The Diff

By Byrne Hobart

The Diff is a newsletter exploring the technologies, companies, and trends that are making the future high-variance. Posts range from in-depth company profiles, applied financial theory, strategy brea... more

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How many episodes does The Diff have?

The podcast currently has 264 episodes available.

The Diff episodes:

May 09, 2022Buy Now, Pain Later?
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(00:00) - Buy Now, Pain Later?
(24:36) - TikTok
(25:36) - Factors
(26:24) - Replacing Passwords, and a Big Tech Truce
(27:05) - Solve for the Disequilibrium
...more
29min
May 02, 2022Cars Manufacture the Modern Middle Class
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(00:00) - Cars Manufacture the Modern Middle Class
(08:27) - Not Enough Housing
(09:24) - Durable Network Effects
(11:00) - VPN Integration
(11:59) - Reserve Currency Problems
(12:58) - Movies
...more
15min
April 29, 2022Refactoring Restaurants
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(00:00) - Refactoring Restaurants
(09:07) - 401(k)s With Chinese Characteristics
(10:37) - Middlemen and Leverage
(12:00) - Concentration
(13:43) - A Mixed Trucking Recession
(14:24) - Deglobalization in Autos
...more
16min
April 22, 2022A Future Where Most Media Is Produced for an Audience of One
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(00:00) - A Future Where Most Media Is Produced for an Audience of One
(09:17) - Universal Prime
(10:28) - Strategic Shifts
(11:24) - Bundling
(12:13) - Enterprise Twitter
(13:02) - Energy Leaks
...more
15min
April 14, 2022The Gym Business: Usage, Slacking, and the Duel Between Margins and Lifetime Value
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(00:00) - The Gym Business: Usage, Slacking, and the Duel Between Margins and Lifetime Value
(10:51) - Twitter
(13:32) - Remote Work and Neurodiversity
(14:45) - Granularity
(15:57) - Unhealthy SPACs
(17:00) - More Evidence for the Travel Boom
(17:26) - Surcharges
...more
19min
April 08, 2022Regulating Big Tech is a Product Problem
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(00:00) - Regulating Big Tech is a Product Problem
(10:27) - Failing Fast
(12:20) - More Signs of Slower Inflation
(13:10) - Six-Figure Truckers
(14:07) - Free/Frictional Complements
(15:01) - Shadow Banking
...more
17min
April 01, 2022NFTs and the Money/Status Exchange Rate
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(00:00) - NFTs and the Money/Status Exchange Rate
(07:29) - Demand Management
(08:19) - Influencers
(09:11) - Downsides to Scaling
(09:47) - Look-Through Emissions
(10:39) - Lore
...more
12min
March 25, 2022What Works in SaaS Pricing
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(00:00) - What Works in SaaS Pricing
(07:33) - Reformatting Competition
(09:10) - Ending Oil Won't End Energy Politics
(10:04) - The Bullwhip Effect in Discounters
(10:56) - Russia's Gold
...more
13min
March 11, 2022HelloFresh: Mealkits Can Work After All
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(00:00) - HelloFresh: Mealkits Can Work After All
(07:37) - PR Campaigns for Ads
(08:49) - Underperformance
(09:42) - Monetizing Dead Mileage
(10:35) - Movies and Dynamic Pricing
(11:27) - Peloton and Inventory Management
...more
13min
March 04, 2022Plaid: Data Layer to Payments Layer
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(00:00) - Plaid: Data Layer to Payments Layer
(09:10) - The Next Conflicts
(10:06) - Decentralization as a Liability
(11:42) - Decentralization as an Asset
(12:34) - Reopening
(13:39) - Succession Problems
...more
15min

FAQs about The Diff:

How many episodes does The Diff have?

The podcast currently has 264 episodes available.