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This week we explore a $909M patent award, an early clash between Gates and Jobs, and the most boring $31M profit you can imagine. When Kodak and Polar…
Nate Desmond
Sep 21
This week we explore Airbnb’s old investor emails, Bhutan’s household energy generators, and the life of one of our greatest contemporary war correspon…
Nate Desmond
Sep 14
This week we explore Softbank’s latest (crazy?) investment, a guide to finding fulfillment at work, and a supersonic baseball (or five). Softbank has b…
Nate Desmond
Sep 7
This week we explore a $20B insolvency, ISIS activity in Africa, and Fortnight’s latest battle royale against Apple. Wirecard: A $20B fraud? Despite so…
Nate Desmond
Aug 31
This week we explore Mike Rowe’s work habits, a structured approach to career design, and a 2001 interview with a luxury brand with $63B in 2019 sales.…
Nate Desmond
Aug 24
This week we explore behind the scenes of Instagram’s 2012 acquisition, inside the mind of a modern soldier, and around one of Elon Musk’s lesser-known…
Nate Desmond
Aug 17
This week we explore the truth behind TikTok, the art of learning, and a simple set of guidelines that would make social media healthier. Slow down, so…
Nate Desmond
Aug 10
This week we explore the secrets of a ~$1B baseball team acquisition, the legendary leadership on a 1989 airplane that lost all control, and the bigges…
Nate Desmond
Aug 3
This week we explore $800M phantom teams, presidential career paths, and flying squirrels. From a rural farm to the White House Robert Caro is the Elvi…
Nate Desmond
Jul 27
This week we explore personal growth through failure and feedback, unfair advantages in business, and a possible path to a meaningful life. Ikigai: the…
Nate Desmond
Jul 20
This week we explore effective work rules, nuclear fuel safety, and the incredible lives of two Alexandre Dumas’s. Swimming with nuclear fuel rods? You…
Nate Desmond
Jul 13
This week we explore the craft of product management, the slow and steady approach to startup success, and a day in the life of a tyrant. Product Manag…
Nate Desmond
Jul 6
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