The “divine discontent” critique
The co-founders of Breaker, on podcasting, platforms, and media
The lifecycle of a business is to be born simple, grow complex, and then die.
On newsletters, platforms, marketplaces, and more
Strategy’s most famous theory could be wrong
On the unbundling of Reddit into vertical communities
Businesses plateau for two reasons: Their strategy is wrong (Wrong Strategy Syndrome) They fail to execute any strategy at all (Fuzzy Strat
A new talk show starring Li Jin and yours truly
A radical new take on email
The dust has settled. Now what?
Decoding Apple's intentions
(Ceci n’est pas investment advice.)
A conflict of interest
Six attributes of high-traction startups
It’s time to compete. Not complain.
One new strategy. Two new websites.
The original cloud kitchen, ten years before it was cool
Growing an audience ain’t what it used to be
An introduction to Clay Christensen’s most underrated idea: “The Conservation of Modularity”
Opening a marketplace creates complicated new tradeoffs
What the speaker company’s new music play is really all about
This is the audio edition of Inside the Clubhouse, narrated by me!
The surprisingly compelling audio app that has consumed my life
Three Shorts: Facebook Portal — back from the dead!; an advertising arbitrage opportunity; a funny story about the power of incentives
