One Step Up Issue #14

This week we look at Ant Financial, Wirecard's last moments, why too much efficiency might not be good, what does Success mean to you, plotting e-comm companies on a 2x2 matrix

Hello from beautiful Scotland everyone!

Taking a break this long weekend to celebrate the Wife’s birthday, so please accept a condensed version of the newsletter - and apologies for the delay!

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1. How Ant Group Became the Biggest Fintech Company in the World

2. Wirecard: the frantic final months of a fraudulent operation

3. Too Much Efficiency is Hazardous to Society: Decades of streamlining everything made the U.S. more vulnerable

4. Wellness Wisdom

   Patricia @_patriciamou

   1/ I took a week off to ponder my ever-evolving definition of success: Could the success I thought I wanted.. actually prevent me from doing the thing I actually wanted to do? a thread 🧵on the downsides of wealth and fame, and upsides of autonomy and creative expression 👇

   

5. Interesting question of the week:

   Patrick OShaughnessy @patrick_oshag

   If you had to plot all e-commerce companies on a 2x2 matrix what would you use for the x and y axes?

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Till next time.

Idea for the week ahead: do something for someone other than yourself.

David Dennis Jr. @DavidDTSS

Chadwick Boseman getting emotional about trading letters with kids with terminal cancer who passed before they got to see Black Panther...knowing he was himself battling cancer when he said this. Jesus.

Rest in Peace Chadwick Boseman.