Rishi Taparia - Issue #1

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First issue! Welcome to my weekly newsletter. I’ll try to curate interesting things I’ve read during the week. Enjoy!

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Commerce

Supermarkets Face a Growing Problem: Too Much Space

It’s been a crazy year in retail with record store closures, job losses and missed earning expectations. Change is coming quickly but are there structural challenges that need to be overcome?

Amazon wants to build a network of mobile drone maintenance and delivery platforms

Add to the list of “Sure, why not?” from Amazon.

FinTech

How Two Brothers Turned Seven Lines of Code Into a $9.2 Billion Startup

Patrick and John have built an incredible business. The question is what to build next?

Alipay, WeChat Pay vie for customers

The battle between Alipay and WeChat Pay is only just beginning but already they have both changed the global payments landscape forever.

Random Tidbits

How Filter Bubbles Distort Reality: Everything You Need to Know

Shane Parrish’s Farnam Street has become one of my favorite blogs on decision making, mental models and learning. This week’s post on Filter Bubbles is a great add. Expect to see a lot of his stuff posted here.