How strict prioritization processes cause malaise, and why you should take gut instinct more seriously in your planning process.
Hello again! Yesterday after I published the Sahil Lavingia interview I received a tweet from my friend Alex: https://twitter.com/CantHardyW
How new regulations have brought college athletes into the creator economy, big time
My recent interview with Jesse Beyroutey solidified a hunch that I’ve been nursing for awhile: Incentive alignment is one of the most import
It’s weird, but in some ways, side projects require better strategy than regular businesses. They’re so easy to quit. Even if you love it, y
A Book Review of “Mastering the Market Cycle”
Eric Newcomer is one of the smartest and most plugged in newsletter writers in tech. This week he'll be joining Nathan, Dan, and Evan in the
A post-mortem for a failed prediction, and a failed startup
Opening a marketplace creates complicated new tradeoffs
Three Shorts: Facebook Portal — back from the dead!; an advertising arbitrage opportunity; a funny story about the power of incentives
Is now a great time to buy? Or a terrible one?
BitClout is a new service that allows anyone to create a publicly-tradable token. Will it work? What effect could it have?
On newsletters, platforms, marketplaces, and more
Geoff Atkinson, the former SVP Marketing at Overstock, explains how strategy shifts can emerge through experimentation
Your questions and critiques, answered!
Decoding Apple's intentions
Sonos filled homes with silky smooth sound, but it’s questionable if their strategic decisions made them anything more than commodity hardware.
The return of Three Shorts!
The “divine discontent” critique
The "Divinations" Summary / Review
Why I bought an outfit I’ll never wear IRL
The Divinations Podcast is back! (If you want to add it to your podcast app, press “add to podcast app” by the audio player above!) This wee
Hey! Something special today :) I always wanted to release the raw audio of the interviews I do. But part of the magic of the original inter
Three shorts: the strategy behind the news, in as few bullet points as possible.
