What's Behind Oil Giant BP's Foray Into Clean Energy?
In February, BP's new CEO, Bernard Looney, announced plans for the company to become carbon neutral by 2050. It will invest aggressively in renewable energy and move away from the oil and gas production that has fueled its success for over a century.
Hosts Adam Lashinsky and Beth Kowitt are joined …
Inside the Bubble That Saved The NBA Season
After shuttering in March due to the coronavirus pandemic, the NBA decided to move 22 teams this summer to Disney World in Orlando, Florida in an effort to salvage what remained of the 2019-2020 season. It built a closed campus with strict public health guidelines: Everyone received daily coronavir…
Pricing Strategy
with @jasonrosenthal @skominers @meigga @rhhackett
Welcome to web3 with a16z, I’m Robert Hackett and today, we discuss pricing strategy for startups — from traditional businesses to web2 to web3.
Topics we cover include:
unit economics
understanding consumer psychology
using onchain data to inform…
Apple Maps - the unnecessary apology
Apple Maps launched alongside the original iPhone in 2007. Initially, it relied on map data from Google. But in 2012, when the two companies became smartphone rivals, Apple was forced to find an alternative data source.
Opting to build its own map platform in-house, Apple attempted to replicate a p…
The Economy 2025: The Impacts of Tariffs, Tax Cuts and Trump
The Walter E. Hoadley Annual Economic Forecast, presented by Bank of America.
Major changes are coming to tax, tariff, and regulatory policy in the wake of the November 2024 election. What impact will the new administration and Congress have on the economy in 2025? Will inflation be a big factor? …
How dead mice delivered Mayor Lurie his first big fail
In early November, San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie beamed with pride as he introduced Beya Alcaraz as the Sunset District’s next supervisor. A week later, Alcaraz resigned, after reporters uncovered her failings as a small business owner. The ill-fated eight-day tenure of Alcaraz dealt a political…
Ep 13. Tim Cook 15x Inventory Velocity at Apple
Tim Cook arrived at Apple in March 1998 and inventory went from about a month to about six days. Almost nobody knows it's in Apple's own 10-K. The company disclosed days of supply in inventory as a line item: 31 days in FY1997, 6 days in FY1998, 2 days in FY1999. Inventory in dollars: $437m, $78m, …
Recode Decode: Adam Lashinsky, author, 'Wild Ride'
Fortune Executive Editor Adam Lashinsky talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about his new book "Wild Ride: Inside Uber's Quest for World Domination." In this live interview, recorded after Travis Kalanick had announced a leave of absence from Uber but before he resigned as CEO, Lashinsky talks about t…
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