What I wrote
I wrote a bit how relying on one metric, such as revenue, can be very misleading
A feature that I wish were available in iBooks
A very excellent and inspiring speech of Steve Jobs
I reviewed this book on Essentialism and this book on Personal Finance
An excellent conversation between Patrick O’Shaughnessy and Brad Gerstner
Business
New Competition Poses Limited Risk to Tesla’s US Marketshare
More than two-thirds of McDonald’s business is earned through its drive-thru operations. And internal figures suggest that nearly ten percent of many franchisee’s 2018 sales were attributed to third-party deliveries from: Uber, Amazon, Delivery Hero, Zomato, Postmates, Deliveroo, Swiggy, DoorDash, and Grubhub.
Source: 2pm
Apple’s Relentless Strategy, Execution, and Point of View
The house servant who pioneered the franchising business model
Google revealed that news publishers kept 95% of ads revenue when using Google Ads Manager
The fall of Quibi: how did a starry $1.75bn Netflix rival crash so fast?
Harvard Business Review on rewards
In order for a rewards program to be a profit center instead of a cost center, the payout must be inextricably linked to desired behaviors
Investing in the unknown and the unknowable
Technology
After iOS 14, there’s almost no reason to buy an Android phone anymore
The Fasinatng… Fascinating History of Autocorrect
A cool tool to work with numbers, build models and share them more easily
What I think is interesting
The Consultant: Why did a palm oil conglomerate pay $22m to an unnamed ‘expert’ in Papua?
The value of downtime and enoughness
The true cost of dollar stores
An unprecedented investigative report by Reuters on the misconduct of judges and how the system is unfairly lenient on those judges. Have a read and see if you are not enraged by what is currently going on
A good piece on how money flowing to the local police is invested. Police serve and protect the people, but they are equipped with gears and tools for wars. Who are they going to wars against internally????
Minh Quang Duong 