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by abcampbell 11y ago
Great article. Think the thing about the kids from upper income families is extremely interesting. Points out that they are more concerned with generating (and earning) capital income as opposed to labor income. Just about what side of the
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by abcampbell 11y ago
seems interesting that everyone is so concerned with the fallen unicorns than the ones that are still riding high with little to no revenue...
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by abcampbell 11y ago
Do you think no one has fixed email because the problem is too hard, or because there is a lack of creative/ambitious founders?
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You Should Sell (Some Of) Your Startup Equity(medium.com)
10 points by abcampbell 11y ago|1 comments
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How Dependent on (External) Liquidity Is the Unicorn Economy?(medium.com)
2 points by abcampbell 11y ago|0 comments
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The Unicorn Economy(medium.com)
11 points by abcampbell 11y ago|0 comments
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by abcampbell 11y ago
The US ACH system is actually what killed bitcoin as a currency fwiw. It's like the system acting in self-defense
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by abcampbell 11y ago
Chinese investors are putting money into SF real estate with the goal of exporting capital to safer havens. Were China to choose to depreciate their currency (especially at a faster rate than they are currently) this could lead to an accele
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by abcampbell 11y ago
I am not sure this is how that works.
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by abcampbell 11y ago
Yes, this is what I am saying.
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by abcampbell 11y ago
The premise is that you should consider your broad life portfolio, and with sufficient reflection, most people would probably want to diversify their life. Have written about this before: http://www.snow.ventures/blog/
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by abcampbell 11y ago
I don't think you are hearing the argument if this is your synthesis. The article is saying that from an investment perspective it doesn't make sense to buy a house in SF right now if you work in tech. It's not saying you s
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by abcampbell 11y ago
You can see that in the video in the article. The rise and fall of the blue dots over time. SF housing didn't go bust during the 2001, but there was significantly less leverage in the system and home prices were significantly more aff
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by abcampbell 11y ago
This time is different.
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by abcampbell 11y ago
If you like this, I have put up a bunch of the data that went into the analysis on the blog. Using tableau public to drive interactive visualizations (which is meh). http://www.snow.ventures/blog/ Open to feedback!
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Stop Buying Real Estate in SF(medium.com)
104 points by abcampbell 11y ago|143 comments
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by abcampbell 11y ago
I find it kind of funny that people are surprised by this. Reading the paper, it also feels like the authors derive entirely the wrong recommendations from this result. Seems like they have identified a set of reasonable problems they enc