Steve Jobs on why Japanese companies dominate quality perception without ever marketing it:

FYI, have used visualization with both pro level athletic and business clients (for pitches, talks, etc.) and it's so incredibly effective.Looks nuts, but backed by science and improves performance.

Three of the biggest companies in the world are going public at the same time. The market has never seen anything like this.And this is how major bubbles peak.SpaceX is targeting a June 2026 IPO raising up to $75 billion at a $1.5 trillion valuation, the largest IPO in human history, bigger than Saudi Aramco's $29 billion raise in 2019.OpenAI is filing with the SEC targeting September 2026, raising at least $60 billion at a $1 trillion valuation. The company is losing $14 billion this year alone

THIS IS AN INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT ACQUISITION FOR FOUNDERS: What's not said in this "we only raised $8M and sold for $105M" is the little-known fact that the reason they only raised $8M was that several years ago, nobody would do a Series A for that biz. Which is why Kennan replaced himself as CEO and moved on to ICON. He was upset about it at the time. That moment he couldn't raise was the single best thing that ever happened to him. Here's why this matters for founders: > Selling a business for