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Imagine a curve. Amazon is on the left, hyper-efficient, where you can buy a nice handbag made in China for $15. Hermes is on the right, hyper-inefficient and artisanal, making $20,000 Birkin bags with a five year waiting list (that is, if they let you...

Doritos recently sent their chips to space. They developed a special chip that was eaten in gravity-free outer space by real astronauts, and live streamed back to Earth to raise money for St Jude’s Hospital.
Your first reaction may be why go to all this trouble? Just sell us good tasting chips at a good price and stop with the razzmatazz....

There’s a hidden story hanging over all of our heads, subtly influencing everything we do, say, and think.
Think about it – what brings people to their place of worship every Sabbath? The modern intellectual class will tell you that beneath all the theological mumbo jumbo, it’s really about social connection – belonging, community, tribal validation…...

23&Me has been dominating headlines lately, going from a $6 billion unicorn to a penny stock. It will likely be delisted from the NASDAQ soon.
The interesting bit isn’t about genetics or startup failure but about the “DNA” of lasting businesses and the choices made along the way....