E10: TV, Duck Boots, The Martian, and more…
NYTimes: Social Media Takes Television Back in Time
TV. How it’s becoming a two way street.
I love the deprecating quotes by Joshua Malina of whom I have been a long time fan (different last names too!).
Medium: Andy Weir: The Martian — How to Go From Self-Published to Six Figures
“Andy self-published “The Martian” in 2011 after everyone rejected it. He started writing it and researching it in 2009. Once he published it it got so popular (35,000 copies in 3 months) that Random House bought it and republished it in 2014 where it quickly went on every bestseller list. Then Ridley Scott scooped up the movie rights and Matt Damon is starring.”
Bloomberg: Why Can’t L.L. Bean Keep the Darn Duck Boots in Stock?
L.L. Bean struggled to keep up with demand for its popular duck boots last holiday season and wound up with 100,000 back-ordered pairs and no way to make them fast enough. Since then, the Maine shoemaker has shored up its manufacturing operations so it wouldn’t happen again. It’s happening again.
Medium: Is My Startup Burn Rate Normal?
“A good rule of thumb is multiply the number of people on the team by $10k to get the monthly burn. That is not the number you pay an employee. That is the “fully burdened” cost of a person including rent and other costs.”
Recode: Original Mac Team Member Andy Hertzfeld Talks About ‘Steve Jobs’
Director Danny Boyle and screenwriter Aaron Sorkin have created what they call an “impressionistic portrait” of one of Silicon Valley’s most iconic figures in their forthcoming film, “Steve Jobs.” The film, which opens nationwide on Oct.
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Until next week :)
-Dave
