Weekend Reading
Writing worth reading - 24th/25th May 2025
“I’ll Walk Away from Anything”: Kara Swisher Calls the Shots by Charlotte Klein
“Swisher, who is five foot two but “writes tall,” as she likes to say, has carved a considerable niche for herself, cutting across television, the web, podcasts, and social media—becoming “the queen of all media,” as veteran tech journalist Walt Mossberg puts it. A former Vox Media colleague is less charitable: “She’s always been searching for a way to make her platform even bigger, and she’s done that. But it begins and ends with her. There’s no legacy beyond that.” ...
Chaos Monkey: We look at Shopify’s new ‘culture of focus’ by Blathnaid O’Dea
“Life at PwCBuilding relationships, creating value
As she put it, “You’re allowed to not accept meetings. So, if you get a meeting calendar invite sent to you, you don’t have to accept it. If you need to leave a meeting early because you need to get work done, you can leave a meeting early” …
A Top Unforced Error: Alienating Your Investors by Jason Lemkin
“A broken VC relationship can make a “so-so” acquisition really hard. If you’ve raised, say, $5m and want to sell for $25m later, that’s not really a win for your investors. But it’s not a loss, either. Will they be supportive? Probably, if they’ve been treated well. But maybe not, if they haven’t. VCs are often on the fence on these so-called “mediocre outcomes”. But they do tend to vote Yes with founders they have great relationships with
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Founders (need) Focus
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What does it do?
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Who it’s for?
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Qs?
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