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Choosing Your North Star Metric
12+ min · · How to decide the guiding metrics for every type of business, based on a survey of employees at over 40 of today's most successful growth-stage companies. · Shared by 798, including Kyle Bunch, John Cutler, Lenny Rachitsky, Gibson Biddle, Kevin_Indig, Abel Caballero Díaz, Alyssa C, rohit, Jonathan Kogan, Chris Heilmann codepo8@toot.cafe
The Atlantic
The Time Tax
Summary · 15+ min · · A six-month wait for unemployment insurance. A paperwork nightmare over an insurance reimbursement. Drug tests for cash benefits. Why is there so much red tape in American life? · Shared by 440, including Kelsey D. Atherton, now available on Bluesky, Jessica Valenti, douglass CLT (cross-laminated timber), Clint Smith, Nir Eyal, Paul Graham, Scott Galloway, Ezra Klein, Gregg Gonsalves, Jon Keegan 🇺🇦, Jake Wojtowicz, Steve Faktor, Allison Arieff, Kevin M. Kruse, Annie Lowrey, Antonio Vieira Santos, Scott Santens, Jason Stanley, David Frum, Neil Lewis, Jr., PhD
a16z
Decentralized Finance: What It Is, Why It Matters
12+ min · · DeFi’s two foundational qualities — permissionless-ness and transparency — translate to multiple, powerful use cases. · Shared by 398, including Marc Garriga, Vala Afshar, Thomas Power, Florian Graillot, Jonathan Kogan, Paolo Sinelli, benahorowitz.eth, cdixon.eth, Theodora (Theo) Lau - 劉䂀曼 🌻, rohit
economistwritingeveryday.com
Who is the Wealthiest Generation?
5 min · · Have you seen this chart? I have seen it many times. It comes from this Washington Post article, but it seems to go viral on Twitter about every 6 months or so. The implication of the chart seems t… · Shared by 311, including Benedict Evans, Steven Pinker, Nir Eyal, Jonathan Kogan, Paul Graham, Noah Smith, Dean Baker, Azeem Azhar, David Andolfatto, Marvin “Polymath but really Just Generalist” Liao, Harry Briggs, Matteo Furia
Harvard Business Review
The Blockchain Will Do to Banks and Law Firms What the Internet Did to Media
7 min · · What we can learn from the evolution of another groundbreaking technology. · Shared by 287, including Antonio Vieira Santos, Thomas Power, Mathias Böhm, Nils Hitze, Mark Kaigwa, Martin Rajcan, Vinny Lingham, ɐpuɐʎᴉW ᴉʇɐʍɥǝN, Lord Travis Wright, Helmi, Jonathan Kogan, Chris Messina, @ShannaPeeples@mastodon.nl, Gerd Leonhard, Liv 😷, Nathan Rosquist, Ha Duong, Tris Hussey, Claudia Sommer, Steve Tendon
jonstokes.com
How the blockchain will break up Big Tech
Summary · 11+ min · · The Big Tech trust-busting conversation has a shelf-life. · Shared by 263, including Thomas Power, Christo Meid, getAbstract, Jonathan Kogan
The New Yorker
The Invention of Money
14+ min · · In three centuries, the heresies of two bankers became the basis of our modern economy. · Shared by 257, including Jon Matonis, Clemens, Erik Voorhees, 瑞拿頭, Taylor Pearson, Simon Lee, Jonathan Kogan, Marius Bleuer, Thomas Power, Mark Kaigwa, Brian T. Edwards, Christian Hartmann, Antonio Vieira Santos, Tauno, Bernhard Huessy, Mark Thoma, Dr. James Canton, Chintan Shah
McKinsey & Company
AI-bank of the future: Can banks meet the AI challenge?
· AI in banking may be the next big differentiator. Success requires a holistic transformation spanning multiple layers of the organization. · Shared by 232, including Chris Skinner, 🇺🇦Evan Kirstel #B2B #TechFluencer, Prof. Sally Eaves, Harold Sinnott, Marc R Gagné MAPP, Jim Marous 💯, Nicolas Babin, Pippa Malmgren, Florian Graillot, Andreas Staub, ipfconline in vacation mode :) will be back Sept.4, Jennifer Stirrup #MBA Topics: #AI #Data #Strategy, AI, Brett King #TheFuturists #OptimalHumanity ✈️, Theodora (Theo) Lau - 劉䂀曼 🌻, Ronald van Loon, Nige Roberts-Willson, Terence Mills, Damien de France 🌍 🕊️🇺🇦, Oliver Bussmann
The Atlantic
The Looming Bank Collapse
15+ min · · The U.S. financial system could be on the cusp of calamity. This time, we might not be able to save it. · Shared by 204, including Lukas Stickelberger, Dr. Marigo Raftopoulos, Strong Towns, Pomp 🌪, Theodora (Theo) Lau - 劉䂀曼 🌻, Jonathan Kogan, Noah Smith, Carolyn Porco, John Koetsier, Megan Greene, Danielle Fong 🙋🏻♀️, Patrick Gray, Ron Shevlin, Jim Marous 💯, Andy Budd, jason ball, Patrizia Laeri, Tim, Andreas Staub
techrepublic.com
Artificial intelligence can take banks to the next level
2 min · · Banking has the potential to improve its customer service, loan applications, and billing with the help of AI and natural language processing. · Shared by 174, including Thomas Power, Kirk Borne, Merkstatt@troet.cafe 📯, Katja Evertz, Jonathan Kogan, Arne Keuning, Antonio Vieira Santos, 🇺🇦Evan Kirstel #B2B #TechFluencer, Iain Brown, PhD, Terence Mills, Bob E. Hayes, Yves Mulkers, Mark Tabladillo PhD, Ronald Schmelzer, Nige Roberts-Willson, Desmond Williams, Marsha Collier, Kathleen Walch, Jennifer Stirrup #MBA Topics: #AI #Data #Strategy
public.com
A new kind of stock brokerage.
4 min · · Invest in the stock market commission-free. Public makes it possible to own any public stock with any amount of money. It's a new kind of brokerage. · Shared by 161, including Pomp 🌪, Jonathan Kogan, Crunchbase News, Bri Kimmel, Amanda Goetz, David Doughty, Jonah Lupton, Jim Marous 💯, LARRY ELKAN, Michael Fauscette, Jeremiah Owyang, Dan Primack, Coronado 'Porch' Lindzon, EMERCE, Bill Gurley, Ian Sigalow, Ron Shevlin, Creators Digest, Scott Galloway, BrendanEich
WIRED
The Big ICO Swindle
8 min · · Many cryptocurrency speculators are banking on the theory that someone dumber than them will buy their tokens for more than they paid. That’s a pretty good bet…until it isn’t. · Shared by 141, including Bjorn Larsen, Gerd Leonhard, Oleg Baskov, Mike Butcher, Herbert Bay, Jonathan Kogan, Oliver Reichenstein, Pieter van Diggele, Merkstatt@troet.cafe 📯, Dominik Grolimund, Cyrill Schmid, Thomas Power, Mattia Fregola 🤔, ɐpuɐʎᴉW ᴉʇɐʍɥǝN
Stripe
Banking-as-a-service for platforms
1 min · · Stripe Treasury is a banking-as-a-service API that lets you embed financial services in your marketplace or platform, with a single integration. · Shared by 116, including Bas Grasmayer, Jonathan Kogan, Nando 💪🇦🇺🇦🇷, Marvin “Polymath but really Just Generalist” Liao, Ouriel @Zengo, dunschtig, Ferit (at 🏠) 🌙, Patrick Collison, Yann “不停” Heurtaux ⏚ @shalf@mastodon.social, Stammy
CB Insights
Banking Is Only The Beginning: 42 Big Industries Blockchain Could Transform
20+ min · · Banking isn't the only industry that could be affected by blockchain tech. Law enforcement, ride hailing, and many other sectors could also have blockchain in their future. · Shared by 108, including Andreas Heer, Lord Travis Wright, Marc R Gagné MAPP, Bertrand Maltaverne, Zain Fathoni, Clemens M. Schuster, LARRY ELKAN, Oliver Bussmann, Jonathan Kogan, Jacob du Toit, Malik El Bay 🕊🔰🇲🇦, Merkstatt@troet.cafe 📯, Marcos, Ron McIntyre, Thomas Power
taskablehq.com
Founder Guide for Raising Capital
3 min · · Insights on raising capital for startups, based on our experiences as founders. We cover warm intros, where and how to find investors, and more. · Shared by 102, including Jonathan Kogan
ZDNET
Most important currencies in a digital economy: Trust, speed, and relevance
8 min · · Trust, speed, and relevance may be the most important currencies during a crisis. Businesses must adapt quickly and leverage technology to gain a competitive advantage. Agility, adaptability,… · Shared by 102, including 🇺🇦Evan Kirstel #B2B #TechFluencer, Katja Evertz, Vala Afshar, Jonathan Kogan, R.NFT R “Ray” Wang 王瑞光 #1A #AI, Mark Davy