Mike Hearn on Bitcon: “It has failed because the community has failed. What was meant to be a new, decentralised form of money that lacked “systemically important institutions” and “too big to fail” has become something even worse: a system completely controlled by just a handful of people. Worse still, the network is on the brink of technical collapse. The mechanisms that should have prevented this outcome have broken down, and as a result there’s no longer much reason to think Bitcoin can actually be better than the existing financial system.”
The Milk Road on persuading big companies about Web3: “Every company has superfans. The top 1,000 fans. These are people who love you. They will line up outside your door to get your newest drop. I would gift them all NFTs. It’s a status symbol, and a membership card – all in one. Then I’d start giving out perks to those NFT holders. Early access. Behind the scenes. Free merch. That kinda stuff. And the asset is tradeable. If someone wants to show they are a top 1,000 fan, they have to buy the spot off someone else. So your current superfans get paid (and you get a cut of it too).”
FT on why an executive coach is now a must-have for CEOs: “Coaches act as a sounding board and help leaders to prioritise competing demands. A senior director at a footwear distributor, dealing with factory closures in Vietnam and supply chain snarl-ups, says: “If I want to talk about finance I’ll talk to the finance director. If I want to perform at my best, I’ll talk to the coach.””
