Industry 20 billion dollars A former Formula 1 engineer has a vision of making manufacturing agile and popular. (Flickr /Málfríður Guðmundsdóttir) Michael Fuller spent more than a decade as an engineer at the pinnacle of the auto racing industry. His experience at Formula One led him to a potentially lucrative idea: use 3D printing to … Read more
“Airbnb’s Sheryl Sandberg” is the valley’s silent superpower, Belinda Johnson is the brain behind the startup’s $ 25 billion attempt to make friends.
“Every little detail is a big decision. Have to keep everything in scale, have to keep your vision. ” – “Bit by bit,” Stephen Sondheim It was March 1991 and co-founder of Polycom Brian Hinman And I’m on another emergency trip to buy parts. Brian and I have known each other for many years. We … Read more
In 2014, Amazon surprised many people by buying Twitch. Today, Facebook, Google and others have the advantage of owning live video. Subscribe Friday is our attempt to put news into context. Once a week, we’ll call out a recent headline, provide updates and explain why it’s important.In 2015, Twitch viewers watched live streaming videos worth … Read more
Hi, Backchannel readers. It’s Jessi. Magic Leap quietly settled a sexist lawsuit this week. I reached out to both the company and former employees, to see if there were other stories to share and – no surprise – not. But there is an interesting question to ask when such a document is dropped: Why is … Read more
All of this is partly recruited by the charismatic promise of founder Adam Neumann that WeWork is to create “a life, not just a life”. A lanky, long-haired Israeli, partially raised on a kibbutz, Neumann started the company with his friend Miguel McKelvey, a trained architect who is currently Director Van. chemical. Neumann is a … Read more
