Three Shorts: Facebook Portal — back from the dead!; an advertising arbitrage opportunity; a funny story about the power of incentives
Three shorts: the strategy behind the news, in as few bullet points as possible.
Also in Three Shorts: Amazon buying Wondery, and Calm's $2b valuation
Your questions and critiques, answered!
Hey subscribers! Here is the audio version of the Jesse Beyroutey interview on Dominance Friction. If you haven’t already, I strongly encour
Happy Friday! Above is a recording of me narrating this week’s essay explaining bundle economics, “Bundle Magic.” I tried something a littl
Growing an audience ain’t what it used to be
A new talk show starring Li Jin and yours truly
Decoding Apple's intentions
On newsletters, platforms, marketplaces, and more
Sonos filled homes with silky smooth sound, but it’s questionable if their strategic decisions made them anything more than commodity hardware.
Opening a marketplace creates complicated new tradeoffs
A little Learning is a dang'rous Thing;Drink deep, or taste not the Pierian Spring:There shallow Draughts intoxicate the Brain,And drinking
This is a subscriber-only audio edition of the most recent Divinations essay: “Does Sonos have a moat?” It’s narrated and edited by me, Nath
An introduction to one of Michael Porter’s most enduring frameworks
A eulogy for a larger-than-life thinker
On newsletters, courses, and creator marketing
On Snap's take on TikTok, Apple's developer fee reduction, and Vox's talent attrition.
Trying something new - what do you think?
Whether or not you’ve already had the chance to read Does Sonos have a moat?, I think you’ll love this week’s conversation with Adam Keeslin
