Tristan Harris is the co-founder of the Center for Humane Technology. He regularly speaks about the impact of technology on society. He focuses on the psychology and design effort that goes into many …
Get Further Down the Product-Market Fit Path Before You Fundraise
I had two meetings last week with first-time founders, each building a company in an industry where they had no real experience, pre-product, asking for advice about raising a round of angel funding. …
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A Great Tool For Competitive Technology Platform Research
If you're a digital business of any kind, at some point you've had to make critical technology decisions that will have a dramatic impact on cash burn, user experience, and your overall ability to …
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Build Your Pricing Strategy On The Foundation of Testing and Iteration
Digiday published an interesting piece yesterday on the subscription pricing strategy of the Daily Beast. For those that don’t know, the Daily Beast is a news and opinion site owned by IAC that was …
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Pulling Back The Curtain on the Softbank Vision Fund
If you're interested in the inner workings of the venture capital industry, paying attention to the proposed WeWork IPO is a great place to start. Last week I wrote about the IPO in terms of some of …
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The WeWork IPO – A Fascinating Look At Hype, Greed and The Popping of a Unicorn Bubble
You should be paying attention to the story of the collapsing WeWork IPO. It's a fascinating look at all that can go wrong when a company that is overhyped and overvalued is exposed before they can …