As it becomes earlier and easier to build affiliate programs, business are paying for people to be brand ambassadors. So not only do you build social capital from being an early adaptor in your group …
Paying For Customer Service
At lots of high-growth tech startups, customer service is dramatically outpaced by customer growth and it is almost impossible to get help as a customer. An example of this from my own life is my …
Governments Make Shit Sketchy
In 2013, I lived in Calgary, AB when it was hit with its worst flooding in 100 years. At the time, we lived in an apartment building in a higher part of the city and were unaffected by the …
Scary China
A lot of people talk with fear about economic growth in China. Two things, in particular, are consistently pointed to as evidence of the threat: China overtaking the U.S. in GDP The US having …
The Profit
Last weekend, I started watching The Profit after reading this post, by Alex Tabarrok about the show and the economic lessons you can learn watching it. I watched the first two episodes, and so far …
Replacing Servers with iPads
Because of the raising minimum wage, many fast food restaurants in the US, Canada, and Europe have started using self-service ordering machines. This previously wasn't economically viable, but the …