Imagine if you could click any of these logos and access a definitive conversation on the business, filled w/ applicable lessons

This is just part of the vision that we are working towards @joincolossus

We take the first step April 5th

We'll need your help

T-minus 2 weeks...
If you are a designer or front end engineer and are interested in helping us build the application behind this, DM me.
Companies are just one category.

We’ll map everything.

- breakdowns of companies, protocols
- primers on horizontal topics (eg NFTs, marketplaces)
- important historical episodes
- more

Conversation allows so much quality throughput. Will also share supporting materials.
In 2 weeks, we will be opening up the chance for others to participate in several different ways. Will start slow.

Those that opt in will be part of this bigger mission to capture the worlds business knowledge. We want everyone to be better builders and investors

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10 Jan
1/ GameStop is one of the most fun businesses to study for both its success and failure.

Relative to other specialty retailers, it dominated up until the financial crisis, but has since done very poorly.

But unlike Tower Records or Blockbuster, it is still in business
2/ Thanks to the tailwind gaming has provided, its revenues have grown long-term but EBITDA and margins have been terrible as the gaming world has digitized over the past 5 years.
3/ As I learned in @joosterizer book One Up, their early physical retail edge rested on counterpositioning: doing things Walmart and others couldn't:

1. Accessibility
2. Deeply trained expert staff
3. Tailored loyalty program
4. Custom inventory management for used game sales
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9 Jan
Starting to collect important questions for 2021 and beyond in this thread.

Please send questions you are interested in too!

1. Will demand for compute continue to double every few months? Tons of implications for semiconductor design and manufacture. mule.substack.com/p/gpt-3-and-th…
2. What will be the next major use of mRNA vaccines? What will our new understanding of protein folding lead to?

deepmind.com/blog/article/a…
3. How will better data and workflows improve our health care system (prediction, prevention, price of care, outcomes, compliance)?
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26 Dec 20
Ideas are a dime a dozen, so better start posting them to make this thread worth something:

1. Multi-player habit tracker app

2. If not religious, establish your own daily prayer, weekly sabbath, and annual pilgrimage

3. Turn off paid marketing and find way to maintain growth
1. Scour your operating expenses for areas that could be the basis of a new product (eg AWS, Cloudflare Workers)

2. Build a “Zestimate” for your industry

3. Build award show or list for group that compliments your offering (eg Midas list, Michelin stars, 30 under 30, MTV VMAs)
1. Film a family member or friend dancing, then use runwayml.com green screen tool for some fun magic

2. Zillow and AirBnb, but only for woods/nature enveloped cabins

3. A la carte online courses, NOT subscription (I always want 1-2, but never want—or buy—the bundle)
Read 8 tweets
4 Dec 20
For the last year at @OSAMResearch, we’ve been building.

Excited to share this new post that shares the lessons we've learned. We now believe the future of asset management will be defined by a new category: "custom indexing."

More in this thread...

canvas.osam.com/Commentary/Blo…
@OSAMResearch When we launched Canvas (canvas.osam.com), we followed the advice of @chetanp to find a small, great set of partners and then stop taking new ones for a long time.

A year ago we did so, partnering with 9 RIA firms, and building out the platform based on their needs...
@OSAMResearch @chetanp This "go slow to go fast" mentality has paid off.

We had a theory that people would want deeply tailored strategies for individual clients.

Yesterday, we opened our 500th account. 70% of them are totally unique in their settings.
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17 Oct 20
🚨 a new job that’s a huge opportunity for someone early in their career looking to skip a few steps forward.

The role is a business operations lead for the podcast company. The team has been building behind the scenes and they need help. Here’s the link: coda.io/d/Business-Ope…
Our mission is to capture and share the world’s best knowledge on business and investing.

This means our product itself is a business and investing education that we believe will far surpass even the best graduate degree.
You’ll be working for @DBrychcy, who is the CEO. A bit of history on him below, because he’s effectively hiring for a role that he was once hired into...
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16 May 20
1/ The most influential video I've ever seen remains "inventing on principle," by @worrydream.



A well formed principle guides action through time. Here's Brett's principle attached.

I realized today this is why I'm so interested in Unreal Engine 5.
@worrydream 2/ His specific principle (more on finding your own principle shortly) has given me a new lens to see the world: does this enable human creativity?

Unreal Engine 5 will empower creators in fascinating ways. I love any technology that does so. Look at this image:
@worrydream 3/ First, watch Brett's video starting at [2:34] to see what he means by immediate connection to one's creation.

Then watch this incredible video (h/t @eldsjal) on making The Mandalorian using Unreal Engine (I've linked to the moment of the video I mean)

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