Published inThe StartupDear journalists, AI is coming for your jobsThe news industry has been haemorrhaging jobs throughout the last decade. In the United States, the number of people employed in newsrooms…Oct 24, 2019Oct 24, 2019
Where is growth in India coming from?TL;DR: Sector-specific data, satellite imagery, and vehicle registration data provide some answersAug 15, 20191Aug 15, 20191
What’s in a name? Plenty of possibilities for analyticsTL;DR: Names can be used to estimate affluence, ethnicity, age, gender, religion, and moreJul 28, 20193Jul 28, 20193
Doing sales without being a jerk — lessons learntTL;DR: Add more value than you extract. Build real relationships. Follow up humanely.Jul 28, 2019Jul 28, 2019
Great content does nothing in the face of bad strategy — lessons from The Content TrapContent is a curse. It causes you to think you can make what’s going to delight users. It causes you to ignore their contributions. It…Jul 25, 2019Jul 25, 2019
No Silver Bullets: A Playbook for Digital PublishersPublishers today face a paradoxical challenge. Revenue and profitability outlooks for the industry are shaky – even as it reaches record…Jul 22, 2019Jul 22, 2019
Words are not enough — using sharp visual elements to create stories worth consuming“The most poorly read stories, it turns out, are often the most “dutiful” — incremental pieces, typically with minimal added context…Jul 22, 2019Jul 22, 2019
Digital publishers must take their destiny in their own hands with owned-and-operated platformsDon’t ever tether your business to the benevolence of a third party. – Jim VandeHei, Co-Founder of Axios and PoliticoJul 22, 20191Jul 22, 20191
Bootstrapping a Data/API company in Asia from 0-80M+ monthly requests in 2 years — lessons learntTL;DR: I learned how to work at scale, had relative freedom, and got a decent amount of money as a bootstrapped solo entrepreneur. However…Jul 19, 2019Jul 19, 2019
Why Type-A people might want to sleep more: a summary of Why We SleepMatthew Walker’s Why We Sleep has been one of the most impactful books I’ve read this year. Was first made aware of the book on Peter…Jul 18, 2019Jul 18, 2019
