The Prepared Archive

From late 2013 through late 2022, we published a weekly newsletter called The Prepared; it evolved into Scope of Work in 2023. Our Members- and Supporters-only archive includes all back issues from this time period.

2016-10-09

Notes. I've been working on a Prepared gift guide, which I'll send out around Thanksgiving. It'll be more or

2016-10-02

Notes. I spent all weekend doing manual labor, and write this now with the same, dull, full-body ache that I had at the end

2016-09-25

Notes. None. Wayfinding & Strategy. * Eric Paley, of Founders Collective, on the downsides of VC money. * A good recap of the Tesla/MobilEye breakup, and

2016-09-18

Notes. None. Wayfinding & Strategy. * An interesting idea from Fred Wilson on how to encourage YIMBYism. * The Equitable Building, built in 1915 in lower Manhattan,

2016-09-11

Notes. This week GE announced that they had put in bids (totaling $1.4B) to acquire both Arcam and SLM Solutions, two manufacturers of industrial

2016-09-03

Notes. Happy Labor Day! You can catch me in Crown Heights this weekend, painting fences and labeling circuit breakers (literally). And wearing all the white