Divinations

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Aug 24, 2020

Instagram can’t recreate TikTok’s Magic

The content format is a red herring. What really matters is the structure and purpose of TikTok’s network, which is antithetical to Instagram.

Mar 5, 2020

Dominance Friction

Jesse Beyroutey, partner at IA Ventures, on why some companies achieve dominance while others get bogged down.

Sep 21, 2021

Will DAOs replace Corporations?

Or, how NounsDAO plans to take over the world

Jan 16, 2022

Eric Newcomer on 2022 Startup Trends

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

May 20, 2022

How To Time The Market (Or Not)

A Book Review of “Mastering the Market Cycle”

Apr 7, 2022

Friendly Competition and Subtle Defection

My wife and I recently bought our first home and we’re expecting our first child soon, so, as you can imagine, we’ve been doing a lot of wor

Dec 15, 2021

The Athlete as Creator

How new regulations have brought college athletes into the creator economy, big time

Mar 11, 2022

How To Buy The Dip

Is now a great time to buy? Or a terrible one?

Feb 20, 2021

Why I like Dispo

David Dobrik’s new photo-sharing app just might be a winner.

Jan 10, 2020

Sahil’s Second Act (audio edition)

Hello again! Yesterday after I published the Sahil Lavingia interview I received a tweet from my friend Alex: https://twitter.com/CantHardyW

May 21, 2021

Why I Love Working at Startups

A friendly rebuttal

Feb 5, 2021

A Post-Mortem for Social Podcast Discovery

Three reasons why RSS still dominates in audio, but not text.

Jan 20, 2020

Brianne Kimmel’s Momentum Investing

How the founder of WorkLife Ventures built one of Silicon Valley’s most sought after emerging funds from scratch.

Aug 3, 2022

How Power Works in the Writing Industry

A market analysis, Divinations-style

May 1, 2021

Spotify’s Upcoming “Open Access Platform” is as Surprising as it is Awesome

I hope it becomes a new paradigm for the creator economy

Jul 11, 2020

Strategy should be painful

Businesses plateau for two reasons: Their strategy is wrong (Wrong Strategy Syndrome) They fail to execute any strategy at all (Fuzzy Strat

May 21, 2020

The open podcast ecosystem is dying — here’s how to save it.

It’s time to compete. Not complain.

Nov 12, 2021

The two biggest critiques of web3, analyzed

With a little help from Clay Christensen, strategy legend

Apr 1, 2021

Human Speculation

BitClout is a new service that allows anyone to create a publicly-tradable token. Will it work? What effect could it have?

Nov 18, 2021

Notes on ConstitutionDAO

A few quick observations

Sep 18, 2020

Roam’s road ahead

How the tool for networked thought can grow into its $200m valuation

Apr 24, 2020

Inside the Clubhouse

The surprisingly compelling audio app that has consumed my life

Jun 12, 2020

healthOS

Apple is building an operating system for health

Oct 22, 2020

What I got wrong about Quibi

A post-mortem for a failed prediction, and a failed startup