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from24/7 Wall St.
17 hours ago

Warren Buffett Avoided Tech Stocks for 60 Years - His Last Move as CEO Was Buying This Stock

Warren Buffett overcame his technology stock aversion by investing in companies with strong competitive moats, predictable cash flows, and loyal customer bases, including IBM, Apple, Amazon, and Alphabet.
Startup companies
fromFortune
1 week ago

Amazon's humble history: Jeff Bezos used a rented garage as an office and held team meetings at a local Barnes & Noble | Fortune

Jeff Bezos founded Amazon in 1994 from a Bellevue garage, embedding a 'Day 1' mindset, customer obsession, long-term strategy, and network-effect focus.
Venture
fromEntrepreneur
3 weeks ago

Why AI Is Forcing a Rethink of Business Metrics

AI agent customers lack persistence, breaking traditional CAC, LTV, and retention metrics and eliminating loyalty-based moats as each transaction resets competition.
Software development
fromThe New Yorker
1 month ago

How WhatsApp Took Over the Global Conversation

WhatsApp evolved from a simple status app into a globally essential messaging platform through push notifications, added messaging, and accelerating network effects.
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fromGameSpot
3 months ago

The Xbox 360 Vs PS3 Console War Was A Race To 10 Million Sales, Ex-Xbox Exec Says

Speaking to Eurogamer, Moore explained that getting the Xbox 360 into the market ahead of the PS3 was key to its strong performance, saying that the first 10 million sales were vital. "I think it was really important to get it out first," Moore said. "Get going, get momentum, and aim for that 10 million installed base that I felt that would give us an amazing advantage over whatever Sony could do to catch up."
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Tech industry
fromHarvard Business Review
4 months ago

The Trouble with Tech Companies (and Their Strategies)

Large tech platforms often begin user-focused but progressively prioritize monetization and control, degrading user experience and trapping users through dominance and lock-in.
fromSubstack
7 months ago

The General Theory of Enshittification

"Here is how platforms die: first, they are good to their users; then they abuse their users to make things better for their business customers; finally, they abuse those business customers to claw back all the value for themselves. Then, they die."
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