1. On focus and long-term thinking…
Focus is not inconsistent with intellectual honesty. It does not mean ignoring feedback. It simply means that your bets are well selected and that your conviction to find a way to make something work is high enough to overcome the inevitable hurdles of building a company, product or investment portfolio….Making fewer bets requires conviction. It requires the courage to stay the course. And it requires the support and resources to take the long view. If you do these things, odds are that you’ll do something worthwhile
2. On the future of education…
Keeping an eye on
Multiverse, a startup building an interesting alternative to college and corporate training via professional apprenticeships.
So many more insights and startups curated at the intersection between future of work and future of education
here.
3. Adding to our Cool People list
4. On delivering feedback…
5. On the end of social media as we know it…
A timely essay by
Michael Mignano on the shift away from friend graphs and towards recommendation feeds, and why this marks the death of Social Media as we know it.