A while back, I happened upon a Twitter thread about incompetent management that I found, initially anyway, quite insightful. First-time founders, CEOs, and even employees should understand the playbook of the Incompetent Leader (IL). The...
After Donald Trump was elected in 2016 and through the duration of his first term as the US President, there have been, by my estimation, at least two new types of literature that have gotten...
It's true what they say about working with other smart people; you end up learning a lot from observing their work and perspective. Early on in my time at Square, a bit of...
It starts innocently enough with a Ben Thompson tweet: Hiring is probably the single largest arbitrage opportunity available. Letting degrees/admissions committees make choices for you is dumb. https://t.co/Xis3JWGqH7 — Ben Thompson (@benthompson)...
This is going to be a rant about how horrible Citibank's customer experience is, particularly around their security measures that's meant to protect their users. I'm still in disbelief on how misguided their systems are. Of course, I didn't open a Citibank account because they had an...
CES is wrapped up this past week, and as usual there’s plenty of computer hardware manufacturers showing off their latest gadgets and computers and new hardware. Most will gradually make it to full-fledged production, but there’s also a fair share of bespoke, high-end gear akin to concept cars: more an aspirational showpiece than...
