better doing
The surprising value of obvious insights.
“Confirming what people already believe can sometimes help organizations overcome barriers to change.” | learn more
retail therapy
The new black hat tactics Amazon sellers are using to compete.
I’ve looked under the hood of a quite a few Amazon Marketplace based businesses in recent months. This article highlights the tenuous nature of their continued prosperity. They’re caught in the crossfire between unscrupulous competitors and an often aloof marketplace […]
retail therapy
There’s now a Raspberry Pi store.
“The Raspberry Pi Foundation just unveiled a brand new project — an actual store. If you live in Cambridge in the U.K., you can now buy a bunch of sweet Raspberry Pis with which to tinker and develop some cool stuff… […]
to your health
High-tech toilet seat monitors your heart as you sit on it.
“Engineers at Rochester Institute of Technology have designed a high-tech toilet seat that effortlessly flushes out data on the state of your cardiovascular system. The tricked-out porcelain throne measures your blood pressure, blood oxygen level, and the volume of blood […]
to your health
Drug middlemen took $123 million in hidden fees in Kentucky.
The state recently published a report that highlights some of the inner workings of the drug market. The Pharmacy Benefits Managers claim that the practice is a helpful one for the market, and that customers want it. |learn more
on the blockchain
ETH mining pool receives mysterious $300k payout.
“Ethereum mining pool Sparkpool received a payout of over 2,000 ETH (worth $300,000) just for mining one block on the ethereum blockchain Tuesday – a figure that’s about 600 times the network’s standard block reward.” | learn more
tech, startups, internet
Learnings from a 6x angel investment portfolio.
Investor Elizabeth Yin from Hustle Fund shares 12 things she’s learned from her experience writing angel checks. | learn more
tech, startups, internet
How to get a job in venture capital.
Brad Feld summarizes his partner’s longer post about how to get one of the few coveted jobs in this field. |learn more
tech, startups, internet
Zillow wants to flip your house.
“A new breed of high-tech real estate flippers is using algorithms (and a healthy dose of Silicon Valley venture capital) to buy at massive scale.” | learn more
oh, chicago
My old neighbors listed their house… for $45M.
I lived on the other side of Burling Street, and always walked past this house with wonder. It’s on 8 city blocks in one of the absolute best neighborhoods in the city. The previous time it was for sale, it was listed […]