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Stratechery 4.0
- simonebrunozzi 9y agoIn short, the "new" Stratechery provides three ways to consume its 308 articles: 1) Concepts 2) Companies 3) Topics There's search, a new logo, a new email template.
- neosat 9y agoThis should have been the tl;dr on the page itself :) upvoted!
- ccostes 9y agoI like the effort to categorize previous writings. I primarily listen to the podcast and think Ben has some really great insights and theories that he's clearly put a lot of thought into (the perennial favorite: aggregation theory), but are sufficiently complicated that they can't be re-explained every time they are mentioned. Making it easier to look back into the archives seems like a good way to address this problem. New logo looks really nice, too!
- zasz 9y agoI like the blog and the redesign, but I'm not so sure about the logo. I use fountain pens all the time, and it still wasn't apparent at first what it was supposed to be.
- wink 9y agoStratechery is one of those blogs I've stumbled over from time to time and I have the nagging feeling it should be at least mildly interesting, but I can't attune myself. I think it's mostly the personal style of people and I'm much more inclined to read the same people for years even if they totally switch topics, over reading things about a certain topic.
- chadwittman 9y agoInteresting. I feel the exact opposite and it's one my frustrations with Twitter. If I follow Person X due to Topic A, I really do not care their opinion on Topic B.
- wink 9y agoI know the feeling and I've definitely unfollowed people for this, but only if it never 'clicked'. There's people whose blogs (and Twitter) I've been following for nearly as long as I've been online (20 years in a few months) and we interact every few months or years and it's totally fine if they switch topics from time to time (important note: nowhere near calling these friends or acquaintances, really just random people whose blogs I liked and we've commented on each others stuff over the years).
- robert_foss 9y agoYeah, never really been a fan.
- ballenf 9y agoMaybe not the reason, but I see his level of abstraction as at an order of magnitude higher than just about any other mainstream tech writer. Making his long posts both unique and somewhat less practical. I just haven't found anyone else digging in as deep with regard to the fundamental economic differences between Google/Facebook/Amazon and past giants of industry. His recent points on the privacy scandal at FB were very insightful in that he explains how Zuckerburg's problems originated in being in denial that FB is an ad company first and platform second. (If they'd realized that sooner, they never would have given away data like they did, goes his theory. They would have still hoovered up data, but would have avoided recent scandals.) But can definitely see how it may not speak to everyone the same.
- jamestimmins 9y agoI'm really excited about the Concepts page. Business school is often denigrated within tech, but past the startup stage, B-school strategies become increasingly important. Ben does a great job taking these concepts (eg aggregation theory), and applying them to tech industry, in a way that is interesting for folks who are more interested in understanding Apple than theories in abstract. Excited to read through these Concepts!
- nikhizzle 9y agoTo be clear though, many of his theories are self created and are not of an academic origin. I’m not judging their validity or value, just pointing out their origins.
- jamestimmins 9y agoInteresting. I didn't know that. That's for sure something to keep in mind when communicating to others, so as to avoid addressing something as though its common knowledge.
- hkmurakami 9y agoGenuine question: when does startup stage end?
- RobertRoberts 9y agoNever :(
- hkmurakami 9y agoSo B-school strategies never become important? ;)
- RobertRoberts 9y agoAren't all B-schools permanent start ups too?
- mikeleeorg 9y agoI love the new way Ben's organized his content. Since it's WordPress, I've always wondered why his categories and tags weren't publicly available. This is a fantastic way to surface up old content. Not everyone may agree with this, but since I love his podcast as well, I would love to see that content integrated with the rest of his site. I realize it's a different vehicle and he co-hosts it with someone else, but since they often summarize Ben's weekly updates, there's a lot of synergy between both services.
- paulgb 9y ago+1 to his podcast, here's a link since it is goes by another name: http://exponent.fm/ http://exponent.fm/
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- brianbreslin 9y agoThis is the single newsletter I pay to subscribe to. I don't always agree with his stance on stuff, but am a fan of the thorough analysis he tends to give. Kudos to him for building a sustainable solo-publishing company.
- rand_r 9y agotl;dr? Could someone please explain what this website is in 50 words or less?
- codingdave 9y agoA decent blog.
- avs733 9y agoa blog that thoroughly explains why a tl;dr approach to business strategy and reporting is problematic using novel approaches to business strategy and market theory. (25 words)
- tkris 9y agoIf you are in silicon valley you should check out https://www.strategytmt.com/ https://www.strategytmt.com/ The classes are great if you are a PM or an entrepreneur or simply if your company pays for these kinds of classes.
- uxcolumbo 9y agoIs there an online equivalent course? This one seems to be in person only.
- tkris 9y agoNo, they are not online classes but only in-person by a former UC Berkeley professor and venture capitalist.
- prawn 9y agoIs there a relevance to the story that I've missed? The announcement doesn't mention this organisation and I can't find any relationship going by its About page or Ben's.
- tkris 9y agoNo. It has no connection with Stratechry, but I think folks who like Stratechry might like these classes as well.
- stagbeetle 9y ago"Stratechery." When I first read it, it sounded like a break-down on startup founders' stretching of their "trajectory" as a sure thing. This includes their "strategy," i.e their well-typeset pitch deck that says they'll be making $400B in revenues next year. Then you mash those two with "treachery" for a play on words. "Stratechery: How founders false-advertise, legally." It's almost like Amazon's Cadabra | "Cadaver." Don't even know what the company is, but will read now.
- wtmt 9y agoI love the new logo!!! I read most of the free articles whenever they come out, and like some of the insights that Ben has pointed out (the one about Apple's organizational crossroads is a personal favorite). It happens to be one of the few sites that makes a very good amount of money from subscriptions alone (I do not subscribe because it's way too expensive for me and my currency).