Welcome to The Nightcrawler — a weekly newsletter from Eric Markowitz covering tech, innovation, and long-term thinking.
Eric Markowitz is a partner and the Director of Research at investment firm Nightview Capital. A former investigative journalist, with bylines in The New Yorker, GQ, Fast Company, among other[…]
Andreessen Horowitz cofounder Ben Horowitz thought that “blowing sunshine” was the right way to handle pressure — here’s how he corrected his mistake.
Ben Horowitz is a founding partner at the venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz and author of the best-selling book, “The Hard Thing About Hard Things.”
The rapid crash of Nokia was triggered when key information gatekeepers became bottlenecks. Here’s the key lesson.
Jeffrey Beeson is a pioneer of Network Leadership, the founder of Ensemble Enabler, and the author of Network Leadership.
Being a good leader requires emotional capital, which is one reason why many bosses are so bad at it.
When the going gets tough, nothing beats a wide network of tried-and-true connections.
As Abraham Lincoln famously said, “If you want to test a man’s character, give him power and a plate of cookies.” (Something like that.)
There is no sure-fire formula for success, but you can be better prepared to create your own.
You can’t control external threats, but you can manage how you prepare and respond to the risk.
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When making any tough decision, the key is not to be overly exploratory or exploitative.
A five-year-old reading a picture book in her pillow fort. A college student and his friends at the midnight matinee. A ninety-year-old watching her soaps. What do they have in […]
Among history’s many thought leaders, Plato may sport the most impressive resume of the bunch. The Athenian philosopher founded the Academy. His Dialogues are required reading at every institution of […]