Drink the fucking wine
Scott Halford on leadership, clarity, the human brain, and how great founders learn to slow down and question assumptions.
Lunch With David Granger
The machinery of media looks very different now. But, we both agree, editorial judgment still has a place. Maybe now more than ever.
The outlook for entrepreneurship? Pretty damn good
I could have been an asshole, but I started a business instead. I mean, the guy left Amazon on a Friday and started a business the following Monday.
AI has no editorial judgement. None. Zero. Zilch.
Maybe keep a human between the machine and the "hit publish" function. Just a thought.
Women founders and the question of capital
Women-led startups produced seventy-eight cents in revenue for every dollar of funding, compared with thirty-one cents generated by male-founded companies. In venture capital terms, that kind of capital efficiency usually earns admiration.
The White Space
Economic systems are consolidating. Big platforms dominate markets. Universities are wrestling with their own transformations. Technology is accelerating the pace of change, as it always does.
The laugh track remains firmly under human control
In this current epoch where machines can write emails, build decks, design websites, code everything—whatever—laughter still belongs to us.