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A graphic titled "The Night Crawler" features grayscale and red-tinted images of two men, one writing and one smiling—possibly Brad Feld—overlaid on a grid background with abstract shapes.
Business
The art of mentorship and long-term thinking
Welcome to The Nightcrawler — a weekly newsletter from Eric Markowitz covering tech, innovation, and long-term thinking.
Eric Markowitz
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The Long Game
The Brad Feld interview: Meaning, mentorship, and giving first
A conversation with the legendary VC on his latest book, his work at Techstars, and why “give first” is more than a motto — it’s a mindset.
Eric Markowitz
Book cover with yellow background and red border, titled "After the Idea" by Julia Austin, with subtitle "What It Really Takes to Create and Scale a Startup," highlighting stellar hires, and featuring a red exclamation mark.
Business
Founders: The hiring strategy that can turn scrappy to stellar
If you want the best shot at long-term success, it can pay to supplement hot-shots with seasoned industry veterans.
Julia Austin
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Business
Creating wisdom infrastructure for the next 100 years
Welcome to The Nightcrawler — a weekly newsletter from Eric Markowitz covering tech, innovation, and long-term thinking.
Eric Markowitz
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Business
The hidden rules of business — according to nature
Welcome to The Nightcrawler — a weekly newsletter from Eric Markowitz covering tech, innovation, and long-term thinking.
Eric Markowitz
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Business
The “digital dividend”: Rethinking income for the age of AI
Agentic AI pioneer Chetan Dube considers ways that everyone can be lifted by the tide of AI, not just those with the capital to leverage it.
Chetan Dube
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Business
Inside the subtle art of succession
Welcome to The Nightcrawler — a weekly newsletter from Eric Markowitz covering tech, innovation, and long-term thinking.
Eric Markowitz
Book cover featuring a shovel scooping a pile of dirt, titled "Shoveling Sh!t" by Kass and Mike Lazerow, with a foreword quote by Gary Vaynerchuk at the top—a true pivot masterstroke in business storytelling.
Business
How the startup “pivot” can become a billion-dollar masterstroke
If your world-beating idea is not working you might need to change direction — and Instagram cofounder Kevin Systrom provides the perfect case study.
Kass Lazerow & Mike Lazerow
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Business
“Blue ocean strategy”: The red thread connecting Apple with Yellow Tail
When organizations focus on finding new markets, the returns can be spectacular — as a case study from Australia perfectly illustrates.
Jeremy Kourdi & Jonathan Besser
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Business
AI vs. humans: A question of humanity
Welcome to The Nightcrawler — a weekly newsletter from Eric Markowitz covering tech, innovation, and long-term thinking.
Eric Markowitz
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The Long Game
The “quantum long game”
A meditation on quantum physics, creative endurance, and the unseen forces that shape what lasts.
Eric Markowitz
Book cover with a blue background titled "Brand Global, Adapt Local: How to Build Brand Value Across Cultures" by Katherine Melchior Ray with Nataly Kelly, featuring insights on cultural intelligence, set on an orange background.
Business
4 way leaders can supercharge their CQ: “Cultural intelligence”
To be culturally intelligent, you must be curious and open-minded — and the benefits can be transformative.
Katherine Melchior Ray & Nataly Kelly
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Business
The Snorre Kjesbu interview: “Collaboration will become truly immersive”
Snorre Kjesbu — SVP & GM of Cisco’s Employee Experience group — has a bold vision for the future of human interaction.
Mike Hodgkinson
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Business
The myth of leadership
Welcome to The Nightcrawler — a weekly newsletter from Eric Markowitz covering tech, innovation, and long-term thinking.
Eric Markowitz
Book cover of "The Systems Leader" by Robert E. Siegel, featuring overlapping orange geometric shapes and the subtitle exploring systems leadership and cross-pressures in today's companies.
Business
Why “Systems Leadership” is hard in the best possible way
The corporate world is no cake walk — as a leader you need a framework that can equip you for the cross-pressures.
Robert E. Siegel
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Big Think+
Big Think+ introduces updated Learner and Discussion Guides, now in 15 languages
Breaking barriers: seamless learning across languages and platforms.
Monica Karunakaran
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Smart Skills
When to quit: A simple framework for life’s toughest decisions
Annie Duke, a poker champion turned decision scientist, talks with Big Think about how to choose well under uncertainty.
Danny Kenny
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Business
6 ways for leaders to hone their “visual literacy”
Leaders may not realize it — they’re not just being watched, they’re being interpreted, filtered, and judged, frame by frame.
Marine Tanguy
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Business
The end of extraction and the rise of abundance
Welcome to The Nightcrawler — a weekly newsletter from Eric Markowitz covering tech, innovation, and long-term thinking.
Eric Markowitz
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Business
The Steve Hanke interview: “Writing a tweet is the endgame of the Feynman Technique”
The veteran economist joins Big Think to unpack the new rules of social media, explain tariffs, and recount his adventures in Albania.
Mike Hodgkinson
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