There was an internet war of words. Not necessarily a memorable one. One of the many that occurs on the digital battlefield each week. It might have been between VCs and the media and their coverage of some startup. One can’t be too sure. The specific tweet with the observation couldn’t be located, ok? Still, […]
1.) Tesla Buys Bitcoin
2.) Social Resurgence
3.) Bumble IPO
4.) Salesforce Goes Hybrid
We’re approaching the mid point of February in the year of our lord 2021 / 1 A.C. and we’ve vaccinated approximately 10% of the U.S. population with an initial Covid vaccine. If you think that opening line is boring, life is pretty boring now isn’t it? 3% of the population stands fully vaccinated. We’ve had emergency FDA authorization for the Pfizer & Moderna vaccines for about two months and America stands 5th worldwide in vaccinations per citizen.
…Is that any good? We’re at war with a virus. But it really doesn’t feel like it.
1.) Bezos Steps Aside
2.) Drizly Gulped by Uber
3.) Adjust Attributed to Applovin
4.) Zuck Breaks Clubhouse
By now you know the story. Or at least a lot of it. An army of Redditors from the wallstreetbets forum, for the briefest of moments, brought Wall Street hedge funds to their knees. They engineered a decentralized yet coordinated short squeeze of brick & mortar stocks from a bygone era like GameStop, AMC, and others.
1.) Week of $GME
2.) $AMC Survives
3.) Decentralization?
4.) Chamath for CA Gov
The mathematics of company building dictate that once a company gets big enough you’re going to deal with some people problems. If you have more than 365 employees and each of them has one bad day a year, you’ll have affected teams across the company pretty much EVERY day. One really bad day every 5 […]
1.) New American Era
2.) Bezos Offers Vaccine Help
3.) NFLX Cash Flow +
4.) Jack Ma Sighting
5.) Levandowski Pardoned
Have you ever noticed the most curious trend with some of the smartest people? You ask if something is possible hopeful for an affirmative response. Five minutes later…they’re still talking! You don’t know which way is up or out of the hole you’ve been verbally burrowed down.
1.) The De-Platforming
2.) Affirm & Poshmark
3.) Visa not match with Plaid
4.) Dude, Where’s My Bitcoin?