The problems of capitalism: aging edition
My former professor and Nobelist from Columbia, •Teddy• Phelps, on the top problem of capitalism below. Aging. But read it with this lens: can’t we solve it? Ahem, robots and AI are stealing whose jobs again? Japan is onto this
The problems of capitalism: aging edition
My former professor and Nobelist from Columbia, •Teddy• Phelps, on the top problem of capitalism below. Aging. But read it with this lens: can’t we solve it? Ahem, robots and AI are stealing whose jobs again? Japan is onto this
Bookmark this post: I work in banking/consulting/etc and want to join a startup
Hey! The short answer is quit, volunteer for a startup for 3 months, and you will have a job at the end doing BD or Operations for somebody that just raised a series A.
Bookmark this post: I work in banking/consulting/etc and want to join a startup
Hey! The short answer is quit, volunteer for a startup for 3 months, and you will have a job at the end doing BD or Operations for somebody that just raised a series A.
Women’s Empowerment, and the tipping point
A while back I got into a lengthy discussion with some leading proponents of women’s empowerment (and also observers that there is a frustrating glass ceiling at work). I shared this carefully researched and insightful a-ha. They were kind of
Women’s Empowerment, and the tipping point
A while back I got into a lengthy discussion with some leading proponents of women’s empowerment (and also observers that there is a frustrating glass ceiling at work). I shared this carefully researched and insightful a-ha. They were kind of
The Four Stages of Disruption by @stevesi
Pretty handy snippet. “Productivity tools such as Quip, Box, Haiku Deck, Lucidchart, and more are being pulled by customers beyond early adopters to be compatible with existing tools and usage patterns. In practice, these tools are currently iterating very rapidly
The Four Stages of Disruption by @stevesi
Pretty handy snippet. “Productivity tools such as Quip, Box, Haiku Deck, Lucidchart, and more are being pulled by customers beyond early adopters to be compatible with existing tools and usage patterns. In practice, these tools are currently iterating very rapidly
Product idea: playing card meets smartphone game
You get cards and play them by setting down your smartphone. Does this not exist already?
Product idea: playing card meets smartphone game
You get cards and play them by setting down your smartphone. Does this not exist already?
Working for Yourself, the future
In the future more people will work for themselves. Startups or solo business. That’s my prediction. I think it’s already in its way — the days of big employers and unions and corporate lifetimes probably peaked in the 1960s. The
Working for Yourself, the future
In the future more people will work for themselves. Startups or solo business. That’s my prediction. I think it’s already in its way — the days of big employers and unions and corporate lifetimes probably peaked in the 1960s. The
Engagement in work apps
Very cool to hear the engagement numbers for slack. About 500k users per week? That’s probably like 0.5% of all professional workers in the world…? 100mm globally let’s say. Looked at Quip today and of 14k contacts in my phone
Engagement in work apps
Very cool to hear the engagement numbers for slack. About 500k users per week? That’s probably like 0.5% of all professional workers in the world…? 100mm globally let’s say. Looked at Quip today and of 14k contacts in my phone
About stealing jobs, by robots or immigrants
Every single intellectual piece on robots has this same narrative and they all suck: http://www.nybooks.com/articles/archives/2015/apr/02/how-robots-algorithms-are-taking-over/?insrc=toc The narrative is: Robots will eventually steal people’s jobs and we won’t have anything to do. The rich will employ robots and not people and
About stealing jobs, by robots or immigrants
Every single intellectual piece on robots has this same narrative and they all suck: http://www.nybooks.com/articles/archives/2015/apr/02/how-robots-algorithms-are-taking-over/?insrc=toc The narrative is: Robots will eventually steal people’s jobs and we won’t have anything to do. The rich will employ robots and not people and
Messaging as a service.
I do think smart notifications are an important future area. // Layer launched its messaging-as-a-service platform. This is a fascinating space – there’s no reason why social networks should be the only people to use messaging. Link
Messaging as a service.
I do think smart notifications are an important future area. // Layer launched its messaging-as-a-service platform. This is a fascinating space – there’s no reason why social networks should be the only people to use messaging. Link
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