2019-11-18
Planning & Strategy.
* Richard is looking to talk to someone who has experience manufacturing consumer products in Mexico. Reach out…
Spencer Wright
Spencer Wright is the (mostly accidental) founder of Scope of Work, which he started writing (as The Prepared) in 2013. Today he serves as its editor-in-chief and chief dilettante.
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2019-11-11
Planning & Strategy.
* A remarkably comprehensive essay on Starlink, which argues that it is in fact a *huge* deal for…
2019-11-04
Planning & Strategy.
* The Khan Academy version of Disney's theme park design course.
* A good profile of Moltex,…
2019-10-28
Planning & Strategy.
* CAD software giant PTC acquired Onshape, the browser-based CAD startup founded by Jon Hirschtick, for $470M. Hirschtick,…
2019-10-21
Planning & Strategy.
* A compellingly skeptical take on Flexport in the wake of WeWork's massive devaluation. Flexport raised…
2019-10-14
Planning & Strategy.
* "Your company needs a storyteller-in-chief."
* Marie Langer, daughter of Hans Langer, will take over as…
2019-10-07
Planning & Strategy.
* Foxconn continues to juke the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation.
* A call for journal proposals "that take…
2019-09-30
Planning & Strategy.
* Boston Dynamics finally has a commercial product, albeit one with decidedly opaque pricing. BD's "…
2019-09-16
Planning & Strategy.
* A clarification from last week: Joi Ito's resignation did come *after* Kate Darling's…
2019-09-09
Planning & Strategy.
* Kate Darling on Jeffrey Epstein, Joi Ito, and the "fine line between changing from within and…
2019-09-02
Planning & Strategy.
* A smart blog post on an alternative method of pricing & selling niche products. The approach taken…
2019-07-01
Planning & Strategy.
* Ben Thompson on Jony Ive's departure from Apple.
* Chris Denney (who is a key part…