What happens if the world’s richest man becomes in charge of the most important information platform? The “Elon Musk wants to buy Twitter” story may be stale by the time I click send on this email, but this conversation between Derek Thompson and Ben Thompson will still be significant. Derek has previously called Twitter “a … Continue reading Podcast Of The Week: Musk, Twitter, And Strategy (And Stratechery)
Every now and then Ben Thompson lets an article/podcast out from behind his paywall, and if you’re interested in strategy, you’ll want to take note.* There’s a lot of technical and jargony stuff going on here, but listen (or read) “Cloudflare’s Disruption” and focus on this core concept: A small company (Cloudflare) is figuring out … Continue reading Podcast Of The Week: Strategic Stratechery
Ben Thompson of Stratechery takes a look at “What the NBA Can Learn From Formula 1” (and what we ALL can learn from his breakdown). Seeing as we’ve already established my fandom of Thompson and Drive to Survive – I couldn’t resist him applying systems-logic to the business strategy of these two fan-culture driven entities. … Continue reading Podcast Of The Week: What The NBA Can Learn From Formula 1
Packy McCormick’s got a great piece out called, “The Current Financial Thing.” It’s about when pessimism is in vogue. We’ve all got our own views, logic, and opinions. Packy’s looking at how those stack up and move all sorts of markets. Richard Dawkins introduced the word “meme” in the 1970s. Dawkins wanted to relate how … Continue reading Genes, Memes, And The Inescapability Of Both
Ben Thompson is one of the writers who have most shaped my thinking about technology and culture over the past 10 years or so (!!!). I like to think of it as earning some type of Stratechery MBA. His insights have been very valuable to me. He’s got a piece and podcast out called, “The Current … Continue reading Podcast Of The Week: The Current New New Things (With Ben Thompson)
Ok, we’re getting a little wonky this week, but here’s a two-for-the-price-of-one deal. If you want less controversial (but still pretty intense) pick Patrick O’Shaughnessy’s Invest like the Best discussion with Charlie Songhurst (former head of strategy at Microsoft and investor extraordinaire). Their conversation is all about the power of curiosity. Songhurst is a force … Continue reading Podcast Of The Week: (Twofer) Strategic Thinker Charlie Songhurst And Should The US Ban TikTok Too?
If unfamiliar with Clayton Christensen and just how important he was to the worlds of technology and management, there may be no better people to explain his contributions and eulogize him than his co-author James Allworth, and the respectfully critical blogger Ben Thompson. Allworth was a student and research associate of Christensen‘s at Harvard Business … Continue reading Podcast Of The Week: Exponent Remembers Clayton Christensen
When Wu-Tang said, “Cash rules everything around me / C.R.E.A.M. Get the money / dollar dollar bill ya’ll,” they cemented the acronym. With Houston Rockets GM Daryl Morey tweeted, “fight for freedom, stand with Hong Kong,” he gave us all a reason to revisit the acronym. It’s still Cash, but it also could be China, … Continue reading Podcast Of The Week: C.R.E.A.M. – The NBA In China Edition
SoulCycle says their competition is Netflix. Netflix says their competition is sleep. Is everyone competing with everything these days? It would appear so – and it applies to us too. Jamie Powell has been writing about what he calls “The Death of Cultural Transmission” at FT Alphaville. Essentially, forty years ago kids watched Star Wars in a theater because … Continue reading The Power Of Small Scale And The Death Of Cultural Transmission
Ben Thompson talks a lot about the role aggregators and platforms have played in reshaping the economy, particularly since the tech revolution of the late ‘90s. In a post about Amazon and Shopify (“Shopify and the Power of Platforms“), he breaks down how and why “platforms are aggregators most effective competition.” If unfamiliar, these are … Continue reading Aggregators, Platforms, And Our Careers
