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Borrowers are already accustomed to borrowing from multiple lenders other than their principal banking provider;

Alex Hartz • Embedded Lending

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow wrote that we must choose between being an anvil or a hammer. We’ll either mold the world, or be molded by it. If you never go deep, you will always be the anvil. And the surest path to being the hammer is depth.

Pete Davis • Dedicated: The Case for Commitment in an Age of Infinite Browsing

Most of today’s consumer tech giants monetize through ads: Facebook, Google, Twitter, Snap, YouTube. Virtual worlds are the next generation of consumer tech, and they’ll monetize through commerce—through virtual economies and marketplaces.

Rex Woodbury • Virtual Worlds and Virtual Economies

The customer always gets what they want: In the case of an ads-driven business model where the advertiser is the true customer, that’s balanced political news alongside frivolous lifestyle stories as a canvas for ads. In the case of subscribers, it’s being flattered by having their own worldviews echoed back themselves in more articulate form.

Antonio Garcia Martinez • Twilight of the Media Elites

Projects are often started by jumping straight to a solution, even a specific technology. That’s the wrong place to begin. You want to start by asking questions and considering alternatives. At the outset, always assume that there is more to learn. Start with the most basic question of all: Why?

Bent Flyvbjerg • How Big Things Get Done: The Surprising Factors That Determine the Fate of Every Project, from Home Renovations to Space Exploration and Everything In Between

The US compliance system has left alcohol behind in the ecommerce game; consumers largely don’t consider an alcohol brand’s website as a purchasing option. Thirstie is trying to change that as a white-label platform for alcohol suppliers.

Beth Newhart • Alcohol’s three-tier system slows ecommerce and dates the industry

For Messenger, I think differentiation is extremely important and something we haven’t focused on yet. We’ve spent the past 6-12 months catching up to WhatsApp and competitors on table stakes like performance, reliability, pushability, etc. This work isn’t done and we will continue to do it, including catching up in areas like groups.