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#179 – February 20, 2023

Founder Intuition vs. Team Expertise vs. Customer Expertise

Founders have intuition about their company and products that are hard to describe, but extremely valuable. This post talks about how to harness that and when it ceases to become an effective tool.

Revenue is easy, profit is harder

The fundamentals needed to run a business in the next economic cycle.

Setting up an electronics workshop

Over the years, I learned to stay clear of most gear advice on the internet. Between paid-for reviews, gatekeeping, and outright snobbery, there’s little one can learn by asking a random photographer or a woodworker for a list of their favorite toys.

Apple gets a cut of search revenue from Chrome as part of secret Google deal

A new report from The Register today claims that Google is “paying Apple a portion of search revenue” that comes from Google Chrome on iOS. “This perhaps explains why Apple has not launched a rival search engine or invested in the development of its Safari browser to the point that it could become a credible.

GoDaddy: Hackers stole source code, installed malware in multi-year breach

Web hosting giant GoDaddy says it suffered a breach where unknown attackers have stolen source code and installed malware on its servers after breaching its cPanel shared hosting environment in a multi-year attack.

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