The Dispatch - Issue #7

The personal computer S-curve gave us 1.5 billion PCs and 3 billion people online, and now the smartphone S-curve is giving a computer to everyone on earth. So today, we have two innovation conversations: First, what can we build on the billion-scale platforms we have, what new models can we create…

On the surface, the story of cryptocurrencies has been a story about new financial opportunities — whether it’s people betting on bitcoin, or banking on the blockchain.

Building a successful team is about more than finding a group of people with the right mix of professional skills. Over the course of interviewing over 500 leaders for Corner Office, I asked them all about the art of fostering a strong sense of teamwork.

Therrien was interrupted midpitch by a call from his wife. She’d gotten a voicemail from an authoritative-sounding man saying Therrien was in some kind of trouble. “I need to verify an address to present you with your formal claim,” the man had said.

Between projects at Fluxx, and editing a book, I learned several learnings. You might also enjoy: Fluxx Heroes: People who inspire us or I spent two hours with a mobile video genius and learned 26 useful things.

Picasso with (left to right) Paloma, Maya, Claude and Paulo. Christmas at La Galloise, Vallauris 1953 Sixteen years ago, Marina Picasso, one of Pablo Picasso’s granddaughters, became the first family member to go public about how much her family had suffered under the artist’s narcissism.