Ilana Ettinger
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Ilana Ettinger
The Conversationalist
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Like “future of work” companies, workforce development companies are focused on addressing challenges in the labor markets. But unlike “future of work” companies, which are ambiguously defined to include a wide array of companies, the workforce development category is precisely focused on solutions that improve the quantity and quality of labor.
... See moreOliver Hsu • Building the American Workforce | Andreessen Horowitz
“But the Greeks and the Romans both believed in the idea of an external daemon of creativity—a sort of house elf, if you will, who lived within the walls of your home and who sometimes aided you in your labors. The Romans had a specific term for that helpful house elf. They called it your genius—your guardian deity, the conduit of your inspiration.... See more
Productize to segments and use casesPrice for value and then back out costs to find marginSell benefits not featuresPrice before product - figure out the value firstBundle leading items with additional features
Patrick O'Shaughnessy • Madhavan Ramanujam - How to Price Products onInvest Like the Best with Patrick O'Shaughnessy Colossus
While working for the internet can be rewarding, it can also be an isolating experience, with little room for error.
Nick deWilde • Why the new employer of choice is no employer at all
It’s because there’s still a widespread reverence for the “ideal worker.” We commonly define the ideal worker as someone who starts working in early adulthood and continues, full-time and full force, for 40 years straight. The concept reflects a breadwinner-homemaker model that dates back to the Industrial Revolution and functioned fairly well
... See moreJoan C. Williams • The Pandemic Has Exposed the Fallacy of the “Ideal Worker”
A world without teachers or dock-workers would soon be in trouble, and even one without science fiction writers or ska musicians would clearly be a lesser place. It’s not entirely clear how humanity would suffer were all private equity CEOs, lobbyists, PR researchers, actuaries, telemarketers, bailiffs or legal consultants to similarly vanish.... See more
David Graeber • On the Phenomenon of Bullshit Jobs by David Graeber (366ES) — Atlas of Places
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