How the founder of WorkLife Ventures built one of Silicon Valley’s most sought after emerging funds from scratch.
Opening a marketplace creates complicated new tradeoffs
Six attributes of high-traction startups
A post-mortem for a failed prediction, and a failed startup
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
A Book Review of “Mastering the Market Cycle”
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
BitClout is a new service that allows anyone to create a publicly-tradable token. Will it work? What effect could it have?
Geoff Atkinson, the former SVP Marketing at Overstock, explains how strategy shifts can emerge through experimentation
Three Shorts: Facebook Portal — back from the dead!; an advertising arbitrage opportunity; a funny story about the power of incentives
Decoding Apple's intentions
On newsletters, platforms, marketplaces, and more
Is now a great time to buy? Or a terrible one?
The return of Three Shorts!
Your questions and critiques, answered!
The "Divinations" Summary / Review
Sonos filled homes with silky smooth sound, but it’s questionable if their strategic decisions made them anything more than commodity hardware.
Why I bought an outfit I’ll never wear IRL
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
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
What the speaker company’s new music play is really all about
On newsletters, courses, and creator marketing
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