I'm an expert at Excel but I switched to Google Sheets years ago and haven't looked back. Version control is probably the biggest improvement; but also ability to insert SQL queries, `arrayformula`, the list goes on.
This is not about cleanliness; any type of virtue is resisted by others before it becomes the norm, because of course people tend towards less effort than more.
The "rights" in this agreement are those granting Amazon the ability to share and monetize the screenplay itself. In other words it can publish it and monetize the screenplay as a literary work, which is essentially worthless (how much would you pay for the screenplay to Titanic?). It does NOT have the the ability to make a movie or TV show based on the screenplay.
My startup leases a big private office and we did it because it made really good economic sense. no deposit, major curb appeal that impresses potential clients for zero capex on our part, and flexible in a way in which traditional leases could never compete. There are now so many weworks in our city that whenever our team expands we just move to another office across the hall or to another wework building. Wework is happy to accommodate and roll over our lease. it's an easy move -- no furniture, just desktops computers and personal effects - 24 hours tops.
Meanwhile, potential clients walk into the common area, hear the indie rock and think we're this super high-end, hip, "urban" company filled with creative young people. The reality is that we only step out into the kitchen and ping pong tables when we get bored. We have the option to retreat to our sanctuary any time. It's incredible. Tell me a better solution! There is none!
But as this backlash indicates, the hot desks are the big scam -- essentially younger, non-salaried individuals who are essentially paying for the privilege of providing atmosphere and brand for us, the private suite tenants.
Wework gets the valuation, i'm guessing, because in addition to the typical rental income from the private offices (albeit, these aren't long term leases, but with scale, they don't have to worry about that), they are collecting $500/mo from the hot desks in the lobby area, an area that would normally sit empty. Wow! what a business model. Bravo Wework.
Technology has always driven the financial markets--because better access to data is what allows new instruments and/or the active trading of new instruments.
Sanford Weill, while chairman of Citigroup, once remarked that their main asset was information, not money (I haven't been able to find the quote but i distinctly remember it from my b-school lectures).
Ho Chi Minh is very much recognized across Asia for precisely the strengths outlined in this essay: his brilliant intelligence, chess-play like negotiations and fierce dedication to the Vietnamese people. That was quite a lesson for me to learn coming from the American education system.
