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Getting Started with Value Chains
Frameworks are useful tools. In the case of business strategy, value chains are the poster child of frameworks. This post aims at getting you from zero to one as quickly as possible. I summarized the post on Twitter as well.
đ What I Read
The Multi-Path Career
Iâm way bullish on this idea. Sometime in the near future, employees wonât work exclusively for one company at a time. The emergence of âcareer portfoliosâ will mean more transfer learning, better resource allocation, and lower employee turnover.
The Guide to Unbundling Reddit
This inaugural newsletter from Greg Isenberg is worth a read. I donât think Reddit is in trouble anytime soon, but this is a convincing argument that other companies can contribute value in the space.
Shopify, Amazon, and Mimetic Theory
Check out part two of Julian Lehrâs essay series on the state and future of eCommerce. Even if you didnât catch the first part, I found the intersection between consumer engagement and Mimetic theory interesting.
đ„ What I Found Interesting
Preventing the Collapse of Civilization
All software is built on top of existing software. We continuously churn out abstraction on top of abstraction. But what happens when nobody left understands the underlying systems?
Digital Restoration
I could spend hours sifting through this collection of retro-style images that have been restored in beautiful fashion.
Implementing Search at Twitter
Itâs kind of comforting that even the most effective tech companies in the world still struggle with the interplay between teams in a large organization. This is a cool inside-look at a scenario that is all too common.
đ€ Quote I'm Pondering
"You donât succeed because you have no weaknesses; you succeed because you find your unique strengths and focus on developing habits around them." â Tim Ferriss
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