Friends of Dave #45: Fall Back
WARNING: Daylight Saving ends today. That means only one thing....
No, you haven't missed it. Set your clocks back tonight before you go to bed and enjoy the one extra hour of sleep.....on me. And if you happen to have young kids.....well, little kids aren't good at saving anything, let alone time, so forget I mentioned anything about extra sleep.
Good news though: if you are among the "lucky" that are awake, bleary eyed, at 5:30am on Sunday watching Spongebob with a bunch of amped up rugrats, you will have this fabulous edition of the Friends of Dave newsletter to keep you occupied. Again, on me. And if you are really motivated, go back and check out some back issues that you might have missed. You never know, there may be a quiz at year end....
For the rest of you, enjoy the extra hour of rest. You'll need it: cuz here come the winter holiday commercials.....
XOXO
Dave
Think on These to Start...
6 things to know about “falling back” — www.vox.com Abolishing daylight saving could benefit us in a surprising number of ways.
The great nutrient collapse — www.politico.com The atmosphere is literally changing the food we eat, for the worse. And almost nobody is paying attention.
The era of easily-faked, AI-generated photos is upon us — qz.com
This might have been the most fascinating, and scary, thing I read this week. While I know I recently commented on the return of authenticity, the advancement of computer generated, authentic looking, facial photos is truly mind blowing.
5 More To Get You Smarter...
Your Next Big Investment: Music Royalties — www.laweekly.com
A Denver-based company is "making music royalties an investible asset." Really interesting look at how the funding of the music industry is changing.
Investments Signal a Bike-Sharing War is Coming — www.recode.net
The U.S. is beginning to see an explosion in the bike-sharing space that grew to be so popular in places like China and Europe.
Not every business has to be a startup! — medium.com
You can run your business smart, you can run it lean, you can be agile, you can do it however you like, but you don’t have to found a startup to be an entrepreneur. All you have to do is build.
Interesting point of view on entrepreneurialism forwarded by longtime Friend of Dave Kristine Muccigrosso.
What the best SaaS sales reps know that others don't — blog.close.io
The best SaaS sales reps know there's no secret to success. But there are a few insights that most reps ignore -- the first of which is that the best SaaS sales reps are all committed to one thing: LEARNING.
The Implication of Secular Increases in SaaS CAC — tomtunguz.com
The root cause of increase in customer acquisition costs is competition and scale. Tomas Tunguz provides some good insights into how to combat this in SaaS companies.
A Few For Fun.....
Inside The Great Poop Emoji Feud — www.buzzfeed.com
Folks, there is a fierce debate brewing in certain corners of the world over a frowning pile of poop. For real.
What Your Future Burial Outfit Says About You — www.racked.com
People dying today are buried in what you might call grave-casual.
The Perils and Pleasures of Bartending in Antarctica — www.atlasobscura.com
At the South Pole, you want to be where everybody knows your name. And they're always glad there is a working heater.
And The Last Word....
How 1977 Broke All the Rules and Changed Music Forever
Hard to believe it has been 40 years, but innovative bands like the Ramones, Talking Heads, and Kraftwerk remain as vital as ever.