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Netflix killed its Surprise Me button. Here’s why the shuffle-play feature never made much sense

  By Mark Wilson February 15, 2023 With very little fanfare, Netflix has sunset a UX feature that was half a decade in development. As the Wall Street Journal reports, the company’s Surprise Me feature, which played a randomized movie or show with the click of a button, has been discontinued due to low use. … Continue reading Netflix killed its Surprise Me button. Here’s why the shuffle-play feature never made much sense

Goldman Sachs just killed its neobank. When will Silicon Valley follow suit?

  By Ainsley Harris December 17, 2022 It hasn’t been a great year for neobanks. Chime has delayed its IPO and struggled to diversify its revenue after overtures to acquire early-wage-access startup DailyPay for $2 billion fell flat. MoneyLion has been the target of regulatory complaints from agencies including the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) … Continue reading Goldman Sachs just killed its neobank. When will Silicon Valley follow suit?

Sam Bankman-Fried and Elon Musk just killed effective altruism

By Talib Visram November 11, 2022   Effective altruism, we hardly knew ye. Following the collapse of FTX, Sam Bankman-Fried’s crytocurrency exchange that was once valued at $32 billion and is now effectively worthless, the founders of the company’s philanthropic arm resigned Thursday. Reporter Teddy Schleifer tweeted the resignation letter cosigned by the FTX Future … Continue reading Sam Bankman-Fried and Elon Musk just killed effective altruism

6 Times Horrific Inventory Control Almost Killed These Companies

by Paul Trujillo Follow @TruPaultxSeptember 20, 2016 The mundane, laborious tasks of poring over inventory, tracking goods, recording sales, restocking shelves in a timely manner, and predicting future demands have never been popular activities for those running businesses—especially as their day-to-day challenges grow. As a result, we see over and over again, supply chains destroyed … Continue reading 6 Times Horrific Inventory Control Almost Killed These Companies

5 Email Subject Lines That Killed the Sale

by Jenny Prikockis December 13, 2015December 13, 2015 Most people’s email inboxes are packed with notices about upcoming promotions and weekly newsletters, among all of the other social and corporate communications that take priority. And with average open rates as low as 10% in some industries, the subject line is incrementally responsible for permeating the … Continue reading 5 Email Subject Lines That Killed the Sale