Midgame’s Next Chapter
We’re headed to Facebook!
As builders and entrepreneurs, we’ve always been interested in using data and
technology to
Jason Shen
The Outlier Coach—helping founders build companies they can be proud of with partners who truly have their back · 3x venture-backed startup founder (acq by FB) · Author of 'The Path to Pivot' & 'Weirdly Brilliant' · ADHD · Former NCAA gymnast
MC#015: Brains Are Weird
🎼 Patterns of Creatives + 👯♂️ Sibling Author Rivalry + 💉 Placebos Are Wild
MC#014: Our Spreadsheet Overlords
⏱ 1. How 60 minutes could change your life + 2. 🧮 Spreadsheets Rule the World + 3. 👨👩👧👦 Feeling Kinship in the Era of Technocapitalism
MC#013: Breaking Rules, Breaking Stereotypes
♨️ Complexity and Product Lines
🎭 How Stereotype Shape Our Performance
🚫 Who Gets to Break the Rules?
MC#012: The Humor Edition
🌗 Coping with dark humor + 👨🏾🏫 Funny teachers + 🎭 Sarah Cooper's comedic training + 😅 Are YOU funny? (quiz)
MC#011: The Gymnastics Edition
🐥 Why gymnasts are young + 🎬 Athlete A + 👩🏾🏫 Simone's Masterclass
MC#010: Seeking a Benign Violator
😅The Pleasure of Rule Breaking + 📋 Making it Easier to Send + 🎮 Gaming = Fun Work
MC#009: Decade of Insights
20 books 📚 that made a difference for me in the last 🔟 years
How Tech Workers are Finding Their Footing in a Pandemic
This piece first appeared in Fast Company
[https://www.fastcompany.com/90515519/tech-workers-are-showing-the-effects-of-covid-
MC#008: Not So Secret Memo
🧮 Advertising: Profitable (and therefore Taxable?) + 🚜 The Resilience and Fragility of Rubber + 🪐 Ring Strength
MC#007: The Infant Mindset
How Rejection Works + Thinking Like a Baby + Making Mistakes
My Pandemic Burnout Piece in Fast Company
Double header this weekend! Back to your regularly scheduled Making Connections
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