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The Hotpot | April 2026 | By Lisanne 17.4 Research from University of Kallabasee shows something interesting: Men pitch around profitability. Women pitch around purpose. But investors invest in…
The Hotpot | April 2026 | By Lisanne 14.4 Imagine this: You are stranded along a deserted highway in the middle of a heatwave in July. Your car is…
The Hotpot | By Lisanne 12.4 Spotify says it wants to give “a million creative artists the opportunity to live off their art”. But according to 50,000 writers earning…
The Hotpot | April 2026 | By Lisanne 10.4 The traditional way of doing marketing used to be the battle for "eyeballs". This model of interruption. You buy the…
How Triangl and Steven Bartlett Turned ‘Impossible’ Into Inevitable.
Perfectionism can be an expensive way to hide from the work that matters.
The Hotpot | March 2026 | By Lisanne 31.3 I love the lightning bolt---that one-of-a-kind idea no one has ever seen. Netflix shifted from DVDs to streaming. Airbnb turned…
The Hotpot | By Lisanne 29.3 When Netflix spends $260 million on a YouTuber-turned-boxer, that’s not an anomaly. It’s a signal of where all industries are heading.