Catching up on newsletters and just read @Codie_Sanchez article on friend flywheels. Fascinating. Friend flywheels seem to be a really hard thing to develop early in your career, as priorities are all over the place for young 20 somethings. As I was considering the idea (1/2)
I realized that my friends with the best flywheels are in banking and consulting because there are aligned career goals among most and that drives more learning and emulation. As someone not in those fields finding ambitious people becomes more of an effort, but more important
If Klarna can be a $45B company underwriting consumers rather than businesses and paying interchange 4x on every transaction. Scary to think how big @tryramp might get. Choo Choo
Today, @tryramp is announcing a new round at an $8.1 billion valuation. It crossed $100 million in recurring revenue faster than any SaaS or fintech company in history.
That's just the first act. It has a Google-sized opportunity ahead of it.
notboring.co/p/ramping-up
I can't believe that passports are still physical. A blurry stamp is the record of the countries I have entered over the past 5 years! A digital ledger seems like it would make more sense
This gets me fired up
One hundred times as powerful as Hubble, the James Webb telescope could show the face of Abraham Lincoln on a penny from 24 miles away on.wsj.com/30N6dsF
Jack Ruppert retweeted
If credit cards get disrupted, the entire airline industry would vanish (or be forced to pivot).
Many airline points programs EXCEED the value of the actual airline. Operating flights have become a loss leader for their points program.
Merchant fees drive the airline industry.
(1/)My favorite app outside of twitter is @TheAthletic - the quantity and quality of the content is incredible, but I can’t help but think their customer acquisition strategy is flawed.
Give power to your current subscribers. Stories become more powerful when they are shared - but The Athletic makes this difficult. Give your subscribers 5 free shares a month and allow us to share the stories that matter with the people in our lives that matter.
Important thread. Why would we ever limit what a child can learn? Imagine being capable of algebra or geometry and instead forced to sit through a math class that bores you. Engagement is important!
