Dear X, Thank you for giving me your product demo the other day. Even though it was probably about 36th time I saw a chatGPT-inspired MVP/PoC and you mostly put together some open source APIs, I still appreciate your thinking of me and walking me through the demo. But later in the meeting I was … Continue reading Feature < Product < Business
I recently listened to a podcast featuring co-founder of a company called Mycoworks. Mycoworks develops products based on mycelium, or in plain English, mushrooms. Their first ~10 years was almost pure R&D with little to no revenue. But now that they’ve nailed down their technology after all those years of R&D, they’re expanding their business … Continue reading Doing One Thing for 10+ Years
Some people say golf is essential for business and nothing ever beats spending 4+ hours on green together. I think that’s a BS – I would choose a 1 hour breakfast meeting over hearty food, delicious coffee, and quality conversations any day. What matters is a genuine desire to have a meaningful conversation with someone. … Continue reading Golf vs. Breakfast Meeting
The introduction of Dall-E2 and Chat GPT has sparked widespread discussions on how generative AI will impact the content creation and storytelling industries. Obviously there are endless possibilities, but I think one prospect is that AI will ironically drive the growth of human-focused vertical social networks centered around creators and their work — or what … Continue reading AI and Content Creation
Just got off a zoom call with a committee on entrepreneurship that I had been newly invited, and towards the end of the call, someone was suggesting the participants go to Mardi Gras this year together for bonding. That was followed by folks sharing their own stories how fun trips and IRL hang-outs in the … Continue reading Meeting IRL
Every young writer’s dream probably goes a little something like this: Start writing a book, publish it online, and gain a massive fan base from all around the world. Then find ways to monetize and gradually make writing a main source of income and transition to doing it full-time. And who knows, maybe later down … Continue reading Why Online Mobile Publishing Is the Future
Americans are increasingly turning away from books. According to the Atlantic, the percentage of Americans who didn’t read a book during the past year tripled from 8% in 1978 to 23% in 2014. Literary works (fiction and nonfiction) fared the worst, with 40% of Americans admitting they did not read a single literary work in the past year. … Continue reading Let’s get Americans reading again!
Tapas attended the Digital Book World conference earlier last week. We met with the most brilliant minds pioneering the digital/mobile publishing space especially those present at the Launchpad session. Despite DBW being an a fantastic event, it wasn’t exactly what I had expected as a first time attendee. Given the name of the conference, I was imagining a cross … Continue reading What The Publishing Industry Can Learn From The Four Horsemen
