Welcome to the inaugural episode of Slaying the Unicorn. We’re your hosts Zack Miller and David Citron and this is where we take a more realistic approach to technology and the industry behind it. We proudly step out of the tech circle jerk and read between the lines, so you don’t have to.
Sure, we’re cynical and we scoff at tech echo chamber, but it’s necessary if you don’t want to believe in all the fake news you read from TechcCunch.
Glad you’ve joined us on this journey.
Welcome to the inaugural episode of Slaying the Unicorn. We’re your hosts Zack Miller and David Citron and this is where we take a more realistic approach to technology and the industry behind it. We proudly step out of the tech circle jerk and read between the lines, so you don’t have to.
Sure, we’re cynical and we scoff at tech echo chamber, but it’s necessary if you don’t want to believe in all the fake news you read from TechcCunch.
Glad you’ve joined us on this journey.
Sponsor
This episode is brought to you by Unicorn Jerky — a t shirt site that shares our love and disdain for technology. It’s great for presents — what’s your favorite shirt, David? (he chose the Shawarma as a Service (SaaS) shirt — get it??)
Tech Sack
So first up, we have our Tech Sack segment — where we jump in and discuss useless technology. We may slay some sacred cows (and unicorns) along the way
- Coinbase — $1B in revenue in 2017. Serving as a middleman for a technology that promised to cut out middleman (Recode)
- 10% of $3.7B ICO money ends up stolen (Reuters)
- WeWork now largest office occupier in central london — is this really revolutionary, or just a commodity with a bunch of buzzwords? (FT)
- Silicon Valley needs to work its employees like China does? Discuss Mike Moritz’s editorial in the FT and the Outline’s rebuttal
- Cargo — raises $5.5M for vending machines for ride hailing drivers (TechCrunch)
- Too many Indians on the internet (WSJ)
Short of the week
Construction startup, Katerra, gets $865 million in Softbank’s latest mega-round (TechCrunch)
What’s that? Prefab buildings masquerading as a tech company. What’s next? Builders using computers? Preposterous. And Softbank…what were you thinking??
Crypto crap of the week
In our last segment this week, we look at what’s happening in crypto land. If you thought Silicon Valley was a frothy place to spend your time, crypto is insane. We separate the chaff from the wheat and just talk about some insane things going on there as well.
My Big Coin = My Big Scam. Caveat emptor, crypto investors. Check out the Reuters article.
