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The Rise and Pitfalls of the Subscription Era
Love it or hate it, we’re living in the subscription era. I’m not just talking about streaming platforms, which have been biting the wallet for years, or newspapers and magazines, which have simply migrated their long-term models to a new digital era. No, I’m talking about everything. Beer, insurance, cinema: just three of the crazy subscriptions that I’ve currently taken out.
By The Business Guardianabout a year ago in Journal
Rail Freight Is Higher Carbon Than Electric Trucking In North America
In 2010, I was consulting to Canadian National Railroad, at the time with the legendary Hunter Harrison as CEO. It was one of many times my decarbonization proposals bounced off of organizations, something that’s been inordinately useful in helping me understand how hardcore businesses view the space.
By The Business Guardianabout a year ago in Journal
How I Got Better At Taking Writing Feedback
For a long time, I was the only cowboy on my horizon. I freelanced, I wrote on my blog and on Medium, and I sent out my emails with nary a manager to be seen. My freelance clients, for the most part, were happy to let me do my thing with minimal oversight.
By The Business Guardianabout a year ago in Journal
Why Most Fundraising Pitches Fail Within the First 5 Minutes
I was sitting in my office when one of my entrepreneurship students walked in looking more nervous than usual. He had a fundraising pitch scheduled with a big-name venture capitalist the following week, and he wanted to know if he could practice his pitch with me.
By The Business Guardianabout a year ago in Journal
A Founder Who Just Raised a $3 Million Seed Round Showed Me the New Way Startups Are Pitching VCs
Story by Aaron Dinin, PhD I recently watched a freshly-minted Y Combinator graduate demonstrate the fundraising pitch she’d just used to raise a $3+ million seed round. It was flawless and wildly compelling. Heck, even though she was just demonstrating her pitch to my class of Duke entrepreneurship students, and even though she’d already closed the round, I was tempted to ask if I could kick in an extra $100k.
By The Business Guardianabout a year ago in Potent
