Happy New Year!!! Buon Anno Nuovo!!! Feliz Año Nuevo!!!

👇Thread: Marketplace 100. Here's a16z's list of the largest and fastest-growing consumer-facing marketplace startups and private companies -- using credit card data from our friends at Second Measure. a16z.com/2020/02/18/mar…

Homemade pizza nights are a pleasant weekly institution 😋 #pizza #food #foodporn #pizzatime #foodie #pizzalover #instafood #pasta #italianfood #pizzeria #pizzalovers #yummy #foodblogger #delicious #foodphotography… instagram.com/p/CA5mXbDjaiM/…

Traditional Veal Saltimbocca Recipe - Nonna Approved! youtube.com/watch?v=iYAx-X… #recipe #foodie #italianfood #italianculture

Announcing a new partnership with Shopify and Walmart! We’re the first commerce platform to help merchants sell on the Walmart Marketplace. ☀️ news.shopify.com/shopify-become…

1/ Do you want to launch a modern media company? Here's a thread breaking down how we're doing it at Scalable.co (and how I've done it at all my previous companies)...

Another $DOGE / $USD take that just came to mind: ~65 days until trend continuation. I still think boring the market participants and crashing ~50% from high is most probable. Combination of loss and attention deficit should create fuel for the dollar leg.

1/ Some really sketchy behavior coming out of the SEC recently. Story time…

How Buzzfeed got its biggest traffic day…ever nie.mn/rZIKYz via Nieman Lab

How Badoo Got 130 Million People Are Meeting Each Other and $100M In Revenue (TCTV) techcrunch.com/2011/12/05/bad… via TechCrunch

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📢 The $DRM Initial Liquidity Bootstrap (ILB) event will be open on 17 Jan at 1 AM UTC via Yokai Swap. ✅ There will be a community whitelist pool and a public overflow pool. 👉 Check out this to learn the details and how to get whitelisted: medium.com/@darumadao/dar…

Let's get this straight. An NFL player loses their $11 million salary for betting $1500 on a game. Meanwhile, politicians are making multiple trades on private information, expecting a rally. This is inexcusable. Link: unusualwhales.com/i_am_the_senate

Brand awareness & SEO are going to become more and more important in 2022. "Companies have seen the importance of SEO and the ROI it can bring over the long term,” says Guido Pedrelli in our e-commerce Q&A ➡️ bit.ly/3HWYPdD.

The new report by Semrush features Kevin_Indig, Himani Kankaria, Kunle Campbell, Aleyda Solis 🕊️, and Guido Pedrelli to discuss how to shape your eCommerce strategy in 2022 - semrush.com/blog/ecommerce… #eCommerce #DigitalMarketing #SEO

I want to be a pirate! Can't wait for this...grog!!

Demographers Warn Of Impending Population Collapse zerohedge.com/political/demo…

Japan approved a plan to further embrace nuclear energy, reversing policies introduced after the Fukushima disaster in 2011 🇯🇵❤️☢️ 👍 Government moves to extend reactor lifespan beyond 60 years and replace decommissioned units with next-gen technology bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

FYI, I'm now on Substack, where I'll be posting somewhat longer contributions -- largely about economic and financial developments, with free access. My first post looks at Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney's visit to the White House today (link: mohamedelerian.substack.com/subscribe?utm_… ).