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As I will use the term, then, a sermon is any message designed to change or reinforce what a group of people value. It might take the form of explicit exhortation, full of shoulds and shouldn'ts , oughts and mustn'ts . Or it may be entirely implicit, like the story of a selfless act that saves the day, huzzah! Commencement speeches, TED talks,... See more

Management training is likely the biggest industry you’ve never thought about, a $24b industry that’s finally seeing some changes in the light of COVID-19.

Bundled pricing can also hurt consumers if it is used by incumbents to exploit their broader catalog to “deter entry” by new competitors. This was a common complaint against Microsoft in the 90′s when they bundled applications like Internet Explorer with Windows.

‍I believe that scaling up personal grantmaking as an individual, group, foundation, and company-sponsored practice holds the power to unlock a new sector of the economy — one that would quickly increase the scale and quality of companies and nonprofits we see founded in the future.

Some people push against what they see as the financialization of everything from art to identity, while others defend the idea by saying this is the way to make capitalism work in a more equitable, favourable way. The debate can go on endlessly, and there are great points on both sides. But it's undeniable that DAOs are only beginning to make... See more

Divvy - $180M raised with a16z/Caffeinated/Max Levchin.

"AAA game’s marketing budget is ~75-100% of its development cost. In mobile, it’s not uncommon to ... set aside three to ten times the development budget for marketing..." Interesting to ponder how aligned incentives are changing marketing realities

One of crypto’s biggest challenges to date has been figuring out mass adoption and use cases that keep people coming back. If Axie is able to amass the largest user base in crypto, help them earn a living, and keep them happy and engaged, they can turn that firehose on any product they choose. That’s why they’re vertically integrating now -- they... See more