Tiger Global: How to Win
Tiger Global is the best blitz chess player in the world of venture capital today. The near-$100 billion crossover fund moves at a pace that no other firm can compete with, allocating around the world, on virtually a daily basis. To the casual observer, Tiger seems to run on a dark blend of hedge fund bravado, inflated valuations, and fast-twitch hunches.
Article: The Attention Span. "Articulate & Incompetent."
In volatile times like this, we each navigate a new ocean of infinite opinions. One of the hardest tasks is differentiating between what sounds smart and what’s actually true. Thankfully there are some really interesting tools to tackle this massive problem.
ARK's Big Ideas 2022
ARK’s research is centered around the belief that five innovation platforms are evolving and converging at the same time: Artificial Intelligence, Robotics, Energy Storage, DNA Sequencing, and Blockchain Technology.
We identified 14 transformative technologies that are approaching tipping points as costs drop, unleashing demand across sectors and geographies and spawning more innovation. We believe that historians will look back on this era as one of unprecedented technological foment—and they will say: everything changed.
Why you should read: Cathie Wood as a fund manager has been under fire recently (her headline fund down 50%), but her track record has been pretty amazing. Some of these insights gave me pause for further thought.
Price Controls, Black Markets, And Skimpflation: The WWII Battle Against Inflation
With inflation surging right now, U.S. leaders are naturally thinking about how to fight it. In modern times, that responsibility has mostly fallen to the Federal Reserve. The Fed can (and likely will) raise interest rates to cool down the economy, which should — theoretically — lower demand for goods and services and reduce upward pressure on prices. This will also likely bring pain to many Americans as the economy is forced to slow down.
Inside Trickbot, Russia’s Notorious Ransomware Gang
Internal messages WIRED has viewed shed new light on the operators of one of the world's biggest botnets.
Why you should read: We are still seeing businesses not take cyber-security seriously, under estimating the impact of an intrusion and the havoc that a breach can cause.
How to deal with an Inverse Conway Maneuver?
Melvin Conway observed that the communication structures of organizations directly influence the design of technical systems produced by those organizations.
The Rise of the COO Role
People are wondering, what's causing that rise, and how can CEOs recruit a top-notch COO, even as competition for top talent increases?
How Note Taking Can Help You Become an Expert
Cognitive Flexibility Theory is a 30 year old learning theory that ends up someplace weird: it tells us that a specific type of note taking will help us learn better from history.