Episode 053 — Connect the Dots

We start with Volkswagen, then mortgages, then Ben’s time in Taiwan, and finally end with a critique of the Apple Watch. It all makes sense in the end. Hopefully. This episode is sponsored by Zendesk. Make your customer service seem like magic by building it directly into your apps, websites and products with Zendesk Embeddables. Links Adam Lashinsky: How Apple Words — Fortune Lauren Martin: If You Have Savings in Your 20s, You’re Doing Something Wrong — Elite Daily Steve Jobs: Stanford Commencement Speech — Stanford News Rita McGrath: The End of Competitive Advantage — Amazon Ben Thompson: Apple Watch: … Continue reading Episode 053 — Connect the Dots

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Exponent, a production of Stratechery.com, is hosted by Ben Thompson and James Allworth. In this program we seek to explore the massive effect technology is having not just on technology companies, but also on society as a whole. Ben Thompson is the author of Stratechery, a blog about the business and strategy of technology. James Allworth is the co-author with Clay Christensen of "How Will You Measure Your Life" and a writer for the Harvard Business Review. Visit the website at https://exponent.fm for show notes and to subscribe. To see old Stratechery.FM episodes, please visit http://stratechery.fm