“Woke” as 2019’s Business Strategy
This is fascinating, via Kara Swisher and Scott Galloway: “70% of our elected officials in the Senate at least represent 30% of the...
How Much Are You Willing to Pay for a Netflix Subscription?
Why do I suspect that this price is fairly irrelevant when premium Cable channels are $10 and $15 dollars per month and offer a fraction...
Jeff Bezos/Lauren Sanchez
The rich are just like the rest of us. Only with a lot more money. Oh, maybe that’s not true. Maybe they believe they’re...
NPR Podcast: Herb Kelleher
The co-founder and former CEO of Southwest Airlines, Herb Kelleher, died this week at 87. Herb shared his story with NPR in 2016, and...
Tech Firm CapEx, 2007-18
Kind of surprising to see Google (Alphabet) and Facebook each spend more on Cap Ex than Apple does. From Recode: Tech companies are...
Verizon Writes Down Oath
You’d like to believe the people, mostly men, running America’s companies know more than you do. Now I’m not so sure. Did anybody...
Prime and Punishment in the Amazon Marketplace
Source: The Verge This is a pretty tough piece about how brutal a place Amazon is for retailers: “She calls the scheme that...
Transcript: Bethany McLean (Enron & Fracking)
The transcript from this week’s MIB: Bethany McLean, is below. You can stream/download the full conversation, including...
60 Minutes: Elon Musk of Tesla
Musk opens up to Lesley Stahl about Twitter, pot, the Securities and Exchange Commission, Model 3 and Tesla Tesla CEO Elon Musk: The 60...
The Relative Advantage of Buybacks
Fans and Foes of Buybacks Aren’t in Disagreement As a group, companies that repurchase shares are good investments even as individual...