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April 27, 2022April 27, 2022 andreweverett360

Vaclav Smil on climate goals

David Marchese interviewed Vaclav Smil for the New York Times: This Eminent Scientist Says Climate Activists Need to Get Real.

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April 27, 2022April 26, 2022 andreweverett360

Amazon profitability (or lack thereof)

Todd Bishop wrote an article for GeekWire titled Amazon would have posted $1.8 billion operating loss in Q4 2021 if not for Amazon Web Services (February 3, 2022).

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April 26, 2022 andreweverett360

Power and Counterweights

Scott Galloway wrote a blog post titled Power.

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April 24, 2022April 24, 2022 andreweverett360

Brands need to build more than just salience to grow

Nigel Hollis, Chief Global Analyst, Kantar, wrote an article titled Brands need to build more than just salience to grow (3 August 2020).  

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April 23, 2022 andreweverett360

Hankins Hexagon

James Hankins wrote an article for MarketingWeek titled Forget funnels, here’s a new model for the path to purchase (2 February 2021).

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April 21, 2022 andreweverett360

The Myth Of The Great E-Commerce Acceleration

Steve Dennis wrote an April 19, 2022 Forbes article titled The Myth Of The Great E-Commerce Acceleration.

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April 18, 2022 andreweverett360

Profit vs Revenue

Mark Ritson wrote an article for MarketingWeek titled Volkswagen is right to put profit before sales.

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April 10, 2022 andreweverett360

Audible Brand Assets

Jake Sanders wrote a blog post titled How to Create an Audio Identity with Sonic Branding.

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March 30, 2022 andreweverett360

financial and economic data websites

Mike Zaccardi wrote a blog post with a list of financial and economic data links. “When I taught at the University of North Florida, I always sought to arm my finance students with the best tools of the trade… Few things get me more pumped than when I come across an impressive financial website—one that doesn’t charge.”

March 26, 2022March 26, 2022 andreweverett360

of 133 publicly traded unicorns in the U.S., 89 had cumulative losses greater than their annual revenues

Jeffrey Funk and Adam Acar wrote an article for Nikkei Asia titled Ride-hailing insanity shows Japan is right to shun startups.

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