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
From late 2013 through late 2022, we published a weekly newsletter called The Prepared; it evolved into Scope of Work in 2023. Our Members- and Supporters-only archive includes all back issues from this time period.
469 posts
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 "…
2019-09-23
Planning & Strategy.
* The Ikea Fitting Catalogue, a compilation of dimension drawings for all Ikea fittings and tools.
* I enjoyed…
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…