The Best of Packy McCormick
10+ most popular Packy McCormick articles, as voted by our community.
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Packy McCormick on DAO
Packy McCormick on Making Money
The Pareto Funtier
More fun making money, and more money having fun
«If you want to make more money, you’ll have to give up a little fun. If you want to have more fun, you’ll need to give up a little money.»
Packy McCormick on Startups
Shein: The TikTok of Ecommerce
The Quiet Chinese Quindecacorn Taking Over America’s Gen Z Shoppers
«Shein (pronounced She In) is the fastest-growing ecommerce company in the world. It reportedly did almost $10 billion in revenue in 2020, and has grown over 100% for each of the past eight years.»
Packy McCormick on Technology
Social vs. Science Experiments
Or, why progress curves in AI and web3 look different
Packy McCormick on Web3
Braintrust: Fighting Capitalism with Capitalism
Or, how web3 businesses can use tokenomics to create and capture long-term value
Popular
These are some all-time favorites with Refind users.
Optimism
Why it's worth trying the world more optimistic
«I’m far more interested in answering the question, “What does the world look like if this goes right?” than in analyzing all of the reasons something might not work.»
Excel Never Dies
The Spreadsheet That Launched A Million Companies
«But there’s one software product born in 1985, before many of us were even a twinkle in our parents’ eye, that inhabits its own category: it’s old, but we love it, we always will, and you’ll have to pry it from our cold, dead, fingers. That product, of course, is Microsoft Excel. »
The Great Online Game
How to Win the Internet
«When people ask me my title, I don’t have a good answer. Writer? Founder? Investor? Some guy with a newsletter? They all fit, and I’m sure I’ll add more over time. Playing the Game is about having fun and opening doors that you didn’t even know existed. »
The Cooperation Economy 🤝
Or How to Build a Liquid Super Team
«An employee who wants to leave Apple could go work for thousands of other tech companies, start their own company, consult, or do their own thing in the Passion Economy. They might even work for themselves and for multiple organizations at the same time. That’s Liquid Work. »
Tokengated Commerce
Alex Danco Joins to Explain NFTs and How Shopify is Becoming Wallet-Aware
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