Reading & Listening

Author

Matt Ober
August 27, 2023

This is a weekly ‘Rollup’ of articles I’ve read & podcasts I’ve listened to throughout the week:

2 articles & 1 podcast

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READING:

I. Stripe can’t lose

A Deeper Look into Stripe’s opportunity and the threats

Stripe Can’t Lose

But the the payments company’s dominance no longer seems inevitable

every.to/p/stripe-can-t-lose-b2f5e973-6b71-466b-b201-39cfe13fd154

II. Data Exhaust

The Data Exhaust from Michael Parekh is a good read.

AI: Our Data Exhaust

...inexhaustible data sources

michaelparekh.substack.com/p/ai-our-data-exhaust?utm_medium=email

LISTENING:

I. Arsham, co-founder of Ribbon.cool

Arsham Ghahramani from Ribbon by The Hard Part with Evan McCann

Arsham Ghahramani is the Co-Founder and Co-CEO of Ribbon. Ribbon is a professional social platform centred around verified achievements and ownership. They empower managers, leaders, and HR teams to effortlessly and publicly celebrate their team’s work by sending lasting verifiable awards and credentials. In this episode, we discuss his background in machine learning and data during his Ph.D. and working at companies like Amazon, how social networks should think about verification, the hack LinkedIn used to kickstart their network and how Ribbon is looking to shake up the professional social space.

podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-hard-part/episodes/Arsham-Ghahramani-from-Ribbon-e27rsa0/a-a99ca30

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