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by mathattack 13y ago
I really like his point on market cap. When you have preferences if things go South, the valuation isn't as simple as total shares multiplied by most recent equity valuation. Not all shares are equal. The # of IPOs is also consistent
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Snowden docs had NYTimes exec fearing for his life(money.cnn.com)
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Hal Varian on how the Web challenges managers (2009)(mckinsey.com)
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by mathattack 13y ago
I find the most interesting part of this article is the co-author - Jean-Louis Gassee [1] of Apple, Be and Palm fame. Whether you view him as a success or a failure, he brings a very unique perspective to discussions of leadership and succ
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by mathattack 13y ago
When you hire en-masse, it's virtually impossible to test for quality. A lot of these large firms (and major US consultancies follow this too) wind up waving 1000s of people in, and then relentlessly culling those who don't perfo
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by mathattack 13y ago
Having the decision tree helps fight bias. It also can help frame decisions. "Are we saying no because we don't believe in the founder, or don't believe in the market?"
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by mathattack 13y ago
As an MBA speaking, business school wouldn't have taught you anything beyond 3 years of reading of HN on this topic. Perhaps MBAspeak calls is not outsourcing your core competencies, but the common sense answer is not to put your enti
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by mathattack 13y ago
And very frequently the Idea Fairies have 100s of ideas for everyone else to spend time either chasing or refuting, but nothing to contribute beyond that. It's a balance.
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by mathattack 13y ago
I've seen several management videos by John Cleese over the years. I always assumed that whoever paid for them somehow being subversive, but he's actually got quite a lot of useful stuff for companies.
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by mathattack 13y ago
Identical? I've observed fraternal twins whose parents try to raise them 100% identical, but have wound up very similar in values but different in abilities and personality.
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Government as Useful Irritant and Rules of Innovation(blog.sethroberts.net)
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by mathattack 13y ago
The problem with defined benefit is there are always unknown risks. You can say that the government, or an insurance company will pick up the tab, but what if they fail? If the amount of the benefit is large enough (retirement savings for
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by mathattack 13y ago
Ponzi schemes can keep going if you can keep growing. They only die when growth stops. Detroit shows us the truth here. When the companies get strangled, people leave, and Detroit follows suit.
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by mathattack 13y ago
Once could argue the same thing about Social Security. :-) In my view, there are 2 kinds of pensions. One is Defined Benefit, which is crazy to count on. On the other hand, companies can offer Defined Contribution, which is fine. If a c
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by mathattack 13y ago
You can think of a convertible bond as a bond, with an option on the stock. So the bond may be worth $100, and the option to buy the stock might be worth $20. Since convertible bonds aren't liquid, and the implied option may be hard
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by mathattack 13y ago
Didn't Crosby, Stills and Nash get it with, "If you can't be with the one you love, love the one you're with"?
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by mathattack 13y ago
IMHO you left out a couple key data points. 1) How senior are you? 2) How much do you respect the folks that will be your boss, and how much time will they give you? The more junior you are, the more important #2 is.
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by mathattack 13y ago
As mentioned in another thread, I like this. Instruments that look like debt (terms and interest rates) generally are the instruments of lower risk investors. Linking them to equity is the game of wall street arb desks. Turning the instrume
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by mathattack 13y ago
I like this. Instruments that look like debt (terms and interest rates) generally are the instruments of lower risk investors. Linking them to equity is the game of wall street arb desks. Turning the instrument into a warrant is more in
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by mathattack 13y ago
I think the point of the article is not the end truth of what he says, but just to encourage speculation, so I think all of us will draw different end conclusions. I doubt that we'll have as many iterations of society as he suggests.
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by mathattack 13y ago
I have to admit that this is the first newsletter in a LONG time that I've been interested in subscribing to. Thanks for creating it.
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Rent the Runway: Data meets the little black dress(techpageone.dell.com)
1 points by mathattack 13y ago|0 comments
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The Astronomical Math Behind UPS’ New Tool to Deliver Packages Faster(wired.com)
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by mathattack 13y ago
I thought the key learning was the average exec gives their organization a 7 out of 10 on innovation. We're all above average in our own minds.
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by mathattack 13y ago
Great article! One question - The math doesn't work, does it? A 1.2% conversion ratio end-to-end for SaaS startups that don’t ask for a credit card in advance suggests that if we can get 1000 visitors, then we should expect 100 trial
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by mathattack 13y ago
Science tells us that it's not either/or, it's the interaction between our genes and the environment. My intuition (based on anecdotes and observations, not hard data) is that nature provides a starting point, and perhaps an
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by mathattack 13y ago
I think you owe her a big set of flowers and chocolates on Mothers Day!
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by mathattack 13y ago
Very interesting work. I find it very hard to imagine that a society capable of building skyscrapers and venturing into space won't leave more clues of it's existence to subsequent societies. Certainly it will be much more perma
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by mathattack 13y ago
Two observations... One is general - that other people imposing their creativity on me requires me to think. This isn't bad, but I have a limited capacity to think, and my bias leads me to think that my new ideas are great, and yours
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Bankers Balking at Bitcoin in U.S. as Real-World Obstacles Mount(bloomberg.com)
2 points by mathattack 13y ago|0 comments

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