From our August 9 newsletter. (Don’t get it? sign up here) *** Friends, So you probably saw the news re Uber and Didi in China.  Uber will sell its operations in China to Didi and receive 20% of Didi. Uber joins Didi’s board; Didi joins Uber’s board.  The good folks at Pitchbook had a little […]
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The Signal #15: Pyromania
from our July 11 newsletter, slightly edited for public consumption: ** Friends, July is here, and with it, San Francisco summer weather. Our panel on the on-demand economy on June 28 came and went. Many thanks to those who joined us. Â Shanea King-Roberson with Google shared insights about their Android nanodegrees; Michi explained labor demographic […]
The Signal #14: unleash your inner developer
from our June 27 newsletter, slightly edited for public consumption: Friends – We are impressed. In our last newsletter, we wrote about Kim Kardashian and Spotify, and despite the obvious click-bait headline, our open rate was largely unchanged compared to past newsletters. We take this to mean that there’s an audience who will read us […]
The Signal #13: Kim Kardashian, Spotify, and turning hours to dollars (日本語版ã‚り）
(originally from our May 29 newsletter – slightly for public post – sign-up at our index page) Friends – App developers have long lamented app economics. And it *is* a hard business, even for developers of hit games. Take GLU Mobile’s hit game, Kim Kardashian: Hollywood. (What, you don’t play? Sure you don’t.)  Close to […]