Tag: business

• SoftBank Bet Big on Disruptive Companies. Many Have Not Paid Off.

  September 27, 2019

  Anyone who has taken an Uber, sent a Slack message or enjoyed a free beer at a WeWork owes a little something to Masayoshi Son. Through his Japanese conglomerate SoftBank… more ›

• The 13 craziest slides that show SoftBank’s vision for the next 300 years

  September 27, 2019

  In June 2010, the richest man in Japan revealed his latest vision for the next 30 years and the next 300 years. Masayoshi Son, the chairman and CEO of tech… more ›

• Who Really Attacked Saudi Arabia?

  September 22, 2019

  We and our partners use cookies to personalize your experience, to show you ads based on your interests, and for measurement and analytics purposes. By using our website and our… more ›

• Why Goyard Remains Fashion’s Most Mysterious Luxury Brand

  September 15, 2019

  In 1854, Louis Vuitton was founded in Paris. Thanks in large part to its popular LV monogram, it eventually became the world’s most valuable luxury brand, with more than 460… more ›

• How Much of the New American Songbook Will Be Sung in Spanish?

  September 14, 2019

  Is it really possible that today’s Latino musicians will be remembered primarily via the dude from Matchbox Twenty? Slate’s New American Songbook, a project dedicated to predicting which songs from… more ›

• Neuralink & Brain Interfaces, TikTok, FaceApp, iHeartRadio

  September 11, 2019

  By a16z Introducing our new podcast, 16 Minutes, a short news podcast where we cover the top headlines of the week, the a16z podcast way — why are these topics… more ›

• Asian billionaires embark on UK spending spree as pound nosedives

  August 23, 2019

  China’s president, Xi Jinping, and David Cameron famously sealed their countries’ “golden era” friendship in 2015 over a pint of Greene King IPA at The Plough at Cadsden, a five-minute… more ›

• What the four forces can teach us about the user onboarding experience

  August 18, 2019

  A great onboarding experience is one that proves to new users that your product will help them do the job that they want. To put it another way, the ideal… more ›

• How Pantone Comes Up With New Colors for Its Authoritative Guide

  August 18, 2019

  This is just one of many color-related phrases that Pressman, who serves as the vice president of the Pantone Color Institute, repeats like mantras: red is passion and energy; blue… more ›

• The 5-minute design brief

  August 18, 2019

  My goal here is to suggest a better way to write a design brief. By better, I mean, can we ask questions that will give us a better outcome. Five… more ›