CW 689 - Kevin Maney - Newsweek, Play Bigger, How Pirates, Dreamers, and Innovators Create and Dominate Markets

Kevin Maney writes a weekly column on technology and society for Newsweek magazine. He is the author of the new book Play Bigger: How Pirates, Dreamers, and Innovators Create and Dominate Markets, and has co-authored Making the World Work Better: The Ideas That Shaped a Century and a Company and The Two-Second Advantage: How We Succeed by Anticipating the Future...Just Enough. He shares his insights about what to look for when a company goes public too soon and what flaws are common amongst companies with dwindling values over time.   Key Takeaways: Jason’s Editorial: [3:35] Alvin Toffler's book Power Shift describes the 3 basic forms of power.  [10:59] A 5-star review from B. Spear about Jason’s podcasts. [12:44] A descriptive example of the significance of rent inflation over the years.   Kevin Maney Guest Interview: [22:54] The study of the category kings of business. [28:31] A unicorn is a company that gets valued by investors of more than a billion dollars. [30:57] The 3 critical aspects to building a company. [32:56] If Uber doesn’t fix its company design it will have a serious problem. [36:28] Companies that go public before their 6th anniversary in business tend to have dwindling values over time. [41:51] A synopsis of The Two-Second Advantage: How We Succeed by Anticipating the Future...Just Enough.   Mentioned in This Episode: Jason Hartman Hartman Media JHart88 on Voxer Hartman Education Kevin Maney Lyft