Topic
companies
- Nishiyama Onsen Keiunkan Wikipedia
The world’s oldest continually-operating company. Founded in 705.
- Chaordic Organizations
The late Dee Hock, founder of Visa, was a business legend in many respects. Like many of the most revered founders, his ideas were years ahead of their time, and his writing is clear, concise, and super interesting. H…
- The Challenge of High-Capital Startups
Geospatial analytics company Descartes Labs recently sold to private equity, in what former CEO Mark Johnson calls a "fire sale." This post is his perspective on the nature of the business over time, their missteps al…
- On Effectiveness vs. Efficiency
"Efficiency is doing things right; effectiveness is doing the right things." — Peter Drucker People throw around these two words pretty indiscriminately in business, usually not making a distinction between them. They…
- Investor's Field Guide with John Collison
I enjoyed this interview with Stripe co-founder John Collison. The range of topics covered in this discussion is wild. Always impressive to see someone that's been so objectively successful still maintain the level of…
- Lower the Degree of Difficulty
Fred Wilson with advice to startups on keeping things simple: I have sat through numerous pitches where I am listening to the founder explain their technology and go to market plan and I think “this is going to be a r…