Christine Lagorio-Chafkin
@lagorio.bsky.social
Co-host of from the Ground Up. Author of many articles and one book, WE ARE THE NERDS. My reporting cauldron contains influence, misinformation, and sustainability in business. Enthusiastic about/bad at: running, native gardening.
The excellent @jwherrman.bsky.social on Reddit and the end of the Internet (with a few notes of context on how the hell we got here from me) nymag.com/intelligence...
July 31, 2025 at 4:12 PM
The excellent @jwherrman.bsky.social on Reddit and the end of the Internet (with a few notes of context on how the hell we got here from me) nymag.com/intelligence...
Reposted by Christine Lagorio-Chafkin
Now it's the professors using ChatGPT. Students aren't happy about it.
I talked to professors. I talked to students. I read the scathing reviews on Rate My Professors.
Here you go: www.nytimes.com/2025/05/14/t...
I talked to professors. I talked to students. I read the scathing reviews on Rate My Professors.
Here you go: www.nytimes.com/2025/05/14/t...
May 14, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Now it's the professors using ChatGPT. Students aren't happy about it.
I talked to professors. I talked to students. I read the scathing reviews on Rate My Professors.
Here you go: www.nytimes.com/2025/05/14/t...
I talked to professors. I talked to students. I read the scathing reviews on Rate My Professors.
Here you go: www.nytimes.com/2025/05/14/t...
"‘You know what? I’m going to take back what’s mine.’ And I did that. It’s my dream, it’s my legacy, it’s something I created,” says Pinky Cole. “It was important for me as a woman, especially a Black woman, to show what resilience looks like.” (gift link) www.inc.com/christine-la...
May 13, 2025 at 3:03 PM
"‘You know what? I’m going to take back what’s mine.’ And I did that. It’s my dream, it’s my legacy, it’s something I created,” says Pinky Cole. “It was important for me as a woman, especially a Black woman, to show what resilience looks like.” (gift link) www.inc.com/christine-la...
"‘You know what? I’m going to take back what’s mine.’ And I did that. It’s my dream, it’s my legacy, it’s something I created,” says Pinky Cole. “It was important for me as a woman, especially a Black woman, to show what resilience looks like.” www.inc.com/christine-la...
May 13, 2025 at 2:15 PM
"‘You know what? I’m going to take back what’s mine.’ And I did that. It’s my dream, it’s my legacy, it’s something I created,” says Pinky Cole. “It was important for me as a woman, especially a Black woman, to show what resilience looks like.” www.inc.com/christine-la...
This is not a story about letting go.
These women--from Naomi Watts to Jaclyn Johnson to Pinky Cole--had fascinating, very different stories, of going through the same thing: Buying back the brand and company they'd poured love, sweat, and focus into. @inc.com
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These women--from Naomi Watts to Jaclyn Johnson to Pinky Cole--had fascinating, very different stories, of going through the same thing: Buying back the brand and company they'd poured love, sweat, and focus into. @inc.com
www.inc.com/christine-la...
They Had the Ultimate Exit. Here's Why They Bought Their Companies Back
There’s no single reason or uniting circumstance behind women founders returning to resurrect the companies they built—except this.
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May 12, 2025 at 7:20 PM
This is not a story about letting go.
These women--from Naomi Watts to Jaclyn Johnson to Pinky Cole--had fascinating, very different stories, of going through the same thing: Buying back the brand and company they'd poured love, sweat, and focus into. @inc.com
www.inc.com/christine-la...
These women--from Naomi Watts to Jaclyn Johnson to Pinky Cole--had fascinating, very different stories, of going through the same thing: Buying back the brand and company they'd poured love, sweat, and focus into. @inc.com
www.inc.com/christine-la...
Exclusive, and this is launching tomorrow. Pretty fascinating. @inc.com www.inc.com/christine-la...
A T-Shirt Was Grown, Spun, Knit, and Entirely Made in America. It Only Took 4 Years.
Imogene + Willie set out to make a "single origin" t-shirt and learned some powerful lessons about managing supply chains in a trade war.
www.inc.com
May 9, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Exclusive, and this is launching tomorrow. Pretty fascinating. @inc.com www.inc.com/christine-la...
"I’ve been predicting a deal will get done. So hopefully we see it shortly. If it doesn’t, then all bets are off. And my prediction would then be shortages, and inflation, and unemployment ..."—Flexport founder and CEO Ryan Petersen www.inc.com/christine-la...
Flexport's Ryan Petersen Knows What Small Businesses Need to Do to Survive the Trade War
Deferring duties, bonded warehouses, valuation services, and other strategies to avoid pain at the ports.
www.inc.com
April 25, 2025 at 3:38 PM
"I’ve been predicting a deal will get done. So hopefully we see it shortly. If it doesn’t, then all bets are off. And my prediction would then be shortages, and inflation, and unemployment ..."—Flexport founder and CEO Ryan Petersen www.inc.com/christine-la...
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When companies are getting squeezed, sustainability and social benefits tend to be the first things to go. That’s a problem for the planet and sets back the conscious capital ecosystem. (📝: @lagorio.bsky.social)
Fair Trade Founder Paul Rice on What U.S. Businesses Lose in a Trump Trade War
When companies are getting squeezed, sustainability and social benefits tend to be the first things to go. That’s a problem for the planet and sets back the conscious capital ecosystem.
www.inc.com
April 9, 2025 at 3:29 PM
When companies are getting squeezed, sustainability and social benefits tend to be the first things to go. That’s a problem for the planet and sets back the conscious capital ecosystem. (📝: @lagorio.bsky.social)
Oh lovely, the propagandists are "grooming" LLMs now. www.americansunlight.org/updates/new-...
NEW REPORT: Russian propaganda may be flooding AI models — The American Sunlight Project
Click here to read the report. Click here to read the press release. Click here to access the database. It may be tempting to consider Russian influence campaigns in the United States and ...
www.americansunlight.org
March 27, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Oh lovely, the propagandists are "grooming" LLMs now. www.americansunlight.org/updates/new-...
Why does everything on the Internet feel so broken? Ah, it is. Here’s how and some smart predictions about the future of AI slop. www.inc.com/christine-la...
Why Does Everyone Think They Can Fix Social Networking?
Eliminate content? Let AI moderate? Change the discourse? These entrepreneurs are on a mission to fix our social media hellscape.
www.inc.com
March 26, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Why does everything on the Internet feel so broken? Ah, it is. Here’s how and some smart predictions about the future of AI slop. www.inc.com/christine-la...
Jonathan Adler had some wise thoughts about his eponymous brand's recent acquisition. And his dog is really a good girl. www.inc.com/christine-la...
Jonathan Adler Is Grateful for Growth Capital
The home decor entrepreneur discusses the evolution of his namesake company and why he sold to private equity.
www.inc.com
March 21, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Jonathan Adler had some wise thoughts about his eponymous brand's recent acquisition. And his dog is really a good girl. www.inc.com/christine-la...
Reposted by Christine Lagorio-Chafkin
He changed the way we think about startups. Now, Blank wants you to think really hard about taking that investor money. (📝: @lagorio.bsky.social)
Steve Blank Thinks AI Can Help You Find Your Customers—and Your Next Business Model
He changed the way we think about startups. Now, Blank wants you to think really hard about taking that investor money.
www.inc.com
February 24, 2025 at 9:56 PM
He changed the way we think about startups. Now, Blank wants you to think really hard about taking that investor money. (📝: @lagorio.bsky.social)
New podcast episode! Starting over after 26 years, with @jenibritton.bsky.social podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/f...
Jeni Britton’s Sweet Second Act
Podcast Episode · From the Ground Up · 02/03/2025 · 50m
podcasts.apple.com
February 4, 2025 at 5:56 PM
New podcast episode! Starting over after 26 years, with @jenibritton.bsky.social podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/f...
Inside the founding and growth Bookshop, the scrappy company (that, at a glance, looks quite a bit like a nonprofit) that's taking on Amazon at its first game: books. Now it's going up against Kindle, while slinging some mud in the eyes of Apple and Google. @inc.com www.inc.com/christine-la...
Bookshop Achieved the Impossible Against Amazon. Now It’s Coming for E-Books
The platform has made a profit while supporting brick-and-mortar bookstores. Next up, taking on Amazon’s 76 percent of the e-book market.
www.inc.com
February 4, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Inside the founding and growth Bookshop, the scrappy company (that, at a glance, looks quite a bit like a nonprofit) that's taking on Amazon at its first game: books. Now it's going up against Kindle, while slinging some mud in the eyes of Apple and Google. @inc.com www.inc.com/christine-la...
Here's what's up with the eggs. www.inc.com/melissa-ange...
Welcome to the Era of Premium Eggs
As egg suppliers scramble to cope with surging costs spurred on by a particularly devastating strain of bird flu, the alternative markets for plant-based and premium eggs are having a moment.
www.inc.com
February 4, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Here's what's up with the eggs. www.inc.com/melissa-ange...
If you need some good news today… www.inc.com/christine-la...
Bookshop Achieved the Impossible Against Amazon. Now It’s Coming for E-Books
The platform has made a profit while supporting brick-and-mortar bookstores. Next up, taking on Amazon’s 76 percent of the e-book market.
www.inc.com
January 28, 2025 at 7:04 PM
If you need some good news today… www.inc.com/christine-la...
Readers and writers will understand that this is wild! I'm reading a new book in my web browser. Not a watermarked galley. Not library. I bought it.
I wrote this about how and why. It's Bookshop's latest to help indie bookstores instead of sending CEOs to space @inc.com www.inc.com/christine-la...
I wrote this about how and why. It's Bookshop's latest to help indie bookstores instead of sending CEOs to space @inc.com www.inc.com/christine-la...
Bookshop Achieved the Impossible Against Amazon. Now It’s Coming for E-Books.
The platform has made a profit while supporting brick-and-mortar bookstores. Next up, taking on Amazon’s 76 percent of the e-book market.
www.inc.com
January 28, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Readers and writers will understand that this is wild! I'm reading a new book in my web browser. Not a watermarked galley. Not library. I bought it.
I wrote this about how and why. It's Bookshop's latest to help indie bookstores instead of sending CEOs to space @inc.com www.inc.com/christine-la...
I wrote this about how and why. It's Bookshop's latest to help indie bookstores instead of sending CEOs to space @inc.com www.inc.com/christine-la...
The latest in our series on how companies are dealing with PFAS. Excellent work by @chloeaiello.bsky.social www.inc.com/chloe-aiello...
The Quest to Purge PFAS: How Brands Are Taking Up Arms Against the Invisible Toxins
Forever chemicals are as pervasive as they are insidious, and some brands have found opportunity in their elimination.
www.inc.com
January 10, 2025 at 3:54 PM
The latest in our series on how companies are dealing with PFAS. Excellent work by @chloeaiello.bsky.social www.inc.com/chloe-aiello...
Ah, don't worry, Internet, he prefers the term "enlightened leader." www.inc.com/dfreedman/ma...
Is Matt Mullenweg the Mad King of WordPress?
The WordPress co-founder's open-source empire dominates the web. His attack on competitor WP Engine may be putting it at risk.
www.inc.com
December 19, 2024 at 7:33 PM
Ah, don't worry, Internet, he prefers the term "enlightened leader." www.inc.com/dfreedman/ma...
I'm cry-laughing at the "ChicAIgo" on one truck, and hands in general. The kid drinking the pizza slice; the other holding it like it's an ice cream cone! @bensherry.bsky.social www.inc.com/ben-sherry/w...
We Made a Fake Ad Using OpenAI's Text-to-Video App, Sora. The Results Were Mixed
Sora's video output is visually impressive but inconsistent.
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December 19, 2024 at 7:09 PM
I'm cry-laughing at the "ChicAIgo" on one truck, and hands in general. The kid drinking the pizza slice; the other holding it like it's an ice cream cone! @bensherry.bsky.social www.inc.com/ben-sherry/w...
Discord's founder told me what he learned from Rick Rubin (and how much gaming is done on the clock at Discord!). www.inc.com/christine-la...
The Hiring Spree That Almost Broke Discord
During the pandemic, Discord took off—and so did headcount. CEO Jason Citron has since wrangled control and transformed company culture.
www.inc.com
December 19, 2024 at 7:02 PM
Discord's founder told me what he learned from Rick Rubin (and how much gaming is done on the clock at Discord!). www.inc.com/christine-la...
It’s the most wonderful time of the year lithub.com/the-most-sca...
The Most Scathing Book Reviews of 2024
Ho, ho, ho, hope you’ve brought an appetite for destruction, because we’ve got some choice cuts for you this holiday season. Among the books being tarred and feathered in the town squar…
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December 17, 2024 at 4:52 PM
It’s the most wonderful time of the year lithub.com/the-most-sca...
The head of ops at a national security startup has thoughts on how to manage really smart, highly motivated employees. www.inc.com/christine-la...
Why This Exec at a National Security Startup Thrives Without a Playbook
Lori Hammer, head of operations at Vannevar Labs, explains why she likes leading through ambiguity and giving homework assignments.
www.inc.com
December 17, 2024 at 4:01 PM
The head of ops at a national security startup has thoughts on how to manage really smart, highly motivated employees. www.inc.com/christine-la...