The Friday Five: Tesla's First Trillion, Apple's Design Magic, & More
Episode XXV
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Today at a Glance:
Quote: James Clear on feeding good ideas.
Tweet: Trung Phan on Apple’s unboxing magic.
Article: Meera Clark on The New New Deal.
Podcast: Bad Bets on the Enron scandal.
Bonus: Tesla’s first trillion, visualized.
One Quote:
“Your time is better spent championing good ideas than tearing down bad ones. Feed the good ideas and let bad ideas die of starvation." — James Clear
Your energy is finite—use it to build, not to destroy.
One Tweet:
Trung has been doing a series of threads on psychological and design hacks used by big companies to keep you spending money. This breakdown of the iPhone unboxing experience was another brilliant thread in the series.
That opening GIF is so damn satisfying…
One Article:
Meera Clark—a VC at Obvious Ventures—makes a compelling case that the infrastructure layer supporting the emerging workforce of tomorrow must begin to evolve and adapt.
I’m a huge believer in this mega-trend (& have put my money where my mouth is with investments in a number of companies building the new infrastructure layer!).
Highly-recommend giving this a read and a think!
P.S. Meera is amazingly smart and thoughtful—worth following her for more.
One Podcast:
Bad Bets — Enron
Bad Bets is a new podcast from The Wall Street Journal that dives into big business dramas. The first series is on the Enron scandal (which I’ve been obsessed with since I first read The Smartest Guys in the Room).
This podcast is a great appetizer on the subject. Bon Appétit!
Listen to it on Apple Podcasts or Spotify.
One Bonus:
This visualization of Tesla’s $1 trillion market cap is absolutely bananas! Investors seem to agree that the future is electric…
Special thanks to George Maroudas for sending me this!
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