Ben Couston

[Ben Couston @bjcouston]

Good fun @ the #finnies last night presenting the Excellence in InsurTech award

[Ben Couston @bjcouston]

This is super cool

[STARTUP DAILY @StartupDailyANZ]

Revolutionising beach patrols and disaster management in Australia, Advanced Navigation's Cloud Ground Control platform is now enabling operators to effortlessly manage multi-drone and multi-vehicle operations.

#drones #AI #robotics #startupaus

https://t.co/rN4e5ao956

[Ben Couston @bjcouston]

Absolute HERO

[DeL2000 @DeL2000]

This man is a HERO‼️ Francis Zuber ‘s headcam shows him rescuing a snowboarder who was buried head down in deep powder at Mt. Baker, Washington! Luckily, he spotted him as he almost passed him. #skiing #snowboarding

[Ben Couston @bjcouston]

@bigyahu The only appropriate solution

[Ali Abouelatta @abouelatta_ali]

We ran 100's of experiments @ Duolingo in 2022.

These 4 helped were big for retention:

1) Widgets that “come to life”

Our take: Duo gets progressively more frustrated throughout the day if you haven’t done your lesson.

[Ben Couston @bjcouston]

By chance, listened to @RadioNational this morn. @DaveTaylorNews gave the best, simplest explanation of what’s happening in the economy. Can’t wait until his diagnostic is completed on drivers of #inflation.

[Jon Erlichman @JonErlichman]

Stock declines from the peak of the dot com bubble to the bottom:

Adobe: -56%
Microsoft: -56%
Amazon: -75%
Nvidia: -75%
Apple: -78%

Stock gains over the next 19 years:

Apple: +58,746%
Nvidia: +33,818%
Amazon: +19,405%
Adobe: +6,250%
Microsoft: +1,240%

[Ben Couston @bjcouston]

Dear @nytimes, can you please return wordle to the previous word setting owner.
Sincerely, everyone.

[Ben Couston @bjcouston]

Been a long time coming to disrupt the ski industry. Can’t wait to watch this tech evolve
https://t.co/aXDWxs7gyi

[Ben Couston @bjcouston]

Fantastic summary on a something that is vitally important and often understated.

“An understated obsession — why founder ownership matters so much to venture capital” by Manuel Antunes
https://t.co/THYU9EXew8

[Ben Couston @bjcouston]

@johnhenderson Such a great step for AirTree. Congrats John

[Ben Couston @bjcouston]

Wordle 224 3/6

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[Ben Couston @bjcouston]

This is riveting & new level of entertainment for tennis. #AusOpen

[José Morgado @josemorgado]

A lot of people again for Kyrgios/Kokkinakis doubles.

[Ben Couston @bjcouston]

Wordle 220 3/6

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[Hemant @hemantbuch]

You think you’ve seen it all, then this comes around..just unbelievable! #BPL2022 #Russellrunout

[Ben Couston @bjcouston]

Wordle 218 5/6

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Got there in the end

[Ben Couston @bjcouston]

Wordle 216 4/6

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[Ben Couston @bjcouston]

If the follow on still exists, surely comes out this test. How good

[Louis Cameron @LouisDBCameron]

The last 53 balls of that session:

....................W..................W.........W

#Ashes