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What is the future that will unfold? Some like it hot , others like it cold But we all want to hold the remote control -Beastie Boys Sometimes a service provides a value to its customers that may not be readily apparent at first glance. And sometimes that value can be more fundamentally important to […] Read more (opens Andy Weissman in a new tab)
“Dangerfield eliminated everything from his act but the setups and punchlines” Alex Halberstadt’s essay on Rodney Dangerfield is a masterclass on how to improve by reduction. Dangerfield worked for decades as a comedian until he figured out the thing, his insight: “by eliminating every extraneous […] Read more (opens Andy Weissman in a new tab)
If dreams came true, oh wouldn’t that be nice Most of my sleep dreams are mundane if I can even remember them. The other night I dreamt that I missed a flight to Toronto because I didn’t have my passport. There are other dreams that are more profound. Those are the dreams of one’s life […] Read more (opens Andy Weissman in a new tab)
Can a machine help you invest in shampoo? Coffee? Another consumer product? Last week, the USV portfolio company CircleUp announced the closing and launch of CircleUp Growth Partners – a $125 million fund that will use a quantitative machine learning approach to invest in early-stage consumer and […] Read more
“People are often asking me what’s going to happen next in science that’s important, and of course, the whole point is that if it’s important, it’s something we didn’t expect. All the really important things come as a big surprise.” – Freeman Dyson Uncertainty about the world, desire to control our […] Read more (opens Andy Weissman in a new tab)
A Google search for “apartment lease” returns 86 million results. Which makes sense. One of the constants in life is finding a place to live, and signing a long-term contract for that living place. That constant — that lease — remains in force even though changes in our lives may not line up neatly […] Read more
