Longreads + Open Thread
Japan, Altman, COBOL, China, Factors, Geoengineering, LTV, Mistakes
Japan, Altman, COBOL, China, Factors, Geoengineering, LTV, Mistakes
Plus! A Different EV Network Effect; Supply Chain KPIs; The Underwriter's Loop and Cyber Risk Insurance; Pro-Regulation Tech; Local Chips, Global Companies; Diff Jobs
Plus! Amex and Tax Arbitrage; Buying the Constitution; Freight Conversion; Livestreaming; Texas and Bitcoin
Plus! Scaling Streaming; Auctions and Customer Acquisition; Meta's Missing Attrition; Facebook and Radicalization; When Multi-Cloud Doesn't Work
Speed, Glucose, Enron, Philanthropy, Sewer Robots, Fracking, SoftBank
Plus! Supply Chain Disruption and Retail Membership Programs; Evergrande and Unlimited Liability; Alameda Goes Direct; Off-Brand; State-sponsored VC
Plus! Payments as a Protocol; Distressed Investing; Self-Service; Loyalty; Housing Supply
Plus! Secret Supercomputers; Platforms; Cold War; Restructuring; Air Freight
Plus! Annual Subscriptions as Startup Capital; Pigovian Benefits; Covid and Knowledge Diffusion; LinkedIn and Incentives; Lithium
R&D Politics, Coffeehouses, Chargers, Digital Currency, Greedy Algorithms, Civil War
Plus! The Streaming Race; Captive Banks; Construction Credit; Illiquidity Doesn't Always Pay; Instacart Shifts Further Towards Ads