The Prepared Archive • 3 min read 2020-01-27 Planning & Strategy. * Love letters to Andy "Train Daddy" Byford, who officially resigned as President of NYC Transit…
The Prepared Archive • 3 min read 2020-01-20 Planning & Strategy. * From Jordan, a thorough and data driven recap of the work it took to raise a seed…
The Prepared Archive • 3 min read 2020-01-13 Planning & Strategy. * Over the past year, I've been collecting a list of awesome women in manufacturing, engineering,…
The Prepared Archive • 3 min read 2020-01-06 Planning & Strategy. * The IRS reformed its free file program, requiring companies like Intuit to not block their free file…
The Prepared Archive • 3 min read 2019-12-30 Planning & Strategy. * My favorite businesses are the ones which deeply know why they exist, and which use that knowledge…
The Prepared Archive • 3 min read 2019-12-23 Planning & Strategy. * Kathleen King tells the story of Tate's Bake Shop on NPR's How I…
The Prepared Archive • 3 min read 2019-12-02 PPE. * Ansell's HyFlex 11-801 nitrile coated nylon gloves are a fantastic medium-duty option for around the shop. Tacky…
The Prepared Archive • 2 min read 2019-11-25 The most clicked link in last week's issue (~17% of opens, and well deserved) was an eye-popping video…
The Prepared Archive • 3 min read 2019-11-18 Planning & Strategy. * Richard is looking to talk to someone who has experience manufacturing consumer products in Mexico. Reach out…
The Prepared Archive • 4 min read 2019-11-11 Planning & Strategy. * A remarkably comprehensive essay on Starlink, which argues that it is in fact a *huge* deal for…
The Prepared Archive • 3 min read 2019-11-04 Planning & Strategy. * The Khan Academy version of Disney's theme park design course. * A good profile of Moltex,…
The Prepared Archive • 3 min read 2019-10-28 Planning & Strategy. * CAD software giant PTC acquired Onshape, the browser-based CAD startup founded by Jon Hirschtick, for $470M. Hirschtick,…