radical candour from a deep generalist
We think about creating something like this but right now don’t have the time. However I think this is a pretty good set and well thought out. I am not endorsing these but given the amount of crappy docs I have seen I think something like this is a pretty good place to start.
Also – if you are a founder trying to raise money and you have not read Venture Deals yet then you are making a big mistake. Get educated before you get funded.
Super interesting compilation of Digital Trends by Simon Kemp.
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/digital-data-trends-every-country-world-simon-kemp
Been reading Good To Great and this just really jumped out at me. Startups will also have some sort of a lost battle or big failure but what’s important is being able to carry out an autopsy without laying blame so that the entire company can benefit from the post mortem.
Check this rant from the Prof.
https://www.l2inc.com/no-mercy-no-malice/fool-me-twice
The shit sandwich here is that having legitimate news next to fake news has only made the Facebook platform more dangerous. When standing in line at Krogers, your bullshit filter is in high gear and you suspect HiIlary isn’t an alien, despite what the Enquirer and other supermarket tabloids tell you. However, the presence of the NYT and WaPo on Facebook has only legitimized fake news. Fuck.
Dear Hearst, Sulzberger, Murdoch, Newhouse, Burda families:
Remove your heads from your asses. Google and Facebook are your frenemy, minus the friend part. Turn off Google / Facebook / Twitter / Snapchat, form a consortium, and command the space you occupy. Take a page from LVMH’s playbook regarding their presence on Amazon — specifically how they’re not present on Amazon.
I tend to agree but guessing very few orgs have the guts to do anything about it.
Going to be interesting to see how this plays out. Prof. Galloway is professing a huge writedown is coming but I’m not sure yet. Mark is a shrewd operator and clearly possesses the skills but the issue issue is can Walmart become something big in ecommerce or not.
Here is the latest on the recent layoffs and Mark’s memo to staff :: http://fortune.com/2017/01/26/walmart-layoffs-ecommerce/
I am also wondering how this will play out internationally. Flipkart is toast in the face of a lone battle against Amazon – might make sense for Walmart to buy it and use it to careen through Asia. I never got why Flipkart with all the cash and over payed execs stuck to India only knowing Amazon and Alibaba would go global.
Fun times. Big bucks.
I started playing with it when they started their open graph dev stuff just to see if I could build things on it. I never was a good dev so that went nowhere but I was always in respect of the platform – even if I don’t use it heavily.
I don’t like whatsapp but I know it is huge.
I stopped really caring about instragram ions ago but damn – that was the best acquisition ever.
I question all the VR stuff but I think AR will be huge.
Now this :: http://daringfireball.net/linked/2017/01/26/barra-facebook
Mark always seems to nab the best people and mostly buy the right companies. I am a happy shareholder as well.
I worry about FB core product starting to fall off but I think Mark also knows that and continues to surround himself with the best people and buy the best companies as needed.
Will be interesting to see how long the ride lasts.
Wow. I can’t believe Apple finally made it happen. Many years overdue.
Now developers can reply to the comments left by people on the appstore. Something Google has had for a long time.
Overdue, but very much welcome.
http://daringfireball.net/2017/01/new_app_store_review_features
I won’t lie – I dig this dude. I don’t agree with all of it but most of it.
Some highlights to track:
All in all another good video from Scott.
Just caught this post :: https://medium.com/@honcheng/a-smart-home-with-sg-nextbus-using-google-home-amazon-echo-704342089727#.fuaox51gj
Gonna install that on mhy echo when I get home.
Awesome stuff.
I used to work with Hon Cheng when I was Spuul – his skills never ceased to amaze me.
Enjoy.
One last push here before we lock in the topic for the first Session.
As some of you may know I am a partner at SeedPlus :: http://www.seedplus.com/.
We have been kind of quiet lately but it is the new year and time to ratchet up our outreach.
First event we have planned is for Feb and it will be a seminar series about Growth. Lots of definitions for this and lots of snake oil in the system but we plan on getting into the science of growth.
Please take our survey :: http://www.seedplus.com/sessions/ and then stay tuned for an announcement on the crowdsourced topic plus event details.
Let the Sessions begin…
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