Newsletters on Business & Strategy

A weekly advice column about product, growth, working with humans, and everything else that's stressing you out at the office. Smart, valuable, and full of actionable insights, Lenny’s Newsletter offers in-depth research, expert knowledge. The newsletter takes advice column format as it tackles reader questions about all things product, growth, and people management. Lenny Rachitsky shares his experience and learnings while explaining the importance of retention, paths into product management, and ways to build a marketplace business. Subscribe to this must-read newsletter and get smarter.

"The presidential daily brief for China hands". Sinocism helps readers to better understand China. Bill Bishop offers a daily roundup of all the news worth reading on China and Sino-Us relations. It includes expert insights, analysis, and original commentary that puts everything into context. Crowned as the single best newsletter about China, Sinocism is valued and trusted by 85 thousand diplomats, investors, policymakers, journalists, and scholars. Expect the “essential eight” news coverage, curated links, and open discussions. Subscribe now, and get smarter about China.

Weekly guide to the future. Exponential View is a highly-respected newsletter on the future. Azeem Azhar uses a holistic approach and explores different perspectives of economics, technology, and business in order to understand what the future holds. Think about the connection between humanity and technology and learn how societies and policies change under the force of exponential technologies. Exponential View newsletter consists of long-form essays, predictions, curation of the things worth reading, weekly reminders of CO2 levels in the atmosphere, and peaks into the near future.

Analysis of the strategy and business side of technology and media, and the impact of technology on society. Stratechery is a highly praised newsletter and a podcast, known to provide the clearest insights in the industry. Ben Thompson shares in-depth commentary with a high level of detail and analysis on what is happening in tech and media. Considered one of the sharpest thinkers, the author tackles a high variety of topics from business models and Slack's social network to machine learning and Kanye West. Subscribe to receive subscriber-only Daily Updates and/or the free Weekly Article. P.S. The exact same content is provided in audio format, as a podcast, and the website hosts an amazing archive, that can be explored by - Concepts, Companies, or Topics. 

What happened in tech that actually mattered, and what did it mean? In this weekly newsletter, Benedict Evans dives deep into the tech world and analyzes technology's outcomes that matter. Providing context to the latest news and developments, Benedict Evans helps you cut through the noise. His in-depth analysis on various technological topics ranges from Twitter’s privacy scandal and Google’s Magic AI to Web3, NFTs, the Metaverse, and how the fashion industry is leveraging virtual reality. Subscribe to Benedict’s newsletter and start understanding the impact of tech and what the future holds.

Economics and other interesting stuff. With his newsletter, Noahpinion, economist Noah Smith is aiming to bring you the most interesting economic news from all over the world. Not confined simply to the United States economy, Noah examines the financial world of many countries, including the Philippines, China, and Russia. Noah focuses on the markets but also talks of today’s more serious topics, such as the economic war against Russia, and the real-life consequences of American defense spending. If you’re looking to become more knowledgeable about the economy, and all of the various facets that it impacts, be sure to subscribe to Noahpinion.

A global analysis of how changing values change business. The Sociology of Business is a newsletter focused on how brands shift in response to changes in consumer taste & values. Ana Andjelic covers case studies, strategy, and latest news while providing deep insights on consumer behaviors. So if you’re passionate about brand strategies and the modern aspirational economy - subscribe to The Sociology of Business newsletter and learn how to tell your brand story, the difference between flex and basic tastes, and the importance of human curation.

Strategy and investing, from big companies to small. Never boring. Not Boring newsletter hosts long-form essays on business, technology, and a bit of pop culture, and it is indeed not boring! Packy McCormick finds the perfect balance between fun and educational, so think about it as the “most fun way to learn about business”. The newsletter is a mixture of business concepts and humor, analysis, and trends. Not Boring tackles topics like Slack’s long-term play, what’s behind Shopify’s doubling stock, and analysis of Tencent. Packy McCormick combines current events, the strategies behind the decisions companies make, economics and creates both valuable and engaging content. Subscribe and have fun reading it (or listening to an audio version).

Understand the world through the human brain. Macromegas is a curation of weekly thoughts and reads on geopolitics & society, technological progress, and business strategy. Topics range from aging and entertainment to US geopolitical advantages and other lessons from history. Valentin Vincendon writes a blog by the same name, and always includes links to relevant posts in the newsletter. There he deep dives into thought-provoking subjects like NFTs or Covid Vaccines and provides original insights. Subscribe and learn more about the underlying forces that shape our economy and society.   

in search of the next big thing. Take a look at how every industry is being reinvented by technology and follow trends in consumer behavior and business models. Explore topics from the future of doing work and the rise of individual investors to consumer subscriptions and the business-in-a-box model. Subscribe for a weekly essay from a venture capitalist and find the next big thing.