In the past month I've had 4 founders tell me they wish they had a Board or wish they had a stronger Board to push them & feel like their companies suffered bc they didn't. 2 of them are unicorn companies where the founder has multiple seats + 1 investor director

This is the crucial issue in venture now.

“These data suggest that virtually all individuals with existing anti-SARS-CoV-2 CD8+ T-cell responses should recognize the Omicron VOC, and that SARS-CoV-2 has not evolved extensive T-cell escape mutations at this time.” bioRxiv biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

Nope. The economics of the $60 price tag for what are now nine figure budgets are too risky, and the margins become too thin. Corporations exist to make money, yes, but if you aren’t making healthy margins to offset the titles that fail, you end up shuttering studios.

Twitter is still free 🙏

Amazing.

I love how this editable Tweet debate is a massive issue that some seem to think technically insoluble...and when Facebook shipped editable posts, it was a random feature shipped without any hoopla that just handled all the corner cases from day one (hint: edit history).

Dr. Gene is back with another Sleep Fact of the Day! 💭 Do you dream in black and white or color? 👇

What's the most magical experience you've had with a tech product in the past year? I'm talking the first time you opened Spotify and realized all the songs were there, or the first time you called an Uber and a car just showed up kind of magic... but in the past year.

Student loans: the costs of the debt jubilee should be borne by universities, not taxpayers.

Super succinct masterclass on “investing” in the games industry. Thanks to both of you!

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No need to dunk. Learn product lessons and how to choose technology end points.

This is the scalable problem definition. Good read

My recommended strategy for startups... 1. Talk to customers. 2. Talk to customers. 3. Talk to customers. 4. Talk to customers. 5. Talk to customers.

Positive cash flow.

@jason who would have thought…raising rates at a record pace would destroy the economy. What a concept

"If you are not embarrassed by the first version, you've launched too late." Here are 10 hideous original sites of tech giants: 1. Apple.

Great read