Insights

The latest on the innovations that will let us go back to normal. https://www.gatesnotes.com/About-Bill-Gates/Year-in-Review-2020. BillG with the high-level breakdown of progress with regards to Covid.

Complexity science reveals the role of strategy, synergy, swarming and more. Fascinating article on complexity science and how team performance is likely much more than what we can currently measure or fathom. No answers in there; but the pondering is a good read.

Beauty brands are using Facebook groups to gather consumer insights. Here’s how to make them work best. BY DANIELA MOROSINI

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-12-22/who-is-mrbeast-meet-youtube-s-top-creator-of-2020?sref=CkyqDUQ9. Man, he is inspiring. Hard work and dedication to conquer, truly conquer a huge opportunity. And he launched 300 restaurants simultaneously https://hypebeast.com/2020/12/youtube-star-mrbeast-burger-chain-launch-announcement, making his app #2 on the app store for a brief time https://www.mobileaction.co/blog/app-news-analysis/mrbeast-burger/. So cool.

Very detailed story with lots of lessons learned in there.

It got massive amounts of people to subscribe to HBO Max, and then they stick around for the content. “The customer acquisition game is an originals game. The customer retention game in SVOD is a library game.” — Continue to read.

“You should look at the codes that I’ve written. I write software programs way beyond any classes that I’ve taken. I think I’ve gotten better over time, so take a look at how ambitious I’ve been there. I do think I can work well with people. I might criticize their code a little harshly, but…
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“With relationships, actions speak louder than words, especially if your words have been fairly empty in the past.” — ‘Success Addicts’ Choose Being Special Over Being Happy “Unhappy is he who depends on success to be happy. For such a person, the end of a successful career is the end of the line. His destiny…
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Those who understand compound interest can make it work for them and those that don’t understand it spend much of life trying to get out from its shackles. When we think of compounding, we typically think of finance and positive returns, as in “good compounding.” But compounding just reinforces what’s already happening — good or…
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