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What We Brewed in October — Monthly Wrap #3
A recap of October at The Percolator — essays on The Infrastructure of Work and The Venture Game, key stats, most-read posts, and a preview of October’s…
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The New Professional Stack
Explore the new professional stack, how tools like Notion, Stripe, and GPT turn individuals into global micro-enterprises, redefining autonomy…
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The Sunday Brew #149
In this brew: Cost of Chip Design in a picture | Google Scholar Effect & Paradox of Unanimity | Oil surges after US Sanctions, Meta Layoffs 700 and Thai…
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Owed or Earned? — The Moral Confusion of Founder Equity
Founder equity is a moral myth disguised as math. This essay questions who truly deserves ownership in start-ups, and why venture still rewards heroism…
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How Organisations Disappear
Explore how organisations are dissolving into networks of individuals, code, and contracts—and what replaces the company as the core unit of…
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The Sunday Brew #148
In this brew: Unicorns by country in a picture | Nobel Disease & Warnock’s Dilemma | Dollar plunges 12.5%, Retail investors lose $17B in DAT burst, and…
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The Pitch Narrative Industrial Complex
Founders don’t pitch companies — they perform narratives. This essay dissects the venture world’s theatre of storytelling, where persuasion replaces…
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The Tool Decides the Task
Discover how AI-native tools reshape work by prescribing tasks and workflows—raising critical questions about efficiency, originality, and human agency…
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The Sunday Brew #147
In this brew: Jobs Most Exposed to AI in a picture | Memory Dividend & BS Asymmetry Principle | China - US again at tariff war, ASEAS Trade Strengthens…
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Capital Stack Games
Founders dream of shared upside, but stacked terms decide who really wins. This essay unpacks liquidation preferences, participating shares, and the…
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Where is Work?
Explore the shifting geography of work in 2025, from nomad hubs to virtual offices, and how infrastructure, not place, now anchors collaboration…
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The Sunday Brew #146
In this brew: Global IPO Market in a picture | Baader-Meinhof Phenomenon & Ostrich Effect | Brain Cell Powered Computing, Japan's First Female PM and US…
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