Hi All,
Hope your week is going great! I came across these two articles which made me think a bit more about how technology companies do business in a global world. The first one was on the cost of doing business in China : The age of cooptation: The high cost of doing business in Xi’s China
The second one is how much money China is investing in Indian startups. If China goes on funding Indian companies who really will set the boundaries for what is and isn't permissible? China provides record funding for Indian tech start-ups
Someone forwarded me this series of a “World in a single chart” PDF and each week for the next few weeks I’ll add one from this the newsletter. Here is the chart for Week2. I didn't know that there were 400MM entrepreneurs!
This week's dozen reads. Have a good week y'all
Some interesting things about the Top 100 Marketplaces from a16z. Also so many that I didn't know existed! The a16z Marketplace 100
This article extends on some of Carlota Perez’s work and makes the case for bubbles as value creation events. The argument is that bubbles deploy financial capital (as opposed to production capital) to fund disruptive technologies. Bubbles As Innovation Accelerators - NewCo Shift
On Attention : How We Pay Attention Changes the Very Shape of Our Brains
This article from Sachin Rekhi on product deliverables clearly articulates each deliverable a product manager needs to create for Vision, Strategy, Design, and Execution. Top read for this week for any PM! : The Top 10 Deliverables of Product Managers
Alex Danco has articulated very well on how Twitter can possibly save science. I think this applies to so many obvious fields : Media, Education, Entrepreneurship. You can build your presence anywhere and break the traditional paths. For music for example Lil Nas X, who’s best known for his country rap single "Old Town Road", achieved viral popularity from the "Yeehaw Challenge" on TikTok : Can Twitter Save Science?
Ha! I loved this! $700k for a $20M jet :)
When a Man Took a Joke in a Pepsi Ad Seriously, Chaos Ensued
John Egan on Experiment Ideas and how to review them and supercharge/scale your growth team!
How Pinterest Supercharged its Growth Team With Experiment Idea Review
Tips on Fundraising (for a Series A) from Iman Abuzeid at Incredible Health. Great read!
How I Raised VC From Top-Tier Funds
The 10 types of people that should write online from David Perell! Who Should Write Online?
How to be genuinely likeable : 11 Habits of Genuinely Likable People
How large should your user research team be and how many users do you need for User Research
User Research: is more the merrier? And Why You Only Need to Test with 5 Users