How do you escape from your everyday bubble?
Steve Blank wrote a personal blog on how going on holiday helps him beat the bubble of the tech-world surrounding him in the Valley. This week's Must read is on the role of social media and the political bubble. What bubbles would you like to burst, and how do you escape from/ realize you're in a bubble at times? Feel free to reply!
Must read
Can Silicon Valley disrupt its neo-nazi problem?
"... if social media existed in the 1930s and 40s, and you could go back in time and ban Hitler from using Twitter (and a dozen other platforms) would you? To me, that question is a lot easier to answer with an unequivocal yes. But for most companies in Silicon Valley, it’s not so simple."
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Culture
The lives of bitcoin miners digging for digital gold in Inner Mongolia
From a physical coal mine to a digital coin mine: this read takes you to Mongolia, where a bitcoin mine was (re)born in wasteland. Moreover, it gives you a look into how these 24/7 mining activities are run.
Working outside the tech bubble
Steve Blank's annual note to himself: most people live outside the tech bubble.
Modern Entrepreneurship
Is your start up idea gold or goop?
How do you know if your idea is a hidden gem or a dumpster fire?
8 PR strategies for bootstrapped startups
Public Relations is still a crucial aspect of building successful businesses in the 21st century.
How to turn your open source idea into a unicorn in 5 bold steps
The five stages you'll go through when starting a business.
Growth
Growth doesn’t start with experiments
Why testing the relationships between a segment, an action, and a theme is important.
Trends
Is Tesla really a disruptor? (And why the answer matters)
TL;DR: No, Tesla is not really a disruptor, but you need to understand why and how it is not disruptive yet.
The ‘reverse ICO’: How existing businesses will start tokenizing
The amount of money generated by the Initial Coin Offerings (ICOs) of blockchain-based companies is astounding. So, how will they stay relevant?
Tools
Find better problems worth solving with the Customer Forces Canvas
Before you can build the “right” solution for your customers, you have to understand the “right” problem.
Finance
Venture Crap
An enlightening insight into the structural chain of causes and consequences from the scheme on which the venture capital model is built.
Thank you
Thank you for finishing issue #133 & credits
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