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How Stack Up is still saving lives of veterans through gaming after a decade

Veterans have had help from the Department of Veterans Affairs adjusting to work-life challenges for years. But employees at the department’s suicide crisis line and...

From PM to GP: Roach Capital’s Fahd Ananta | Angel S6 E6 + OK Boomer: Dive Chat | E1390

Angel Season 6 is all about first-time fund managers. Fahd Ananta of Roach Capital joined to discuss his path from founder to PM to...

Steve Blank Quantum Computing – An Update

In March 2022 I wrote a description of the Quantum Technology Ecosystem. I thought this would be a good time to check in on...

Small Business Optimism Declines in February

The National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB) reported a decline in small business optimism for February, with its Small Business Optimism Index falling by...

Will a Call Simulator Help Your Agent Training? Not Really

Call simulators can be nice tools when you want to provide supplemental training and practice for your agents, but they can’t replace the hands-on...

Thingy – Smart labels for your thingies

HomeProductThingySmart labels for your thingiesOrganize all of your thingies, share them with peers (or with no one at all), look up your items from...

How to Do Great Work

July 2023If you collected lists of techniques for doing great work in a lot of different fields, what would the intersection look like? I decided to...

Intercom on Product: Designing for Clarity

As Intercom’s product scaled, we struggled to keep the navigation clear and user-friendly. So how do you redesign information architecture without disrupting users? Senior Product...

Athena spacecraft declared dead after toppling over on moon | Space

A robotic private spacecraft designed to provide crucial data for returning humans to the moon toppled over as it landed on the lunar surface,...

Bandwidth: The Untold Story of Ambition, Deception, and Innovation that Shaped the Internet Age and Dot-Com Boom

Dan Caruso’s new book Bandwidth: The Untold Story of Ambition, Deception, and Innovation that Shaped the Internet Age and Dot-Com Boom is available for...

People of Color Are Building Wealth By Working Side Hustles — But Here’s Why The Gig Economy Could Be Hurting Them, Too.

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. As of 2023, one in...

Praying to the God of Valuation. Something happened in the past 7 years… | by Mark Suster

Something happened in the past 7 years in the startup and venture capital world that I hadn’t experienced since the late 90’s — we...

Announcements – Brad Feld

I’ve decided to try something new on this blog. Rather than using up full posts for short announcements, I’ve added a new block for...

Weak cyber defenses are exposing critical infrastructure — how enterprises can proactively thwart cunning attackers to protect us all

Join our daily and weekly newsletters for the latest updates and exclusive content on industry-leading AI coverage. Learn More Direct attacks on critical infrastructure get...

Crypto crash updates, Sequoia’s structure, $ZM product expansion, Starlink & more | E1498

First, we cover an update from the BlockFi CEO denying that FTX is buying them for $25N (2:33), and we have a couple more...

Steve Blank How to Flip the Script, Beat China and Russia – And Fix the Broken Department of Defense

A version of this post previously appeared in War on the Rocks. This version has been updated with suggestions from leaders across the Department...