Curiosity Chronicle

Welcome to the 924 new members of the curiosity tribe who have joined us since Friday. Join the 37,001 others who are receiving high-signal, curiosity-inducing content every single week. Today’s newsletter is brought to you by  Tegus ! When I started to dive in on the Chinese energy crisis, Tegus was yet again my first destination—a cheat code for my investment research and learning process. Tegus...

Welcome to the 1,016 new members (!!!) of the curiosity tribe who have joined us since Friday. Join the 35,181 others who are receiving high-signal, curiosity-inducing content every single week. Today’s newsletter is brought to you by  Tegus ! When I started to dive in on the global supply chain disruption, Tegus was my first destination—it’s a literal cheat code for my investment research and lea...

Welcome to the 645 new members of the curiosity tribe who have joined us since Friday. Join the 33,832 others who are receiving high-signal, curiosity-inducing content every single week. Today’s newsletter is brought to you by  Demand Curve ! The Growth Newsletter by Demand Curve is my new favorite newsletter subscription. They interview hundreds of Y Combinator founders to find out what works. Th...

Welcome to the 574 new members of the curiosity tribe who have joined us since Friday. Join the 32,682 others who are receiving high-signal, curiosity-inducing content every single week.  Share this on Twitter  to help grow the tribe! Today’s newsletter is brought to you by  Tegus ! Tegus has been a complete game changer for my research and learning process. Tegus is the leading platform for prima...

Welcome to the 716 new members of the curiosity tribe who have joined us since Friday. Join the 32,004 others who are receiving high-signal, curiosity-inducing content every single week.  Share this on Twitter  to help grow the tribe! Today’s newsletter is brought to you by  Tegus ! Tegus has been a complete game changer for my research and learning process. Tegus is the leading platform for prima...

Welcome to the 715 new members of the curiosity tribe who have joined us since Friday. Join the 30,964 others who are receiving high-signal, curiosity-inducing content every single week.  Share this on Twitter  to help grow the tribe! Today’s newsletter is brought to you by  Tegus ! Tegus is the leading platform for primary research—it offers a searchable database of thousands of instantly-availab...

Welcome to the 198 new members of the curiosity tribe who have joined us since Friday. Join the 29,071 others who are receiving high-signal, curiosity-inducing content every single week.  Share this on Twitter  to help grow the tribe! Today’s newsletter is brought to you by  M1 Finance ! M1 Finance is an all-in-one finance super app - allowing you to invest, borrow, and spend on one easy-to-use, t...

Welcome to the 398 new members of the curiosity tribe who have joined us since Friday. Join the 28,496 others who are receiving high-signal, curiosity-inducing content every single week.  Share this on Twitter  to help grow the tribe! Today’s newsletter is brought to you by  M1 Finance ! M1 Finance is an all-in-one finance super app - allowing you to invest, borrow, and spend on one easy-to-use, t...

Welcome to the 537 new members of the curiosity tribe who have joined us since Friday. Join the 27,544 others who are receiving high-signal, curiosity-inducing content every single week. Oh, and share this on Twitter to help grow the tribe! Today’s newsletter is brought to you by Morning Brew ! Morning Brew is on my must-read list every single day. There's a reason over 3 million people start thei...

Welcome to the 840 new members of the curiosity tribe who have joined us since Friday. Join the 26,411 others who are receiving high-signal, curiosity-inducing content every single week! Oh, and share this on Twitter to help grow the tribe! Today’s newsletter is brought to you by MicroAcquire ! MicroAcquire is revolutionizing the startup acquisition process. As the #1 startup acquisition marketpla...

Welcome to the 750+ new members of the curiosity tribe who have joined us since Friday. Join the 24,766 others who are receiving high-signal, curiosity-inducing content every single week! Today’s newsletter is brought to you by  AppSumo ! AppSumo was founded with one goal in mind: to give entrepreneurs the tools they need to grow their businesses, at a fraction of their regular cost. To do this, A...

Welcome to the 500+ new members of the curiosity tribe who have joined us since Friday. Join the 23,529 others who are receiving high-signal, curiosity-inducing content every single week! Today’s newsletter is brought to you by  AppSumo ! Are you an entrepreneur? Do you like great deals? Great news: Sumo Day 2021 is finally here - an event for entrepreneurs hosted by my friends over at AppSumo.  T...

Welcome to the 100+ new members of the curiosity tribe who have joined us since Friday. Join the 22,300+ others who are receiving high-signal, curiosity-inducing content every single week! Today’s newsletter is brought to you by  AppSumo ! Sumo Day 2021 is almost here - an event for entrepreneurs hosted by my friends over at AppSumo. Think of Sumo Day as Amazon Prime Day, but for entrepreneurs . S...

Welcome to the 500+ new members of the curiosity tribe who have joined us since Friday. Join the 20,500+ others who are receiving high-signal, curiosity-inducing content every single week! Today’s newsletter is brought to you by  Fundrise ! Fundrise  is the future of real estate investing - a platform that allows anyone to invest in a low-cost, diversified portfolio of institutional-quality real e...

Welcome to the 500+ new members of the curiosity tribe who have joined us since Friday. Join the 19,000+ others who are receiving high-signal, curiosity-inducing content every single week! Today’s newsletter is brought to you by  Fundrise ! Fundrise  is the future of real estate investing - a platform that allows anyone to invest in a low-cost, diversified portfolio of institutional-quality real e...

Welcome to all of the new subscribers who have joined this growing tribe since Monday. If you’re not a subscriber, join the 18,500+ others and subscribe today! The Mechanics of a Meme Stock Rally “Meme stocks” like AMC and GameStop have captured the attention of the financial world. But few understand what is actually driving these furious price rallies. Let’s dive into the mechanics of a meme sto...

Steve Jobs delivered the commencement speech at Stanford University on June 12, 2005. 16 years later, its wisdom remains. Lessons from Steve Jobs (on careers, startups, and life): Develop Independent Views To carve your own path - in your career or life - you have to develop your own views. Steve Jobs originally went to college because it was what he was supposed to do after graduating high school...

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Special Announcement: The Bloomboard I’m excited to announce the launch of my job board - The Bloomboard - where I will curate and share unique, exciting roles in finance and technology every single week. The goal? To foster open access to jobs for candidates and spread awareness of amazing, high-growth companies and roles. The board will be curated by me personally, meaning it will only include c...

A great commencement speech is filled with wisdom. 10 powerful lessons from the best commencement speeches of all time: #1: Connecting the Dots "You can’t connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backward. So you have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future." - Steve Jobs, Stanford 2005 Life is uncertain. Have faith that your dots will somehow connect....

The story of the last few weeks in business has been the ransomware attack that took down the Colonial Pipeline. On ransomware-as-a-service, DarkSide, and what happens when publicity becomes really bad for business: First, a few definitions... What is ransomware? Ransomware is a type of malware - a software designed to cause harm to a computer, server, or network. Ransomware is used to encrypt the...

Intellectual curiosity is a competitive advantage. But contrary to what you’ve been told, it has nothing to do with intelligence. 10 ways to start developing your intellectual curiosity today: #1: Scrub Your Windows “Your assumptions are your windows on the world. Scrub them off every once in a while, or the light won't come in.” - Isaac Asimov Curiosity is a light that can only enter when your me...

Warren Buffett is a treasure trove of wisdom. But contrary to what you have been told, most of it has nothing to do with investing. 10 powerful lessons for life from the Oracle of Omaha: #1 - Wait For A Juicy Pitch “You don't have to swing at everything - you can wait for your pitch." Life doesn’t reward you for the number of swings you take. Focus on identifying the juiciest pitch. When it comes,...

In his final Amazon shareholder letter, Jeff Bezos shared a powerful mental model on maintaining your distinctiveness. On the fight against normalcy (in your career, startup, writing, or life): Jeff Bezos founded Amazon in 1994. In 27 years at the helm, he grew it into one of the largest and most influential companies in the world. Today, it is worth almost $1.7 trillion. Each year since its 1997...

The story of the last few weeks in finance has been the secretive rise and rapid downfall of Archegos Capital Management. A thread on the underlying mechanics of the Archegos saga and how a $20 billion fortune vanished into thin air... First, let’s set the stage. Archegos Capital Management is the family office of Bill Hwang, a former prodigy of hedge fund legend Julian Robertson. Hwang previously...