Sending my November newsletter on the first of December… well, it could be worse! Happy holidays — I hope you’re enjoying the festive season as much as I am, despite the United States’ ever-accelerating political dystopia.
I didn’t publish much this month — just a piece about venture capitalists and cognitive biases. But I’ve also been working on a lovely Afrofuturist newsletter, a website about art supplies, and behind the scenes on other projects.
On my personal blog, I wrote down all my feelings about the election, and of course Exolymph is chugging along.
Here’s the best business writing that I read this month:
- Indie Hackers posts interviews with successful small-scale technology entrepreneurs. Most recently they featured Logojoy, an AI-powered logo creator that basically prints money. Such a smart idea.
- Emily Weiss wrote about her beauty company Glossier raising their Series B. This is a PR fluff piece — lol @ “Glossier is cult, it’s not niche” — but it becomes interesting when you read between the lines. Background on Glossier: one and two.
- General recommendation: Mathias Lafeldt is really good at describing systems, and most of his insights scale up from code to human nature.
- A thing about failing to sell WordPress themes.
- A thing about how Bill Simmons’ new company isn’t guaranteed to be successful.
That’s it! Catch you on the flip side.
— Sonya