Cambridge Analytica et Al

The tech ecosystem was rocked by the Cambridge Analytica scandal putting increased pressure on Mark Zuckerberg, while on the other end Jeff Bezos took his robot dog for a walk. Uber is under increasing pressure in the South East Asian markets as Softbank pushes to consolidate its large holdings, while erstwhile Uber CEO Travis Kalanick made his first investment from his first fund 10100.

I think these are interesting times for the global as well as the Indian startup ecosystem, with Walmart expressing interest in Flipkart a much needed liquidity event in the Indian ecosystem. 

Here are the 10 reads for this weekend, and this will be done every Sunday morning going forward. I am humbled by the interest shown and this additional Tuesday send out is in lieu of that!

1. [Large Startups]: GS-Backed startup just bought a crypto exchange
2. [Work Culture]: How to make ‘Gatekeepers’ a source of power and speed
3. [Growing Startups]: A new app uses NLP to generate tasks from Slack
4. [Buzzwords]: Cambridge Analytica & life inside a surveillance machine
5. [Life x Startups]: Lessons from Spotify
6. [The New Monopolies]: Facebook faces a reputational meltdown
7. [Data!]: How genetics is changing our understanding of ‘Race’
8. [Modern Economics]: Dodging the tax man keeps getting easier
9. [Classic Economics]: German cars have most to lose from changing auto
10. [Business is Entertainment]: Story of the internet, by Know Your Meme