House of Microprocessors Washington DC is being overrun by tech lobbyists but that shouldn’t be much of a surprise.
Guess we were hungry… Other than Netflix dominating yet another quarter, got a serious food theme going on in this email. Hope you’ve got room for dessert.
The Hustle Fam: Volume 1 On a random Thursday, we asked our readers to send a picture of where they were, right then and there, reading The Hustle. Here are a few that we received.
A not-so-early retirement SoftBank CEO has a serious change of heart, Apple scraps their self-driving car plans... kind of, a robotic arm that can feel is freakin' us out, and a few good reads.
“Ok, let’s do that except the opposite.” Zenefits says, "nah, let's not do it that way," John Podesta's getting picked on, Pandora changes their tune with a new logo, and someone's trying to make chess fun again. Plus, Friday shower thoughts.
Two tickets to Tahiti Turning your PTO into a first-class ticket or hotel, Amazon Music Unlimited goes Prime time, and the most Silicon Valley survey ever.
Wanna buy some DNA? Companies are fighting over your genetic code, Amazon takes a big step towards winning grocery delivery, the Zuckerbergs try to cure all disease, when IoT goes wrong, and a review of Vice News Tonight.
Kids can be kids Chuck E. Cheese's reinvents itself, massive global beer companies join forces, Facebook Workplace takes on Slack, and Thunderclap makes it easier to go viral. Plus a few good reads.
Down and to the right Rocket Internet runs out of fuel, Theranos pivots, and messy people are secretly geniuses... kind of.
Cup of coffee… to go Wheelys takes on Starbucks, Snapchat makes serious moves toward an IPO, Shyp tries to become "the Kayak of shipping," and you should probably watch Westworld. Plus, Friday shower thoughts.
Content Ain’t King Unless It’s Funny Selling a product? Promoting your brand? Writing an advertisement? Be funny.
Coming to a theater near you… Netflix take a swing at Hollywood, MailChimp shows how to build a successful company outside of Silicon Valley, and now there's an easier way to get some beer money.
Google’s about to take people’s milk money A whole slew of new products from Google, Rothenberg Ventures is in hot water, and why Patagonia's getting into beer. Plus, the good, the bad, and the slightly concerning from yesterday.
No more reading the paper "Spoken Editions" of news articles sounds better than it actually is, what happens when catered lunch isn't good enough, Amazon kills incentivized reviews, and Bass Pro Shops just ate Cabela's. Plus, a few good reads.
Happy Monday Vancouver and Seattle get a lot closer, Facebook comes after Craigslist, the emergency alert system gets an upgrade, and patent trolls take Apple to the cleaners.
The new face of music streaming YouTube hires a famous music guy named Lyor to be friendlier to artists, Disney says they're rebooting pretty much every movie you love, Amazon wants us to talk to Alexa, and Harvard lost $2B last year... whoops. Plus Friday shower thoughts.
Nike told everyone to relax Why Nike changed their KPI, how Meerkat launched an app in secret, Apple wheelin' and dealin, and BlackBerry throwing in the towel.
Trump came by the office… The Donald took over today's email and told us his thoughts on Elon's plan to go to Mars, companies trying to change home delivery, Facebook at Work vs. Slack, and AppLovin.
Twitter’s the belle of the ball A rundown of who might buy Twitter, companies taking an Einstein-ian approach to problem solving, Bezos going after Bollywood, and a few good reads for Tuesday.
Sunglasses are the next big thing Snapchat's making a Spectacle of themselves, Facebook overestimated their video stats by 60-80%, Apple probably isn't buying McLaren sports cars any time soon, and the Monday Morning Review.
Classic Yahoo! It took 2 years for them to admit a big whoopsie, LinkedIn starts school, online publishers fight back against Facebook and Google, and Maersk needs to figure their ship out.
It’s Throwback Thursday Why preschool education matters, Everalbum uses "growth hacking" to spam everyone, Google launches their AI-powered messaging app, and Norway is freakin' loaded.
Work work work The free-time paradox, MakerBot changing their game to B2B, North Korea's "internet," and how Amazon's not playing fairly.
Do it for the ‘gram GoPro dropped the curtain on some new products, Facebook banks on hardware, Stripe gets people paid faster, Boeing doing what they can to make flying not suck, and another Kickstarter winner.
