Each year, Shopify releases a report with Deloitte called our Economic Impact Report, in order to highlight and celebrate some bigger-picture impacts of Shopify merchants around the world. This past… Read more What’s behind the Shopify Effect →
Recently we talked about the idea of world building: World Building | alexdanco.com The main idea here was: the more complex or valuable is whatever you’re trying to [accomplish], the… Read more Worldbuilding and Antifragility →
You’ve probably heard a familiar piece of career advice: “Everyone works in sales, even if they don’t realize it.” This is good advice. I want to propose an updated version… Read more World Building →
Hey everyone, I’m happy to share this week another podcast chat with Jim O’Shaughnessy on his show, Infinite Loops. (Feels like this might be a recurring thing.) Alex Danco: Makes… Read more How Scenes Work, with Jim O’Shaughnessy →
What a year it’s been. Last February, before joining Shopify, I wrote a post called Debt is Coming that provoked a great discussion around how fixed income is finally going… Read more Pipe It! Platforms, Funding, and the Future →
David Byrne, from the Talking Heads, wrote a book recently called How Music Works that’s filled with interesting insight into the mechanics and the detail of how music gets made,… Read more NFTs and CBGBs: How’s that for a clickbait title →
This week I’ve got a special guest with me: Mario Gabriele from The Generalist. The Generalist is really interesting. It’s an internet newsletter / publication, like mine or others I’m sure you read, primarily written and curated by Mario. But it’s not just him; it also features a lot of really high-quality guest writers across a variety of recurring segments. There’s a good chance you know The Generalist already from The S-1 Club, where investors and operators help break down and make sense of recent tech company filings to go… Read more The next evolution of the Internet Newsletter: with Mario Gabriele of The Generalist →
Here is a riddle I think about quite often, and just might be of interest to the Gamespop crowd going forward: Five pirates (who used to be hedge fund managers… Read more The Pirate Problem →
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