Author: Jason D. Rowley

  • Brexit: History, Market Failure & Science Threat

    The late-breaking news on Thursday night that the United Kingdom voted to exit the European Union left global markets rattled and many scratching their heads. As John Goodman points out in his history of referenda for Atlas Obscura the UK overwhelmingly voted to stay in the European Community (the EU’s predecessor) in 1975. Obviously, much…

  • Notes on Twilio, Line And The Open (?) Window

    After several quarters of disappointing news from public tech companies (primarily those affiliated with Jack Dorsey, but I digress) and story after story about private tech companies’ reluctance to go public, Twilio may have blown open the tech IPO window on Thursday. Making its debut on the NYSE under symbol TWLO, at the price of…

  • 3 Places To Start Learning About Marketplace Businesses

    Earlier this week I published “A Beginner’s Guide to VC” on the Mattermark blog. There were a number of people who reached out to ask me to add more resources explaining certain business verticals. There is no possible way I could fit them all into that one post, and, so, I decided to make lists…

  • JDR’s Newsletter – #6

    Hello there, This is a (roughly) weekly newsletter experiment containing links to things I’ve written and made, plus links to other interesting articles, reports and essays I’ve come across. In case you haven’t already subscribed, you can do so through Tinyletter. You can find an archive of this and previous issues of my newsletter at news.jdr.fyi. Thoughts,…

  • JDR’s Newsletter – #5

    Hello there, This is a (roughly) weekly newsletter experiment containing links to things I’ve written and made, plus links to other interesting articles, reports and essays I’ve come across. In case you haven’t already subscribed, you can do so through Tinyletter. You can find an archive of this and previous issues of my newsletter at news.jdr.fyi.…

  • JDR’s Newsletter #4 (Lots of Funding News Edition)

    Hello there, This is a (roughly) weekly newsletter experiment containing links to things I’ve written and made, plus links to other interesting articles, reports and essays I’ve come across. In case you haven’t already subscribed, you can do so through Tinyletter. You can find an archive of this and previous issues of my newsletter at: http://news.jdr.fyi…

  • JDR’s Newsletter – #3 (XL Edition)

    Hello there, This is an extra-large edition of a (roughly) weekly newsletter experiment containing links to things I’ve written and made, plus links to other interesting articles, reports and essays I’ve come across. In case you haven’t already subscribed, you can do so through Tinyletter. You can find an archive of this and previous issues of…

  • JDR’s Newsletter – #2

    Hello there, This is a (roughly) weekly newsletter experiment containing links to things I’ve written and made, plus links to other interesting articles, reports and essays I’ve come across. In case you haven’t already subscribed, you can do so through Tinyletter. You can find an archive of this and previous issues of my newsletter at news.jdr.fyi.…

  • JDR’s Newsletter #1

    Subscribe here to receive future copies of this newsletter by email. This is a (roughly) weekly newsletter experiment containing links to things I’ve written and made, plus links to other interesting articles, reports and essays I’ve come across. I’m going to experiment with different sections until I figure out what works best. Because this is the…

  • Questions for Blockchain Experts

    Here are a sample of questions I’d ask any blockchain expert today…