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"David vs. Goliath" by Malcolm Gladwell 📚

"David vs. Goliath" by Malcolm Gladwell 📚

The narrative of David vs. Goliath has been constantly used to describe how startups and industries interact with each other. Startups are frail but smart and nimble, and industrials are powerful but slow-moving, yada yada... You know the story. In 2013, I read the latest Malcolm Gladwell book on this

Deepnews

Deepnews, solving real problems

Don’t fret, I’m not going to make a post a day on startups that are « solving real problems ». But I thought it would be fair to point at Deepnews, an interesting European startup (it’s even French-based — oh my). Deepnews is solving a dramatically obvious problem: news that

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Catalog, solving real problems

Catalog [https://www.catalogdna.com/] is a DNA storage [https://www.wired.com/story/the-rise-of-dna-data-storage/] startup trying to solve the problem of the exploding cost, complexity, carbon footprint and lack of longevity of data storage. To do so, they’re exploring how protein-based ATCG code could someday replace silicon-based 0s

No, technology is not neutral

No, technology is not neutral

But even if we pretend that technology is inherently neutral (which is not), we need to face that tech has facilitated so many terrible outcomes these last ten years. From climate change to the end of privacy as we knew it, saying that “tech is neutral” is a weird form

The case for self-cannibalization

The case for self-cannibalization

The term “self-cannibalization” appears when a company launches a new product line, competing with one of its own. It is mostly a classic strategic move, implying that said company is phasing out some products to update their offer. In some cases, like in the fashion industry and their seasonal cycles,

Do you need your own Apple stores?

Do you need your own Apple stores?

Today, Bose announced they’d be closing all of their stores in North America, Europe, Japan and Australia [https://www.theverge.com/2020/1/15/21067715/bose-shutting-down-retail-stores-layoffs-north-america-europe-japan-australia] . In their original 1993 thinking, the idea for such a chain of international retail stores seemed clear enough: > “Originally, our retail stores

startup fever

Are European startups solving real problems?

Cover [https://www.cover.build/] is a startup I’ve been following for quite a while. It’s based in Los Angeles and its job is straightforward: > We design, permit, manufacture, and install beautiful backyard homes in Los Angeles. Completely custom to your property, no subcontractors to deal with,