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The Director of “Crime 101” on His Favorite Anti-Western Westerns
[ad_1] When the director Bart Layton—whose new film, “Crime 101,” opens on Friday—recently reflected on his favorite novels, he realized that many were what might be termed anti-Westerns. “Most Westerns...
AI Won’t Replace Trust in Marketing
[ad_1] Generative AI is impressive, but it still misses what matters most in marketing: trust. That’s my stance, and it comes from hard-won experience. As a founder and operator, I’ve...
What great founders do differently in their first 90 minutes of the day: 7 patterns that compound over time
[ad_1] Most founders don’t lose the day at 3 p.m. They lose it before breakfast. The first 90 minutes of your morning quietly decide whether you spend the day reacting...
“The President’s Cake” Is a Neorealist Treasure from Iraq
[ad_1] In the city, the story splits in half: Lamia gets separated from Bibi (for reasons I wouldn’t dare disclose) and searches for the one person she knows there, a...
The Movie That Inspired Gregory Bovino to Join Border Patrol
[ad_1] For all the scenes of jeeps raising dust in the desert and migrants wading through the Rio Grande, “The Border” is something of a two-hander. Charlie’s prevailing disgust with...
How to split equity among co-founders fairly
[ad_1] You probably didn’t start your company thinking the equity conversation would be the hardest one. But here you are, staring at a blank cap table, knowing that whatever you...
What is feature creep (and how to avoid it in your MVP)
[ad_1] If you’ve been building your MVP for more than a few weeks, this will feel familiar. You started with one clear problem to solve. Then a customer suggested a...
9 founder behaviors that quietly erode team trust
[ad_1] Most founders don’t wake up trying to damage trust. In the early days, you’re moving fast, juggling cash flow, hiring before you feel ready, and making decisions with incomplete...
Listening to Joe Rogan
[ad_1] Long John Nebel and Art Bell are gone, but the tradition they embodied has a prominent inheritor. In an age of diminishing attention spans, “The Joe Rogan Experience” is...
Barry Blitt’s “Split Screen”
[ad_1] In February, 1925, the first issue of The New Yorker was published, featuring a drawing by the art editor Rea Irvin of a top-hatted dandy examining a butterfly through...
