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Virgin Galactic refuses to collapse, the future of banking, and digital cookie regrets

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Paul Brescia
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Every week, SmartCompany Plus brings you The Best of Everything, From Everywhere. This week, we’ve brought you a tale of Richard Branson’s space travel optimism meeting reality, The Economist’s take on the future of banking, and an interview with the inventor of the digital cookie.

Want to read about about why one-third of Basecamp employees left the company? Check out the second link.


The future of banking

The Economist examines fintechs, branch closures, interest rates, and the implications of central banks moving to digital money.


Basecamp CEO apologizes to staff in new post: ‘We have a lot to learn’

Last week, we shared the Basecamp statement on banning political discussions at work: here’s how the company’s employees reacted.


For Richard Branson, the romance of space tourism meets reality

Despite over a decade of failures, setbacks, crashes, and even deaths, Virgin Galactic remains optimistic on achieving its goal… eventually.


The inventor of the digital cookie has some regrets

As a 23 year old engineer in 1994, Lou Montulli ended up shaping the internet’s architecture for the next two decades. How does he feel now?