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Michael's Newsletter - April 2018

Michael's Newsletter - April 2018
By Michael Karnjanaprakorn • Issue #48 • View online
The first quarter of 2018 went by so quickly! Some updates and current thoughts on my end:

  • I’m on a sabbatical from Skillshare and no longer in a day-to-day role at the company. I’m taking some time off to get some much needed R&R and thinking through what’s next for me.
  • Crypto markets have had a massive correction so far in 2018. Some are saying that the market will get cut in half again before we see another bull market.
  • Read a great article from Scott Belsky on micro brands. With startup costs dropping and the ability to do targeted marketing via social media, is going small the new big? 
  • Now that I’m on my sabbatical, I’m experimenting with a “No/Minimum Meetings” month in April. Striving to have zero meetings but will cap them at ten hours for the month of April. Will see how this goes 😳
  • The new show Rapture has an inspiring episode with Logic. Also, watching rappers reactions to Rich Brian is amazing.
Until next month…
- Michael 

Startups
These are the circumstances that drove a powerful CEO out of his company: who was advising him, who betrayed him, and what was going through his mind.
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In just ten minutes or so scrolling on Instagram, I counted over a dozen brands I had never heard of selling a product that caught my eye. There are so many direct-to-consumer brands we’ve never…
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Blockchain
Machine learning models trained on data from blockchain-based marketplaces have the potential to create the world’s most powerful artificial intelligences. They combine two potent primitives: private…
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We are at the earliest stages of reckoning how token-based networks interact with each other. Much like corporations, they will begin to compete, merge, acquire, attack, and partner with one another…
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Productivity
Craig Ballantyne, author of The Perfect Day Formula: How to Own the Day And Control Your Life, has a really powerful exercise to help you realize if you’re seeking approval in the wrong places. He…
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Do you ever get upset about the nasty behavior of your co-workers, friends, or even family? Well, if you let others upset you, it’s not their fault. Toxic people have only one goal: To cause mayhem. My advice? Avoid all toxic people!
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Diddy’s best friends tell us their best stories.
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Culture
Hua Hsu on Sean Miyashiro’s company, which is an authority on how to create pop-culture crossovers.
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We spent 54 hours researching 115 board games. Here are our picks for new gamers, more-advanced players, and party, cooperative, and two-player games.
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Currently Reading
It’s no wonder that The Power of Now has sold over 2 million copies worldwide and has been translated into over 30 foreign languages. Much more than simple principles and platitudes…
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Michael Karnjanaprakorn

I'm the founder of Otis. Every month, I share my favorite links from the web and share an inside look of our company.

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