The Economics of War and Vintage Concert T-Shirts. ...
Ukrainians Can Destroy a Russian Tank For Well-nigh The Price of a Nirvana Artifact.One thing is for sure, I never should have tossed those hair metal concert relics and other...
“Dead on arrival. I’m still waiting to see the first good Mastodon post. God help ...
Casey Newton’s Deep Skepticism Of Twitter Replacements & Getting Increasingly Comfortable With Substack’s 10% Take RateMy daughter knows Casey Newton as the ‘watch pro wrestling and eat yellow wings’ friend....
Don’t Believe The Terminator Movies, Artificial Intelligence’s First Strike Against Humanity Is By Flattery, Not Force. ...
You’re Not As Attractive As Lensa’s Magic Avatars Suggests. And Why That’s a Problem.Digital Plastic Surgery. Or maybe AR Beer Goggles. That’s what everyone’s Lensa Magic Avatars look like to...
“Being a 2nd time founder is basically figuring out how to leverage all your hype ...
Joe Fernandez (Klout, Joymode, NewCo) On What Changes After Your First CompanyI’m currently obsessing on repeat founders, and what lessons they want to share with the startup community. Just like...
“You have to fight the urge to do everything the same way you did it ...
Our industry talks well-nigh ‘repeat founders’ with a lot of reverence and for good reason given the transferral required to build a startup. We moreover sometimes think of it as...
Two Questions To Ask During Hiring Reference Checks Instead Of “Where Can They Improve?” Be ...
I LOVE doing reference checks — on founders we are hoping to support and key hires into their teams. On-sheet (provided by the individual) and back-channel are both valuable in...
Paid Subscriptions Aren’t Enough. Why Substack Should Build An App Store ...
Helping Writers Monetize Their Self-ruling Readers Increasingly Effectively By Opening The Platform Up (and Taking a Cut)Consider me a fan of Substack. Yes, I disagree with aspects of their content...
Like Bourbon and Whiskey? A New Auction Site Is Making It Easy to Buy (Too ...
Five Questions With Unicorn Auctions Cofounder Cody ModeerMy hobbies are largely consumptive: coffee and whiskey (the former to glut and the latter increasingly modestly). Whiskey, specifically bourbon, scratches a tuft...
Job Applicant Turned Down Your Offer? How To Ask Them To Refer a New Candidate ...
The Art of Asking “If Not You, Who Should I Talk To?”I failed. You see, there was a really talented Consumer Product Manager at Google that I was trying to...
The Most Important Concept of 2022’s Startup Downturn is Not Just Surviving, But Staying “Default ...
VC David Sacks Was Right When He Said “Default Alive” Is a TrapIn New York City, upland is vein and the view from $100b fund’s office tower was certainly...