oh, chicago

Chicago’s food halls have entered a new era.

“Chicago’s food halls were not built to be busy only three days a week during lunchtime. With Loop office occupancy rates still sagging from the pandemic, the businesses once predicated on vast numbers of customers are being forced to forge […]

big ideas

Decarbonization partners.

There’s big money going into things that could lower carbon. Here’s the launch of a $1.4 billion new fund. “The fund, Decarbonization Partners Fund I, has already invested in seven companies including low-carbon hydrogen firm Monolith, biotechnology firm MycoWorks and […]

better doing

Show them, don’t tell them.

“This was a pivotal moment for Christensen. He realized that even though business leaders often wanted direct and clear advice, it was actually far more effective to show rather than tell.” ~ learn more

tech, startups, internet

Asset-light software businesses.

“With all of these changes, nirvana is near: software as a variable cost business. No longer does a new software business need to default to developers, sales reps, or customer success managers to reliably generate cash flow at scale. Every […]

tech, startups, internet

The agent economy and economic growth.

Rob May looks somewhat far into the future (I think?) and comes up with an interesting scenario to consider. “Once this happens, you can see an economy growing among agents. Agents that collect unique interactions and data sets will sell […]