Vol 5: 3/12/21 — Six Links Worthy of your Attention
Disney+, Bitcoin, Return to work, NFT, Warren Buffet, Last lost tourist
1. Disney+ has notched over 100 million subscribers just 16 months after launch. It took Netflix nearly six years to hit 100 million subscribers. It only recently hit 200 million. Disney+ had initially targeted 60–90 million subscribers by 2024, but it smashed that goal in November. Now it's projecting 230–260 million by 2024, which would mean surpassing Netflix. Super impressive execution.
https://www.cnbc.com/2021/03/09/disney-tops-100-million-subscribers-just-16-months-after-launch.html
2. Bitcoin’s Climate Problem. As companies and investors increasingly say they are focused on climate and sustainability, the cryptocurrency’s huge carbon footprint could become a red flag.
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/09/business/dealbook/bitcoin-climate-change.html?
3. With vaccinations topping 90mm doses in the US and upwards of 75mm doses likely to be injected into arms in the US in March, many companies are starting to think about what a return to the office might look like this summer and fall. A great post talking about what this all means for knowledge workers and the companies that employ them:
https://www.notboring.co/p/were-never-going-back
4. An NFT just sold for $69 million at Christie’s and was paid for in cryptocurrency. In other words someone paid $69MM for a jpeg file. I wonder how much so my PPT files might fetch?
5. Warren Buffett Says You Should Practice the 4 Habits That Separate the Best From the Rest
https://www.inc.com/marcel-schwantes/warren-buffett-habits-good-returns.html
6. Finally, The bizarre tale of the world's last lost tourist, who thought Maine was San Francisco.
Sai, continuing on #4, did you see this? https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-56335948
On #1 we are assuming that netflix growth would be stagnated at 200 million and disney would grow at ~30% each year. Don't think it is a right assumption to make . Journalists can do mistake but not us.