Beyond Customers: Why Elite Companies Want "Hostages"
Forget customer satisfaction – top VCs now prioritize companies with extreme customer lock-in. Plus, AI rewrites product management, mid-sized VCs vanish, and physical AI surges from CES 2026.
Forget customer satisfaction – top VCs now prioritize companies with extreme customer lock-in. Plus, AI rewrites product management, mid-sized VCs vanish, and physical AI surges from CES 2026.
The soft landing narrative is cracking under the weight of an aggressive Fed and escalating government intervention, pushing investors to re-evaluate capital allocation for 2026.
The M&A playbook is being rewritten. Discover how private equity is adapting to high interest rates and valuation gaps with IP licensing, AI-driven strategies, and a relentless focus on talent. Liquidity is found in new places.
OpenAI launches ChatGPT Health, inviting medical records onto its platform, igniting a fierce debate on privacy and competition. Meanwhile, NVIDIA expands its quiet dominance, and Wall Street warns of AI-driven inflation, forcing a re-evaluation of business models.
Discover the unseen forces shaping your habits, attention, and identity. This week, we explore the hidden architecture of self-improvement, moving beyond surface-level hacks to reveal the profound biological and environmental systems that truly determine your trajectory.
The AI conversation is shifting from hype to utility. Discover how smart money and savvy operators are driving measurable ROI and what it takes to win in this new era.
A US-orchestrated removal of Venezuela’s leader barely moved markets. But AI adoption is accelerating. What does this tell us about where global risk is truly being priced?
Forget financial engineering. Top PE firms are quietly revolutionizing value creation with data-driven operations, transforming "bad businesses" into high-margin ventures. Discover how.
The AI landscape is shifting from flashy demos to gnarly issues of integration, evaluation, and true impact. Here's what you need to know about the new era of AI.
What if the very qualities that drive us to success also contain the seeds of our downfall? Explore self-sabotage in successful people and systems.
The AI gold rush is shifting. Discover how smart money is moving beyond foundational models to the infrastructure primitives needed for AI to impact factories, science, and finance.
A $15 trillion wave has hit global markets, propelling some assets to record highs while obscuring deeper risks. Is this a sustainable surge or a prelude to a significant correction? Experts weigh in.