China, Andy Lark, and the Walk & Talk. This week’s Shortlist. 26/8/2014

Excited? We are too. Don’t read them all at once, y’hear?!

Athan Didaskalou
1 min readAug 26, 2014

Australian real estate start-up OpenAgent has raised $1 million in funding from notable investors. Pretty good to see the Aussies raising serious cash.

China. Wants the respect. Can’t seem to get it. Via The Economist.

Daydreaming is the brain’s default mode. Do it more. (I’m doing it now)

It’s not just in House of Cards. A brief look at texting and the Internet in film. (video)

“What it feels like to be the last generation to remember life before the internet

Marketing Needs a New Scorecard, from marketing king pin Andy Lark.

The always savvy Jinal Shah talks about what exactly does a digital brief look like?

Oh you like electric cars? You also use 3x more energy across the board, you greedy thing.

And, it’s simple: creative people walk. (Make the next meeting a walk & talk)

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“Live in the future, then build what’s missing.”
- Paul Graham, Y Combinator

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Athan Didaskalou

“You’re born with 30,000 days to live. The best strategic planning I can give to you is to think about that”. Founder @3000thieves , Strategy consulting, & more