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Welcome to The Nightcrawler — a weekly newsletter from Eric Markowitz covering tech, innovation, and long-term thinking.

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Eric Markowitz

Eric Markowitz is a partner and the Director of Research at investment firm Nightview Capital. A former investigative journalist, with bylines in The New Yorker, GQ, Fast Company, among other[…]

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Meet the philosopher outsmarting me since kindergarten

Welcome to The Nightcrawler — a weekly newsletter from Eric Markowitz covering tech, innovation, and long-term thinking.

Eric Markowitz

Eric Markowitz is a partner and the Director of Research at investment firm Nightview Capital. A former investigative journalist, with bylines in The New Yorker, GQ, Fast Company, among other[…]

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Channel the storytelling genius of Reddit cofounder Alexis Ohanian

Alexis Ohanian didn’t treat his relationships with the media as purely transactional — and his star rose in spectacular fashion.

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Christina Farr

Christina Farr is a health-technology investor, advisor, and industry expert. She is editor-in-chief of the newsletter and podcast Second Opinion, and author of The Storyteller’s Advantage.

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“Culture lasts: Business is just a tactic”

Welcome to The Nightcrawler — a weekly newsletter from Eric Markowitz covering tech, innovation, and long-term thinking.

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Strategic Thinking

The 6 disciplines of strategic thinking

Honing your skills as a strategic thinker does more than solve problems as they appear; it can be a fast track to the top.

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How to turn your job-seeking “doom list” into career gold

Networking — not zombie-crunching your job applications — gives you a better chance of getting sourced or referred for a role.

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An investigative approach to stock investing

Welcome to The Nightcrawler — a weekly newsletter from Eric Markowitz covering tech, innovation, and long-term thinking.

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How “Pasteur’s quadrant” enlightens the invention-innovation challenge

Groundbreaking invention does not always translate to commercial benefits. The challenges that faced Microsoft Research help explain why.

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How tiny experiments can lead to exponential outcomes

Welcome to The Nightcrawler — a weekly newsletter from Eric Markowitz covering tech, innovation, and long-term thinking.

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Investing in an impermanent world: Lessons from mujō

Welcome to The Nightcrawler — a weekly newsletter from Eric Markowitz covering tech, innovation, and long-term thinking.

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The “Olympic mindset”: Do elite athletes make elite employees?

What we can all learn about the journey from sporting arena to workplace — and how Aristotle can guide our thinking.

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Why defining “pressure” can help you de-stress like an elite athlete

Professional sport is a hotbed of “performance anxiety” — and to start managing pressure in all settings, we need to properly define it.

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How John Doerr used football to land OKRs

The legendary investor explains the transformative Objectives and Key Results goal-setting framework with an imaginary Super Bowl strategy.