Edouard Chazal

Podcasts Aren’t An Overnight Success

Listening to podcasts has been an evening habit for me and I’m happy to hear that there success is spreading. I’m also thankful for there work as it’s always a thrill to listen to there conversations.

When Myke Hurley and Stephen Hackett launched Relay FM, they expected to build a small independent network of weekly tech podcasts. Just a year later, Relay FM features 16 different shows and delivers 1.5 million downloads every month. Building this loyal audience was an overnight success six years in the making.

→ TechCrunch

After Prime Proof, an Unlikely Star Rises

Follow-up on one of my favorite article from the first half of 2015 with this brilliant documentary on Yitang Zhang :

“Never heard of him. Absolutely never heard of him,” said Andrew Granville, a number theorist at the University of Montreal, in Counting From Infinity. When Granville heard about the result and the techniques that Zhang used, he recalled saying, “There’s no way that somebody I’ve never heard of has done this.”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XIIyKWxGhEA

→ Quanta Magazine

Lunch with the FT: Neil Shen

It is getting late. After prodding doubtfully at a bright yellow jellylike substance that turns out to be mango salad dressing, the smartphones on the table begin to vibrate and beep once more. “Venture capital is a regret business,” concludes one of China’s most successful investors. And with that he finally turns his attention back to the gyrations of the market.

→ Financial Times

Google: Seeking Alpha-bet

Google’s new parent company, Alphabet:

For Sergey and me this is a very exciting new chapter in the life of Google—the birth of Alphabet. We liked the name Alphabet because it means a collection of letters that represent language, one of humanity’s most important innovations, and is the core of how we index with Google search! We also like that it means alpha‑bet (Alpha is investment return above benchmark), which we strive for! I should add that we are not intending for this to be a big consumer brand with related products—the whole point is that Alphabet companies should have independence and develop their own brands.

→ Google Investor Relations

HTC Trading Below Cash on Hand

From Daring Fireball :

Things move fast in this industry. In 2009 HTC was responsible for 80 percent of Windows Mobile handset sales. Two years later they were flying high as the best Android handset maker. Now their entire company is worthless.

→ Bloomberg