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Covering the biggest shift in business and society since the industrial revolution.

The Tech Story Is Over

The Tech Story Is Over

We Won. Now What?

John Battelle5 days ago

Video Spotlight: Atlas Obscura Celebrates Curiosity With the Weird and Wondrous

Video Spotlight: Atlas Obscura Celebrates Curiosity With the Weird and Wondrous

In May 2015, people watched from the India Street dock in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, as The Revolution, a World War II Yard Patrol boat…

NewCo2 days ago

Immelt v Sanders, Millennials v Student Debt, and Theme Parks v Earlybirds

Immelt v Sanders, Millennials v Student Debt, and Theme Parks v Earlybirds

GE Fires Back at Sanders, But It’s No Stranger to Government Help Now that the presidential campaign has reached New York, everyone is…

Jimmy Guterman18 hrs ago

Slack: Making Work More Productive and More Fun

Slack: Making Work More Productive and More Fun

Stewart Butterfield did well on his first major entrepreneurial venture. His company’s initial product, a multiplayer game, never shipped…

Jimmy GutermanDec 9, 2015

Attention Writers, Designers, Graphic Artists, Storytellers, Editors, List Makers, and Infographic…

Attention Writers, Designers, Graphic Artists, Storytellers, Editors, List Makers, and Infographic…

We want to work with you.

John Battelle19 hrs ago

Video Spotlight: Brigade Targets a More Responsive Democracy

Video Spotlight: Brigade Targets a More Responsive Democracy

What do your friends think about regulating Airbnb in your city? What’s the most important issue the U.S. faces? Can student protests help…

Lon Koontz5 days ago

WeWork at Staples (Sort Of), Reddit Downvotes Harassment, and Better Parental Leave

WeWork at Staples (Sort Of), Reddit Downvotes Harassment, and Better Parental Leave

My Office Is Right Next to the Inkjet Cartridges Wanna work at Staples all day?

Jimmy Guterman2 days ago

NewCo Shift: An Overview

NewCo Shift: An Overview

Covering the biggest shift in capitalism since the industrial revolution. Keeping our wit nearby as we do.

John Battelle5 days ago

Welcome to Our New Home on Medium

Welcome to Our New Home on Medium

We’re thrilled to debut NewCo Shift on the new Medium for Publishers platform today. If you haven’t heard of us yet, NewCo Shift is a multi…-channel business publication, with a central home right here on Medium (if you want to learn more, you can read this overview). We’ll be publishing on a weekly and daily cadence, and interacting with the tens of thousands of readers and followers who care about the largest shift in our economy since the industrial revolution. ¶ In addition to our Medium publication, we also publish an email newsletter, the NewCo Daily.

John Battelle4 days ago

Our Favorite Mission Statements

Our Favorite Mission Statements

Some of our favorite mission statements are below. These are stellar examples of companies who don’t just have a mission, but are on a…

Jimmy GutermanFeb 13, 2015

Growing Up Is Hard To Do

Growing Up Is Hard To Do

The business story of the decade is one of insurgency: Every sector of our economy has spawned a cohort of software-driven companies…

John BattelleFeb 28

John Battelle12 hrs ago2 min read

Our First Week on Medium

Hello!

This is the first of what will be occasional series of missives to the pioneers who have added NewCo Shift to their diet of Medium reading.

First off, thank you! Thank you for visiting our new home on Medium, and for taking the…

Jimmy Guterman3 days ago3 min read

Panama Was Inevitable, Twitter’s NFL Stream, and a North Carolina Tipping Point

Jimmy GutermanMar 43 min read

My Picks for NewCo Detroit in April

Last fall I had the great pleasure of moderating a conversation featuring four Detroit companies that showcased a community of businesses on a mission. I was impressed by the collective imagination and grit in the room. I am looking forward to returning next month…

NewCo5 days ago1 min read

The NewCo Five

Each week NewCo Shift selects the top five stories you can’t miss.

1. Want your business to have an effect on public policy? Lobbying isn’t enough. (Ben W. Heineman, Jr., Harvard Business Review)

John BattelleFeb 83 min read

NewCo Mexico City: Proof of a Movement

If you drive 15 or 20 minutes north of Mexico city’s richer, more well-tended district of…

John Battelle4 days ago2 min read

Stuffed Under Panamanian Mattresses

The news of the week is the Panama Papers, the world’s largest cache of meaningfully leaked…

Jimmy Guterman4 days ago3 min read

Tesla’s Hubris, Rwanda’s Drones, and the Upside of Spying on Your Kids

NewCoOct 22, 20151 min read

Walmart’s NewCo Transformation

How did Walmart build an internet startup inside the world’s largest retailer, undertaking one of the…

John BattelleOct 31, 20145 min read

What Makes a Company a NewCo?

We at NewCo regularly throw around the term “NewCo” to describe the type of company that presents on our…

NewCoJun 20, 20142 min read

The Importance of Walkable Cities

One of the key NewCo themes is presenting forward looking and innovative companies that are “of the…

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One Way Silicon Valley Could Increase Diversity and Reduce Income Inequality Silicon Valley is more diverse than you might think — if you…

Jimmy GutermanApr 1

Sh*tty Data, Bankers on the Bread Lines, and Tesla’s Shot Clock

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The Truth Beneath Our Cities If you want to understand a city, dig into its sewage.

Jimmy GutermanMar 31

Why Solar Panels Matter, Subsidizing the Internet, and What Makes Vibrant Cities

Why Solar Panels Matter, Subsidizing the Internet, and What Makes Vibrant Cities

Why Solar Panels Matter People put solar panels up on the roof everyday; MIT’s Ethan Zuckerman digs deep and rethinks what’s really going…

Jimmy GutermanMar 30

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Business Leads Change in Georgia, Encryption Goes Upscale, and Where To Work

This Is What Businesses Making a Difference Looks Like Anyone who’s grown cynical regarding the impact business can have on the lives of…

Jimmy GutermanMar 29

Evgeny Morozov’s Takedowns, Andy Grove’s Ideas, and Olive Garden’s Mess

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Evgeny Morozov, Alec Ross, and the Tech-Business Takedown Ever since there have been people who thought big ideas about tech, there have…

Jimmy GutermanMar 28

Against the Sharing Economy, For Extreme Transparency, and Samsung Goes Startup

Against the Sharing Economy, For Extreme Transparency, and Samsung Goes Startup

Against the Sharing Economy Takedowns of the sharing economy are moving from kneejerk Luddite outbursts to detailed, data-driven analyses.

Jimmy GutermanMar 25