December 1
Net Positive
My TED talk came out last week. Bucket list experience. On Tuesday I was part of an online forum at Thompson Reuters. Here are some Q&As. Are the big four a force for good? Net / net, yes. I think fossil fuels are net /…
December 1
November 17
Full-Throated Capitalist
I had drinks with John Battelle, an original gangster from the good — then very bad — old days of the nineties internet generation in SF. John is the founder of Wired, The Industry Standard, and Federated Media. Our careers have had similar arcs, if…
November 10
Trust vs. New
In the first session of my brand strategy course, I ask the kids what is the strongest brand in the world. Most say Apple. A few kids sense I'm going off script and will say Jesus or Michael Jordan. I offer up the US dollar.…
November 3
12 Questions for Big Tech
Facebook, Google, and Twitter have been in hearings with government agencies this week over their responsibility in Russia’s hacking of our elections. Here are some questions I would ask them: 1. Please raise your right hand and tell me if you are a media…
October 27
Homecoming
Homecoming and Coming Home I went to my first homecoming in twenty years this past weekend. Berkeley, where I received my MBA, is a spectacular campus that will graduate more kids from low-income households this year than the entire Ivy League combined. They invited me to…
October 20
Partner vs. Parasitoid
A micropredator eats a tiny bit of the host, and a parasite eats a chunk. The parasitoid feeds on the host from the inside out until the host dies, and then leaves (think Alien films). The predator shows up and eats the host. It would…
October 13
Ask Me Anything
My first book, The Four, debuted at #5 on the New York Times Bestseller list for hardcover nonfiction. Thanks for your support. Ask Me Anything I did an Ask Me Anything on Reddit yesterday (I’m so down with millennials). Below are some questions I found interesting. Feel free to ask…
September 29
Clicks vs. Responsibility
Excerpt from my book, The Four: The Hidden DNA of Amazon, Apple, Facebook, and Google, which drops this Tuesday (10/3). Pre-order on Amazon — in hardcover, Kindle, or Audible — from Barnes & Noble, or from an indie bookseller. Clicks vs. Responsibility (from Chapter 4,…
September 22
The Worm Has Turned
The Worm Has Turned For the past decade, the loudest arguments waged regarding the Four (Amazon, Apple, Facebook, and Google) were about which CEO was more Jesus-like or should run for president. These platforms brought down autocrats, were going to cure death and put a…
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