Recommended Reading: The failures of startup founders take over TV
Alison Herman, The Ringer
From The Dropout to WeCrashed, our televisions are about to be flush with stories about notorious startup founders. Does the prevalence of these stories signal a change for the real-life Silicon Valley? “When companies stop competing for funding and funds start competing to finance them, it’s easy for things to get out of hand,” Herman writes.
Nathan Munn, The Verge
A former content moderator offers an inside look at Manwin Canada, or what would become known as MindGeek, the operator of Pornhub and many other pornographic websites.
Allecia Vermillion, Seattle Met
If you frequently reference Serious Eats for your at-home culinary exploits, chances are you’ve run across a science-heavy analysis from J. Kenji López-Alt. In his upcoming book, he’s applying this approach to the wok, but this profile goes much deeper than one set of recipes and techniques.
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