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Max Chafkin

Business Politics

American Oligarch

Peter Thiel gamed Silicon Valley, the IRS, and Donald Trump.

Max Chafkin Bloomberg Businessweek Sep 2021 30min Permalink

Business Sports Media

ESPN Has Seen the Future of TV and They’re Not Really Into It

In the era of cord-cutting and mobile viewing, ESPN is at the crossroads.

Ira Boudway, Max Chafkin Businessweek Mar 2017 30min Permalink

Business Tech

How Intel Makes a Chip the Size of a Postage Stamp

Microprocessors cost billions to develop. They take three times longer to build than an airplane, in an environment 1,000 times more sterile than a hospital. Throughout the entire process, nobody ever touches them.

Max Chafkin, Ian King Businessweek Jun 2016 15min Permalink

Business Tech

A Broken Place: The Spectacular Failure of the Startup That Was Going to Change the World

Shai Agassi had nearly $1 billion in funding and a dream to replace gas guzzlers with electric cars. All he was missing was a plan.

Max Chafkin Fast Company Apr 2014 35min Permalink

Business

Modern Warfare

The bizarre battle over the Call of Duty video game franchise.

Max Chafkin Vanity Fair Jun 2013 20min Permalink

Business World

A Constant Feeling of Crisis

What it means to be an entrepreneur in Argentina, where economic crashes are a way of life.

Max Chafkin Inc. May 2011 20min Permalink

Business Tech

Can Rob Kalin Scale Etsy?

A site for handcrafts flirts with an IPO.

Max Chafkin Inc. Apr 2011 20min Permalink

Business Tech

Anything Could Happen

A story written about Twitter and one its founders, Evan Williams, when the company’s chief source of revenue was subletting desks in their partially filled office.

Max Chafkin Inc. Mar 2008 15min Permalink