Software will eat financial markets, cut out middle men, and turn investing into an experience from which consumers get more than a financial return. Still, only a relatively wealthy subset of consumers participate in financial markets; for software’s impact here to be truly revolutionary, it will need to increase access and participation in the ma... See more

This is bad for everyone: avoiding care means hospitals don’t get paid, patients are potentially getting sicker, and insurers will end up paying for more serious diseases that weren’t caught earlier.

Silicon Valley accelerates its investment in products and services for individual creators. Platforms explore new ways to let creators monetize their audiences directly, while taking a cut for themselves. Still, a gulf begins to appear between those who pay for content and those who do not. Subscription fatigue will turn out to be real. And perhaps... See more

Sam Lessin: Web 3.0 is — at the most abstract level — really about right-sizing communities to a scale people can have a sense of personal purpose and place. It is about giving people ownership in meaningful way in the context of the people they want to be with and impressively extending that experience.

They upped their social media, audience development, and SEO game

Defensibility of the exchange: Unlike Coinbase, which has a regulatory moat, there's not nearly as much defensibility when it comes to NFT-exchange. It’s likely more competitors will enter and we’ll need to figure out how to build a sustainable long-term moat.

Because they don’t pay for their real estate. When you search for a product, a list of sellers/items comes up in the search result. Being ranked number 1 in a category is like having a corner store front on a busy street, without paying any rent for it. And having good reviews/comments is like having a nice view and big, wonderful windows. These ac... See more

In the gig economy: To earn more, you just have to do more gigs, do more work, put in more hours, take on an additional task…

Be generous. Be generous with your time and your resources and with giving credit and, especially, with your words. It’s so much easier to be a critic than a celebrator. Always remember there is a human being on the other end of every exchange and behind every cultural artifact being critiqued.  To understand and be understood, those are among... See more