, this account has 800k followers on Instagram. | learn more
The son of the now-jailed former prime minister of Moldova pre-paid a lot of rent, catching the UK government’s attention. Once they looked into it, they seized a bunch more of his illicit cash. | learn more
CityLab does really thorough and interesting research around commuting. The findings are interesting and a little scary. “We are cleaving into two nations—one where daily life revolves around the car, and the other where the car is receding in favor […]
“Thanks to fMRI scanning, we’ve known for decades that when people speak, or hear others, it activates specific parts of their brain. However, it’s proved hugely challenging to translate thoughts into words. A team from Columbia University has developed a […]
Remember the lights spreadsheet I use for habit tracking? It’s made by Sebastian Marshall, the author of this post. He details his approach to monthly planning with real-life examples: “Every time the calendar rolls over, that’s a great opportunity to kickstart something […]