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America, the Beautiful (opens the original)
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Hi friends 👋 , Happy Thursday! Three years ago, Mackenzie Burnett, the founder and CEO of Not Boring Capital portfolio company, Ambrook, wrote the first in a short-lived series we called The Founder’s Letter. At the time, it was basically a dream. Today, Ambrook is a real business with more than 2,500 customers across the country, helping them realize their American Dream. And on Tuesday, Ambrook announced that it’s raised $29 million, including a $26.1 million Series A co-led by Thrive Capital …
Wander: Deeper Dive (opens the original)
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Welcome to the 1,000 newly Not Boring people who have joined us since our last essay! Join 244,199 smart, curious folks by subscribing here: Hi friends 👋, Happy Wednesday! Sending this one a little later than usual because we’re timing it with an announcement about a portfolio company and previous Deep Dive subject: Wander raised $50+ million in a Series B led QED and Fifth Wall The fun part is, Wander did it by throwing out a lot of what we discussed in the first Wander Deep Dive — which, at th…
Hyperlegible 008: Golden Age with Mike Solana (opens the original)
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Welcome to Episode 008 of Hyperlegible, a Not Boring Radio production. To find all of the excellent essays we’ve discussed on Hyperlegible, head to Readwise . Golden Age with Mike Solana is live at: YouTube | Spotify | Apple Podcasts The guest selection process for Hyperlegible is three parts art, half part science, and four parts serendipity. It boils down to: if someone writes an essay I love, I want to talk to them about it. Sometimes, I’ve never heard of someone, then they write something am…
Hyperlegible 007: 50 Things Brian Potter Has Learned Writing Construction Physics (opens the original)
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Nobody on the internet writes about all of the complexity involved in actually building things -- from homes to jet engines -- better than Brian Potter , the author of Construction Physics . I am a huge fan of Brian's writing. I use it as a reference for a lot of my pieces. I once tweeted, "Construction Physics is a national treasure and the president should give Brian Potter a medal or czar job or something." So I was thrilled to get the excuse to talk to him about a bunch of his essays by …
Hyperlegible 006: Forsaking Industrialism (opens the original)
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In this timely conversation, Conrad Bastable ( https://x.com/ConradBastable ) breaks down his epic essay "Forsaking Industrialism" and explores why the West has abandoned manufacturing while China built a world-beating industrial platform over decades. Read it here: https://www.conradbastable.com/essays/forsaking-industrialism-the-most-expensive-thing-you-didnt-buy We dive into how EU regulations inadvertently benefited Chinese manufacturing, why tariffs alone can't solve America's industrial ch…
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