Shopify’s Evolution

Interview with Peter Chernin

Stratechery provides a look at Shopify’s competitive landscape and how they have evolved in every changing eCommerce landscape. 

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Author: Ben Thompson.  Read: 21 min

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ESG and Alpha: Sales or Substance?

Escalating social and environmental challenges and claims that ESG investing can deliver alpha (outsize market returns) and a more sustainable planet have prompted investors to divert more than $3 billion per day to ESG investment products. This article sets aside the question of the social and environmental impact of ESG investing to examine claims that ESG funds deliver alpha.

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Author: By Andrew A. King and Kenneth P. Puckert  Read: 12 min 

How Twitter Plans to Add its Next 100 Million Users

The Future of Solo Capitalists

Twitter has an enormous goal: the company wants to add another 100 million daily users by the end of 2023 — a growth of about 50 percent from where it is today. Learn about Twitter’s top priorities and challenges as the team tries to hit its aggressive growth targets.

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Author: The Verge.  Read: 8 min.

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Sunday Bonus: A Decade of Elon Musk’s Tweets, Visualized

Elon Musk is known for many things, but one of his most buzzworthy claims to fame is his online Twitter presence. Because of its candid nature, Musk’s Twitter feed provides the public with a unique opportunity to catch an unfiltered look into his eccentric mind. What can we learn from an in-depth look at Elon Musk’s Twitter feed? What subjects does he focus on the most, and how has his Twitter use changed over the past decade? Read More

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