July 31, 2026 · 11 min read
The Business of Making People Compete to Work
Vibe Jam, ETHGlobal, Kaggle, Topcoder, InnoCentive, HeroX and XPRIZE all turn uncertain problems into competitions where the crowd absorbs much of the risk of experimentation.
HAAM Notes / Topic
Business Models
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July 30, 2026 · 6 min read
The Product Is a Decoy
Many businesses make money from something slightly different from what they appear to sell. The visible product is often the mechanism that accumulates the real asset.
July 27, 2026 · 8 min read
The Influencer Who Became the Gym
Growingannanas looks like a fitness creator. Look closer and she is a vertically integrated global gym whose building, instructor, billboard and membership funnel have been compressed into one person.
July 12, 2026 · 10 min read
Every Interface Contains a Business Model
How business goals become buttons, defaults, friction, notifications, and everyday user behaviour.