Startups

Welcome To Autumn – And Some Events

Amy and I love autumn. It’s crisp, harvest time,...

Why It’s Safe for Founders to Be Nice

August 2015I recently got an email from a founder...

You might not need Websockets

What’s a WebSocket? If you’re new to web development or you haven’t heard of a WebSocket before, they’re a way to open a two-way communication channel between the...

Amazon CEO: Sellers Will Pass On Tariff Costs to Shoppers

Amazon CEO Andy Jassy said on Thursday that Amazon sellers would probably respond to President Donald Trump's tariffs by raising prices for consumers."I...

Earnestness

December 2020Jessica and I have certain words that have special significance when we're talking about startups. The highest compliment we can pay to founders is to describe them as "earnest." This...

Why culture matters, with Reed Hastings

REED HASTINGS: The horse was the dominant form of human transportation for about 5,000 years, domesticated in Kazakhstan, 3000 BC.  REID HOFFMAN: That’s Reed Hastings, the founder and CEO...

Response Time: Vol. 43 – The Intercom Blog

You satisfy your customers, but can you satisfy our curiosity? With Lauren Gilbert, Senior Customer Happiness Manager at Memberful. Please tell us a little bit about your company and what you...

Bill that would have blocked OpenAI’s conversion to a for-profit has mysteriously been gutted.

Diane Papan is a California Assembly member introduced a bill, California AB-501, that would stand in the way of converting OpenAI from a nonprofit into a for-profit. (Stuart Russell,...

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‘I wish the stones here could talk’: an epic hike through Kosovo’s Accursed mountains | Kosovo holidays

There are stone bunkers shrouded in the mist on the hillside to my right, just shy of the ridgeline marking the Albanian-Kosovo border. To...

I’m Ensorcelled by Books by Friends

I love books. I love reading. I love reading books.Ensorcelled by Eliot Peper is genius. It’s a unique format that can be read in...

‘I worked at a place that gave you “points”… Every sick day:’ Employees share the most non-functional sick leave policies they’ve had to work...

Employees are sharing some of the most ridiculous sick leave policies they have had to work with and they make you want to smack...