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"I think the world's best companies are built by fanatics. [That means that you] work day and night. Sort of don't worry about the possibility of failure. Every setback is just something to work a little bit harder at doing. And you really know what you're trying to achieve.... And you're going to change your strategy until you can get that to happen." --Bill Gates

Intelligent Fanatics Think Beyond Their Lifetime (LINK)

Business Lessons from Mark Leonard (Constellation Software) - by Tren Griffin (LINK)

"The Clock Is Ticking": Inside the Worst US Maritime Disaster in Decades [H/T @pcordway] (LINK)

Fintech Could Flop Without Big Banks (LINK)

a16z Video: Eroom’s Law (LINK)

a16z Video: What to Make of Consolidation in Healthcare? (LINK)

Exponent Podcast: There’s Always a Bigger Fish (LINK)

Ben and James discuss Microsoft’s reorganization, how Satya Nadella has managed the decline of Windows, and how it applies to Apple and services.

FT Alphachat Podcast: Benn Steil on The Marshall Plan (LINK)

Related book: The Marshall Plan: Dawn of the Cold War

An Inordinate Fondness for Wasps - by Ed Yong (LINK)