To recap, the vendor has very little potential upside if a startup does well. Startups typically involve more work. Most startups are more argumentative than other companies. Startups present a high risk of not being paid. On top of all that, if the startup fails, it’s not a good portfolio…
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Stop Worshiping Fake Visionaries
“Elon Musk’s idea for a Hyperloop is not possible, according to experts. The reasons why are complex, but the people saying this cannot work, are often willing to prove it mathematically. At best, it’s dangerous and less efficient than air travel; at worst, it cannot work over any distance long enough…
Is Entrepreneurship An Addiction?
A YouTube video and blog post tell a story of interactions with an entrepreneur that start to sound like heroin addiction In academic work, it seems that entrepreneurship and addiction are related. That entrepreneurs show signs of addictive behavior such as “obsessive thoughts, withdrawal-condensation period, and negative emotion. Similar to the…
Louis Rossmann: Are you investable?
Entrepreneur and right-to-repair advocate Louis Rossmann sparked discussion with a video about being an investable person. In other words, being the kind of person, people find rewarding to help. “Ever[y] young person needs to watch this video, or be taught this lesson at some point. I’m almost 30 now but hearing…
Elon Musk Wants Twitter To Be More Like TikTok
According to New York Times Musk’s hour-long town hall with Twitter employees included the bizarre line that Twitter should be more like TikTok to be less “boring”. Musk pointed out that TikTok is an example of an effective platform, saying one of the flaws he sees with Twitter is that…
Twitter’s Board Says It Will ‘Enforce The Merger Agreement’ With Elon Musk
“Who wants to own Twitter? Maybe Elon Musk doesn’t. Sure, maybe he is causing chaos to extract a lower price from the Twitter board, but he just as well may walk away altogether and create a Twitter clone. There is a “60%+ chance from our view Musk ultimately walks from…
Uber CEO Says Company Will Treat Hiring As A ‘privilege’ In An Email According To CNBC
“Uber will cut back on spending and focus on becoming a leaner business to address a “seismic shift” in investor sentiment, CEO Dara Khosrowshahi told employees in an email obtained by CNBC.” Via CNBC “We will treat hiring as a privilege and be deliberate about when and where we add headcount,” he added.…
Not Much Value To Unlock On Twitter
Twitter is racing to convince advertisers that it will stay safe for brands after Elon Musk assumes control over the organization, as the mission bunches that coordinated a Facebook publicizing blacklist in 2020 caution that the Tesla boss’ emphasis on the right to speak freely of discourse could build harmfulness…
Twitter bans ads that promote climate change denial and contradict the “scientific consensus”, using the United Nations’ IPCC reports to inform its decisions
“Twitter is tackling climate denialism as an Earth Day treat. The social media platform announced on Friday that it will now ban ads that spout climate change denial and propaganda. That means blocking ads that are misleading and “contradict the scientific consensus on climate change.” That consensus is underscored by…
According Dubious Research Elon Musk Uses A Twitter Botnet To Pump Stock Prices
Yesterday, LA Times published an article arguing that Twitter botnets helped Elon Musk build the cult of Tesla. Even speculating that Musk may have created or operated these botnets. However, experts were skeptical of the research. The article uses a tool called Botometer to determine what accounts are bots. The…