March 2023 | Archive

40 Lessons from 30 Years

2022 letter | Dan Wang

ARBITRAGE AND EQUILIBRIUM IN THE TEAM FORTRESS 2 ECONOMY

The age of average

The Cell Structure: How Supercell Turned the Traditional Org-Chart Upside Down

The Taste Economy

TO TRUCK, BARTER AND EXCHANGE? On the nature of our digital economies

Valve: How I Got Here, What It’s Like, and What I’m Doing

A Brief History of the Console and the Future of Gaming

A new Nintendo Switch model might be on the way

America's future and the network state

Anycolor Inc - The Talent Agency of the Metaverse Has Explosive Growth and Is Extremely Profitable

Cocytarchy

Disguised Toast is moving beyond streaming, but it’s coming at a cost

Eric Seufert on the online advertising ecosystem

Evidence #4 (Damir Becirovic)

Ex-YouTube Employee Exposes 7 Ways To Hack Algorithm

Half of Twitter Blue subscribers have less than 1,000 followers

How Duolingo reignited user growth

How MrBeast keeps winning fans—and burger and chocolate sales

Internet Computers

Is Squad Busters Supercell’s next multi-billion dollar smash?

JPMorgan Chase doesn’t care about your deposits

Malleable software in the age of LLMs

My Hardest Bug Ever

My most valuable retention KPIs

Nintendo Q&A (March 2023)

OpenAI CEO, CTO on risks and how AI will reshape society (YouTube)

OpenAI Unveils GPT-4, Months After ChatGPT Stunned Silicon Valley

Running a Membership Program: Four Years In — by Craig Mod

Sources: Yes "Counter-Strike 2" Is Real And It's Round The Corner

Sources: Yes "Counter-Strike 2" Is Real And It's Round The Corner

Squad Busters Thoughts — Making Games & Building Teams

Temu shopping app lures new users, coupons for existing customers

The 24 Hour “Do Nothing” Challenge

The Defining Decade of Vertical SaaS

The evolution of Sky's seasonal events

The Give-to-Get Model for AI Startups

They thought loved ones were calling for help. It was an AI scam.

Thinking About AI

Valve New Employee Handbook

Why Valve? Or, what do we need corporations for and how does Valve’s management structure fit into today’s corporate world?