Ben Thompson

Career

Before Stratechery, Thompson interned at Apple and worked at Microsoft and Automattic, focusing on strategy, developer relations and marketing for Apple University, Windows and WordPress.com. Thompson began writing Stratechery in 2013, and it became Thompson's full-time work in 2014.¹

Channel and publications

Stratechery publishes free weekly articles and three subscriber-only Daily Updates a week, which are also delivered as podcasts. The Stratechery Plus bundle adds Stratechery Interviews with company leaders and analysts, along with podcasts including Dithering with John Gruber and Sharp Tech with Andrew Sharp.¹²

In a July 2015 article, Thompson named "Aggregation Theory" as the thread running through much of Stratechery's analysis, building on Clay Christensen's Conservation of Attractive Profits framework. The site's concepts index groups its AI writing under themes such as AI chips, how large technology companies are approaching AI, the regulation of AI and the application of AI.³⁴

Work and contributions

• Stratechery Show, channel or publication

  Writes Stratechery's weekly articles and subscriber Daily Updates on the strategy and business of technology and media.¹

Timeline

1. 2013Began writing Stratechery, an analysis site on the strategy and business of technology and media.¹
2. 2014Made Stratechery a full-time occupation.¹
3. Jul 21, 2015Published "Aggregation Theory," the framework that organizes much of Stratechery's analysis.³

Other documented roles

Roles the sources document that are not confirmed as current.

• Former employee (strategy, developer relations, and marketing for Windows), Microsoft¹

Where they work

• Stratechery 1 person in the wiki

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