I love this conference (for my take on last year's SSAC, click here). I have zero professional connection to the world of sports business or analytics, and I rarely discover anything investable here, but I still find this two-day affair one of the most thought provoking and fascinating on my calendar.
In an article that appeared today Snapchat announced that Benchmark has led their Series A financing. I will be joining the board of directors, alongside founders Evan Spiegel and Bobby Murphy.
Writing is so important that I thought it deserved its own post. Unfortunately, most writers underestimate the importance of tools and workflow, thinking (with apologies to Truman Capote’s famous quip about Jack Kerouac) that typing is the same as a writing.